Robert Smith Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Robert James Smith (born on 21 April 1959) is a British musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its formation in 1976. NY Rock describes him as "pop culture's unkempt poster child of doom and gloom", and asserts that his songs are as "sombre introspection over lush, brooding guitars". His guitar-playing and use of flanging, chorusing and phasing effects put him amongst the forefront of the Goth and New Wave genres. He also played in the band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Besides guitar, Smith plays... MORE

Robert James Smith (born on 21 April 1959) is a British musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its formation in 1976. NY Rock describes him as "pop culture's unkempt poster child of doom and gloom", and asserts that his songs are as "sombre introspection over lush, brooding guitars". His guitar-playing and use of flanging, chorusing and phasing effects put him amongst the forefront of the Goth and New Wave genres. He also played in the band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Besides guitar, Smith plays the 6-string bass and keyboards. Smith cultivated his own look - teased hair, black clothes, pale skin, smudged red lipstick and black eyeliner - but it is perhaps his distinctive voice for which he is best known. Smith was born in Blackpool and is the third of four children born to Alex and Rita Smith. His siblings are Richard, Margaret and Janet. When he was three years old his family moved to Horley in Surrey, then finally to Crawley in Sussex four years later. Smith was raised as a Catholic and went to Notre Dame Middle School and St. Wilfrid's Comprehensive School in Crawley. He was an LESS