¡°This year is 30 years since I first went onstage with a band called The Cure and 2009 will be 30 years since our first album,¡± says proto-goth Robert Smith, speaking via telephone on a suitably ghoulish Friday the 13th.
Headlining this weekend¡¯s Fuji Rock Festival ¡®07 will be the first time The Cure have played in Japan since 1984. Focusing on his past has given Smith time to reflect on his band¡¯s legacy.
¡°I¡¯ve been involved in the reissues and, listening back to things like (The Cure¡¯s 1979 debut album) ¡®Three Imaginary Boys,¡¯ it feels like I¡¯m listening to a different person,¡± he muses. ¡°It¡¯s totally different to singing the old songs onstage. I really get a sense of how long I¡¯ve been doing it.¡±
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