The
Horrors are an English band formed in Southend on Sea in 2005. Their debut
Strange House, was released in 2007 and reached number thirty-seven on the UK
Albums Chart, their second album Primary Colours was released in 2009 and
peaked at number 25 in the UK. In July 2011 The Horrors' third album Skying was
released, and reached number five in the UK album chart.
Origin:
Southend on Sea, England
Genres:
Post-punk revival, Shoegaze, Garage punk (early), Gothic Rock
Years
active: 2005–present
Labels:
XL Recordings
Members:
Faris Badwan, Joshua Hayward, Tom Cowan, Rhys Webb, Joe Spurgeon
The Cure are an
English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has
experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and
principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. The Cure
first began releasing music in the late 1970s with its debut album Three
Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band
as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake
of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the
band's increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre.
After the release of
Pornography (1982), the band's future was uncertain and Smith was keen to move
past the gloomy reputation his band had acquired. With the 1982 single
"Let's Go to Bed" Smith began to place a pop sensibility into the
band's music (as well as a unique stage look). The Cure's popularity increased
as the decade wore on, especially in the United States where the songs
"Just Like Heaven", "Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in
Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. By the start of the 1990s, The
Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world. The band
is estimated to have sold 27 million albums as of 2004. The Cure have released
thirteen studio albums, 10 EPs and over thirty singles during the course of
their career. Since 2010, they have been working on a fourteenth studio album.
Origin: Crawley,
England
Genres: Alternative
rock, gothic rock, New Wave, post-punk
