093: Lol Tolhurst (The Cure)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

As the founding drummer of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst developed a unique style that is sometimes wild and tribal, sometimes precise and machine-like. He tells Joe about growing up in postwar UK; his lifelong friendship with The Cure frontman, Robert Smith; developing the band's sound through the process of elimination; overcoming addiction; and why he is now open to whatever possibilities the universe presents.

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0:00.0	The Trap Set will always be available for free, but we rely on donations from our listeners.
0:05.4	Please visit our website at thetrapset.net and click Donate.
0:09.2	Subscribe to our show on iTunes, and if you enjoy what you hear, give us a review. This is Joe Wong.
0:27.6	Welcome to the Trapset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:32.6	I want to play something for you.
1:01.8	You're hearing the Hanging Garden by The Cure, featuring my guest, Loll Tallhurst on drums.
1:07.6	Formed in Crawley, West Sussex, the cure began as an extension of the lifelong friendship between Tallhurst and singer Robert Smith.
1:16.6	Progenitors of Goth, the band is now one of the most enduring, successful acts of its generation. Lal's drumming, which ranges from wild and primal to precise and machine-like,
1:22.6	served as the perfect counterpoint to Smith's dark lyrics and moody delivery.
1:28.3	Loll transitioned from drums to keyboards in 1985 as the Cure's songwriting became more pop-oriented and their audience grew.
1:47.0	In 1989, his struggle with addiction reached an apex, resulting in his removal from the band.
1:54.0	Now many years sober, Law lives in Los Angeles, where he raised his son.
1:59.0	His autobiography, Cured, The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys,
2:03.9	is now available.
2:21.3	And now our conversation with Lal Tallhurst I was crying
2:24.3	and I'm hanging out
2:29.3	I was born the day that Buddy Holly died in a field in South Dakota.
2:38.0	Wow.
2:39.0	So, you know, for your music buffs that are out there, which I'm sure there's many, they'll figure out that's the third of February,
2:45.0	1959.
2:46.0	You don't look like you were born in the 50s, man?
2:49.0	No, I know.
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