Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist of The Cure, died at the age of 65, as the group announced on its website this Friday, December 26, without specifying the date of death. Regarding the cause, he points out: “It happened after battling a short illness over Christmas. » Bamonte was scheduled to perform at The Cure’s international concerts in 2026.
According to a statement, “calm, intense, intuitive, constant and extremely creative, plush has been a warm and vital part of The Cure’s history. » The text continues: “Tending the band from 1984 to 1989, he became a full member of The Cure in 1990, playing guitar, six-string bass and keyboard on The wish, the wild mood swings, the blood flowers, acoustic hits and albums by The Cure, in addition to giving more than 400 concerts over 14 years. He joined The Cure in 2022, performing another 90 concerts, among the best in the band’s history, culminating with the concert The spectacle of a lost world in London on November 1, 2024. Our deepest condolences to all his family. “We will miss him very much.”
Born in London in 1960, Bamonte started in music at the age of 19, playing bass, he joined, with drummer Paul Langwith, the guitar duo until then The Plan, formed by Robert Marlow and Vince Clarke (who later joined Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure).
Bamonte joined The Cure as part of their touring team in 1984 through his brother Daryl, who was the director on tour with the group. Bamonte became personal assistant and guitar technician to singer and frontman Robert Smith before officially joining The Cure in 1990, following the departure of keyboardist Roger O’Donnell. He left the group in 2005 after Smith reconfigured The Cure as a trio, although the two remained good friends.
Bamonte then devoted himself to illustration and his passion, fly fishing in the river. In 2012, he joined the band Love Amongst Ruin, before reuniting with The Cure for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Bamonte officially joined The Cure in 2022 for the world tour. Shows of a lost world, which started in Latvia in October and continued until December 2023.
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