(AP) — Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65.
The band made the announcement on their official web site on Friday.
“It is with enormous sadness that we confirm the death of our great friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte, who passed away after a short illness at home over Christmas,” the band wrote.
“Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story,” the assertion continued. “Our thoughts and condolences are with all his family. He will be very greatly missed.”
Bamonte labored with the band in varied roles from 1984 to 1989, together with as roadie and guitar tech. He formally joined the band in 1990, when keyboardist Roger O’Donnell stop. It was then that he turned a full-time member of the group, taking part in guitar, six-string bass and keyboard.
Having joined simply after the band’s mainstream breakthrough, 1989’s “Disintegration,” Bamonte is featured on various The Cure’s albums, together with 1992’s “Wish” — which options the career-defining hits ″Friday I’m in Love″ and “High” — in addition to the 1996’s “Wild Mood Swings,” 2000’s “Bloodflowers” and 2004’s self-titled launch.
Bamonte was fired from The Cure by its singer and chief Robert Smith in 2005. At that cut-off date, he had carried out at over 400 exhibits throughout 14 years. Bamonte rejoined the group in recent times, touring with the band in 2022 for one other 90 gigs.
In 2019, Bamonte was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside the remainder of The Cure.
His final efficiency with the band was on Nov. 1, 2024 in London for a particular one-off occasion to launch their newest album and first in 16 years, “Songs of a Lost World.” The live performance was filmed for “The Cure: The Show of a Lost World,” a movie launched in cinemas globally this month. It can also be accessible to buy on Blu-ray and DVD.
The Associated Press described “Songs of a Lost World” as “lush and deeply orchestral, swelling and powerful” — among the finest of the band’s profession.