The Cure Is A Band Which Formed In 1976 In Crawley England United Kingdom. The Band Originally Consisted Of Robert Smith vocals Guitar Pearl Thompson guitar Michael Dempsey bass And Lol Tolhurst drums With The Band's Lineup Overgoing Several Changes Throughout The Years And Smith Remaining As The Only Constant Member Throughout The Band's History. The Band Currently Consists Of Smith vocals Guitar Simon Gallup bass Roger O'Donnell keyboards Jason Cooper drums And Reeves Gabrels guitar . Read More On Last.Fm
The First Track Off Of 1982’s Pornography The Cure Open Up Their Gothic “piece De Resistance” With An Innovative Wildly Flanging Guitar And African Polyrhythmics. Smith’s Opening Words “It Doesn’t Matter If We All Die” Are A Sampling Of The Bleak Existentialism And In Many Cases Pessimism That Will Dot The Album. The Song Is About The Drollness Of Post Industrial Life And At Some Points A Parallel To The Book 1984 By George Orwell In Allusions To Police Patrolling Streets Under The Night And Shooting Rebels Down. While Smith Has Never Come Out And Said That The Song Or Its Title Were Inspired By The ‘Hundred Years War’ It Should Be Noted That The Hundred Years War Was A Long-Running Bloody Conflict Between England And France About Which Family Line Should Have The French Throne. It Is Possible That The Song’s Metaphors Of Personal Suffering Are Being Compared To The Hundred Years War Or Simply Its Title . “One Hundred Years” Showed Up On The 10" Single And Double 7" Gatefold Single Of “The Hanging Garden” Often Labeled As A Single . However A UK Promotional 7" Was Released That Put “One Hundred Years” On The A-Side And “The Hanging Garden” As Its B-Side.