Lol Tolhurst Discusses His Memoir, "Cured: The Tale Of Two Imaginary Boys" | BUILD Series
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- Lol Tolhurst, a founding member of The Cure, is coming to discuss his new memoir out in stores October 11. “Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys” details Tolhurst’s time with the band which spanned thirteen years. Tolhurst also reveals details of his relationship with the band’s frontman, Robert Smith, who he has known since the age of five. Tolhurst hopes that this memoir “illuminates events for you as much as it has for him.” Interview at AOL HQ in NYC for BUILD Series.
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Every time I type 'lol' in a text, a little bit of me thinks of this guy
His real name is Laurence. Some of his other friends may call him Larry.
Lol
Same! 😂❤
Lol
I remember the time when the only think "lol" ever meant to me was this guy.
I met Lol at a bar in LA a few years back . He seemed bowled over I recognized him and was incredibly kind . I was like man… your music found its way all over the planet without a ton of radio play and obviously no internet and I just needed to express the importance of that band to so so many . He was polite while I gushed 😂.
Lol, true cure fans will never forget you!
LitleNations Ramonestar I've always loved him. Missed him!
"They are just a bunch of luddites" my favourite quote
Well. Duh lol....
Love him to death, he was such an inovated the true heart and soul of the cure. Seventeen seconds is so stunning!
Yep a great album
Cure fans have a lot of appreciation and fondness for Lol. He is a founding band member and is on all of the classic Cure songs in my opinion. That fact is not forgotten by the majority of fans. Nice guy that sadly has had to face some demons. Would love to see him back in the band full time again however unlikely that may seem. Looking forward to reading this book.
I agree. he is a huge part of the cure .I do think he pushed Robert to his limit. lol.
inspired him for song.
@@stephansong he absolutely pushed Robert to his limit. In the book he acknowledges and apologises for this. Its a really great read. Loved the book.
@@Mr.Wrong1 really. I always wondered about lol. to go from such a high to low.
from such huge shows, songs.
"You're a f....g waste, I wish you were dead..." lol no pun intended.
I think musically, Robert needed a better caliber of musicians.
I'd still pick lol as a drummer over that Jason guy. haaaa.
He was perfect fit in the beginning, his drumming, the rotototoms, his one finger keyboard playing. I'll get that book. nice to hear its Good. stay safe. stef.
@@stephansong yeah he wasnt the best keyboard player was he, haha. I kind of liked his drumming though. He had a style all to himself and it worked. When Boris took over on drums they sounded much better, especially live. I just wonder if lol regrets giving up the drum stool?
I can't recommend the book highly enough. Lots of wee stories not known previously to me and some very very honest passages too. I would be interested to hear your thoughts once you have read it?
Stay alive my friend
@@Mr.Wrong1 Yea Craig, I'll definitely let you know.
yes. boris was great.
I do think lol might regret drinking too much, but yea,him on drums for those songs was perfect at the time.
thanks again.
yes. let's all stay alive.
I appreciate the talk.
stef
As a life long Cure fan of almost 40 years I can vouch for Lols intelligent and well written book. I made contact with Lol and he responded just like the gentleman he is. Great book written by a true gent. One day at a time !
I can't imagine growing up without the cure!
The cure saved me. I was suicidal and depressed teenager. Then, I'd ask myself "what would I miss in this world?"
The answer was ironically, Pornography album. Their music became my friends cuz people still sucks most of the time.
I was born when they started as Easy Cure.
Actually it's a good thing you just discovered their music. I've listened to Pictures of You so many time, it's lost it's magic for me. But it was a great song for me for a decade or so.
I bought the electronic version. All The Cure fans must read this book. Lol is a major part of the band, and the book is a tribute to real friendship.
79-89 the inCUREable decade
Oooh yeaah !
Lols book is stunning.A really good read that opens up into a very celebratory book.
Thanks for sharing this. I had never heard Lol interviewed on his own before so this is quite a treat. Really looking forward to reading his book. For me, Lol is a huge essence of the Cure. There is a youthful quality that Lol represents well with his childhood buddy, Robert Smith. Love his drumming on the early records and live shows, just perfect.
He's an intelligent man and gifted musician. After all the drugs, he's still got it. Thanks Lol for your contribution to the band and for getting it together to put this out. I will read it.
Great book Lol you managed to articulate the passages perfectly! I’m disappointed at the few that complain about your minimalist approach to the Cure contributions!?! bollocks to that!!! as your effort is priceless and essential to the chemistry that made that group so important and set it up for a long career all down to you and your vibes Lol you obviously came into this World with a purpose to serve Humanity and you’ve done just that! Congratulations and thank you xx
Respect, man. Your drumming was perfectly matched with the early Cure material
Lol is always so cute,
Awesome book!!! A must read for cure fans!! In depth insight into the band and the people and the how hard they all fought to give us what we love "The Cure"!!!
The cure the kiss
I might read it next, Lol seems to be brilliant at explaining things, would love to get an insight into how he thinks
Smith, Gallup, Williams, Thompson, Tolhurst. Mi The Cure favorito.
Lol rocks. The Cure kind of lost something when he left. Shame he couldn't have kept it all together. But nice to see him recovered, happy and settled with life. The book was great.
No they didn't. He played very little from HOTD onwards. He was lucky they carried him so long, something he admits
No. They just grew
Yeah ....a ego maniac alcoholic who inspired a great song for smith. Shiver and shake. After the first four albums he was just lucky to be kept in the band. I found the book kinda entertaining at best, as I think we all have our ways of seeing the cure.
my old band opened for Levinhurst in S.F, still have the flyer! it is still a wonder how we managed a show with him, surprising to say there wasn’t a crowd, poorly promoted, love you Lol! he was a gentleman and hung out with us after the show.
Lol's cool, but Levinhurst isn't. That would've been amazing to hang out with him.
I have just finished reading it,great.
Just finished reading the book. Awesome.
Definitely not to be forgotten a classic member no question about it ! Wish I could meet him and chat with him I t would be facing history and a legend you just great lol happy to see you somehow
Brilliant biography written with so much respect for his band mates. Lol himself an iconic drummer during arguably the greatest spell of the band. He had the groove alright.
I needed to listen to this, to understand a large part of my own growing up. Thanks Lol will read the autobiography. Thanks for the interview
I love him as a drummer as a keyborder
Since no Cure album has moved me much since the late 80’s, I’ve kind of come to the conclusion that in some way or another L. Tolhurst - and/or the relationship between he and R. Smith - had a crucial influence on the quality of the music of The Cure.
So I’d love to see him back in the Cure for the making of a new album - to see if my theory proves right.
I’d love so much to love a new Cure album again !
Ben Furiaca now the cure are a more strictly professional brand band with O’Donnell and Mike Garson
@@Reprodestruxion Mike Garson? Why do you think he plays with the Cure? Are you getting confused with Bowie's other ex-band member Reeves Gabrel the guitarist?
There was something going on where just having Lol present helped the musical output turn out better.
I agree with you 100%.
Disintegration was THE last great album, imo. Nothing has captured me since. Watching them taught me how to play gtr. Was completely obsessed, but not since the follow-up to Disintegration.
Lol speaks so sensibly and looks even cuter now than back when he was a member of The Cure. I would even go so far as to say that he and Simon Gallup have aged the best. Lol looks like he could have made a good English actor. He just has that very English look.
I would agree, robert well... disintegrated in the mid 2000's its a shame he was a great looking chap
Fat Bob looks a wine box Aunt. Embarrassing. So much for not wanting to become a rock dinosaur. I have immense respect for Robert, but ffs...
From one Crawley lad to another,keep it going lol..........legend!.
The book is amazing et really well written. Lol have a beautiful soul !
Thanks Lol
Mr. Lol Tulhurst is The Cure's best drummer. He's the guy that created and kept the beat during 1979-82 on 5 albums. We love The Cure for him.
Best drummer at that time.
there were times live where he couldnt keep a beat too well but maybe this was during the drink period. He is the best drummer because of his symbiotic relationship with robert, he knows robert and knows how to get robert what he wants in a song and robert knows what hes wants from Lol for a song
@@finlaymcdiarmid5832 so what, he played drums in the early albums. Bet you can't walk straight and keep composed when drunk. It doesn't ill validate your work you produced when you're drunk. :) Thank for the reply. Nice talking with you. Hey... Have a good weekend. 🌞
I love Lol
There's something very warm and endearing about these guys from the Cure compared to a lot of rock bands. They were a family. The Cure fan base is like being a part of a family. There's only two things worth converting to in this life, Christianity and the Cure.
A really good book, I recommend it highly
Wow his voice is pretty amazing, he could be a voiceover guy
He reads his book on Amazon's Audible...it was really cool hearing his life story in his own voice.
The Cure needs a Biopic based on this book.
I think Laurence Tolhurst's contributions to bringing us The Cure we all know and love are greatly undervalued. The 'true' core Cure line-up unmistakably consists of Smith, Gallup, and Tolhurst. Sadly enough, outside of "Disintegration" they've not been the same band since Tolhurst's departure, and have significantly floundered over the years.
Absolutely.
Love him. Amazing book. The best Cure creation in years. He's a wonderful writer.
A really good book. Lol is my idol
Never forget seeing The Cure in 79 support Souxie..The Cure created the greatest atmosphere I have ever experienced and '10.15 saturday night' was a show stopper. True originals. Lol seems a really good bloke and his book is excellent. Btw where is Dempsey these days?
It's a really good and candid interview but the elephant in the room is the very reason Lol's autobiography is called 'Cured' i.e. cured of a crippling and debilitating alcoholism that threatened his life and career. Really admire the guy and loved the unwavering honesty throughout the book despite some lapses into SoCal mysticism.
Saw them in 1981 at Perkin's Palace in Pasadena. Was a great concert.
he's such a righteous soul
Tulhurst made a statement that maybe I as a LONGSTANDING DEVOTEE of the Cure can explain to the unaware. The reason the Cure took over the World is because the first time I heard Standing on the Beach The Singles, it felt like they GOT me. I knew my whole life and they seemed to put All I am into music. How many bands have That much natural ethereal beauty?
Read the book, A ready good read. Really loved it
The cure has been a cure for the blues for sure!
Happy to see him being so healthy. But, no question to the fact that Robert had fired him, because Lol wasn’t able to give any impact to the cure. It must have been very hard to being fired by a friend. No questions about his alcohol abuse and how he found his way back to life. The interviewer maybe has been told before ‚no questions concerning that‘.
0:30 and i already adore his smile :')
Hope to read the book in German translation. Very curious about Lol's memories of the Band. I am a big Cure fan since 1986... huuuhuuu this is unbelievable, getting old 😉
When it comes to Merkel, you do have a point- I agree.
@SpyingDutchman
Why so much arrogant??? In France The Cure have a lot..., no.... masses of very loyal fans. In France the most people have (traditional) also problems to read books in english. Lols book needs translations, in french AND in german, and in languages,whatever!
What's your problem?
très beau livre
I'm on the Kiss Me chapter. I feel connected to Lol.
I think the best lineup for the cure was the one between 87-89
Cured was an amazing book despite what some haters may say.
Seen him in Bath. It was extra special IMO as Julianne Reagan of All About Eve fame was asking questions. She was so down to Earth & was genuinely thrilled to be asking the questions. Lol was very interesting to listen to. His wife was lovely too.
It's nice to hear Robert has given Lol back money that Lol wasted suing him. Whatever happens, he's been a member of one of the most important Post Punk bands ever who made it ok to release pop songs without selling out.
It's a shame Robert has accepted the R&RHOF bollocks though. I suppose there'll be a spike in Cure album sales though!
Robert didn't WANT to accept the hall of fame stuff. It was a complex decision.
Happy the man with a face that smiles.
Ha, ha-ha-ha, happy the MAN with a face that smiles.
Pretty good book. Had to retrain my brain to not think Laugh out Loud every time I saw LOL
...how about a 30th anniversay or 40th reunion add tour of 'The Walk' ep ... c'mon c'mere just three imaginary boys Robert, Lol, & Andy ☆☆☆~^1♡!
He came back to The Cure for awhile
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
21:00
A founder. Age spares no one.
25.40!
X
I like Lol's book and all but I wish someone like Pearl or better yet, Boris Williams wrote a book about the band. I hardly truly know anything about Boris, apart from being a brilliant drummer. I want to know who his influences were as he is my inspiration. And Pearl made me want to paint and play multiple instruments.
There’s a fairly long audio interview with Boris online if you search enough and to put it mildly he is not a great interviewee.. not much to say and says it very slowly
Porl.
LOL!!😀
Lol's legal battle over the band name should have resulted in him winning not losing. He came up with "The Easy Cure" which they used for over a year then Smith shortened it to The Cure. Lol built this band just as much as Smith did. Read the book "The Cure Ten Imaginary Years" if you're a real fan.
He got together with Pearl and Matthieu
Really Lol is on alot of their best records. He is as much The Cure as RS.
Wish Lol was interviewed by someone who knew how to infuse a bit of excitement and fun into it. Interesting to hear overall but, with a very boring, monotonous "tinge" to it. Shame that it turned into a SNORE. As long as this was, it could've been *_SO_* much better and memorable...
Interviewer should have been Marc Maron!
Um, how about this though for kind of a rebuttle - not in defense of the interviewer( who btw seemed like he was obviously doing the interview to be seen and for a paycheck while trying his best to actually look genuine which I think he failed! ), but defense for Lol, because Lol is the one who took a boring interview and made it a success. Its all about Lol, forget the interviewer in the end. So maybe it was good the interviewer was kind of lame, because Lol got to prove once again how he always shines in the moment. Lol rocks!!!! I've been a fan of his since 1986.
I was lucky enough to attend the book reading in Bath UK. Julianne Reagan was asking the questions!
Brilliant night and Julianne was fantastic. She teaches songwriting /composition at Bath University now as well as still releasing new music with Wayne Hussey, Tim Brechino and others. She was great to talk to as was LOL. A double treat for me!
I love the Cure but i managed 5 minutes of this interview before falling asleep.
I only lasted 2 minutes
I thought it was Christopher Ciccone
Pffft that is soo pathetic. I managed 6😏
I find it odd that when you Wiki the Cure his name isn't even listed as a former member
That annoys me on wikipedia, i was brushing up on bauhaus today and kevin haskins doesnt even have a picture, i know what he looks like but obviously somebody new to bauhaus wouldnt. Very annoying
For me - being British and of "a certain age" (ahem), - The Cure were a key band of UK Post Punk. As such, I love them 1978 to 1982. Early to mid 1983 was "ok" and, after that, I'm not really interested. The Cure to me was always primarily Smith, Tolhurst, Gallup and Dempsey (Mathieu Hartley shouldn't be forgotten either). I don't recognise the band from late 1983 onwards as being the same group in all honesty.
Beefheart1 wrong.
Yeah... we know. People like to say how much they're into "the early stuff."
I know Robert is the real genius, However, after Lol left the band (post Kiss Me) The Cure sounds less like The Cure and more like a band TRYING to sound like The Cure. Not sure why, but something is definitely missing.
What I'd like to know is if Lol Tolhurst wrote the demo to Homesick.
Definitely not...
@@duncangallup9012 there's couple of interviews with Roger where he said that Lol wrote the basis of it though Roger and Simon had to rework it quite a bit
@@duncangallup9012 are you related to Simon by any chance?
I remember Simon playing the root of it around my house,back in the day.
@@duncangallup9012 cool
LOl " for a time it was just me and some guy with a trumpet " ... Robert is a gentleman Lol was an awesome character who not only gave The Cure a certain drum sound / edge / mood , 1st turned into an alkie , by the time Kiss , kiss me , kiss me was out Lol was beyond a liability ... just some alkie/junkie doing nothing , just being there cause they could afford having another nose about ... having been sacked when he was most likely spared his life ...
Does anyone know what year this was ???
2016
Why did he leave the band? I haven't read any Cure/Smith books but meaning to. I'm guessing it was drugs or fighting with one another. I think Simon left because of the same reason
He was kicked out because he was drinking all the time, not contributing to the band, and was more of a nuisance than anything else.
Simon is still in the band as well
The story I heard was that Simon, and the other members told Robert if he didn’t fire Lol, they would quit the band.
Anyone know the name of his sons band?
Coo Coo Birds.
HE forgot to ask him what kind of toothpaste TOLHURST uses's ? really ! some questions are really foolish , come on, you've got in front of you the drummer of a more than awesome and ORIGINAL band! whatever. ** cheers...luv the cure !
Please Robert, take this guy back in the band!
Not gonna happen
If Lol texts someone something funny, is their response LOL Lol?
EQ the sound before you upload it. It takes seconds and it won't sound like muffled shit.
. Prog bands get unfairly bashed by these old punksters in some respects because when I was 13 in 1977 , coming from an uneducated & more agricultural background and not having older syblings that bought albums , I and many more like me had never even heard of Pink Floyd or Genesis or Led Zeppelin or King Crimson or Yes but were constantly over fed by radio the likes of over 30 year old POP icons like Elton , Rod the knob , Leo Sayer , the Cheesey Bee Gees , Racey , retro Showaddywaddy , ABBA and of course Disco & more whom needed kicking off their Pedastol to give youngsters something reflecting their daily reality . 🏴❤️
Wow "other instruments" Tolhurst has a voice...and he isn't drunk.
The Pete Best of The Cure.
No I wouldn't agree with that.
+Solitaria Nihilista Wrong, wrong, wrong. Lol not only grew up with Robert but was in the band for over 10 years. Pete never grew up with any of the Beatles nor was he a real friend who fit in with the others. Plus he was booted out of the Beatles right before they signed that big contract with EMI. Bad comparison, bro.
Stu Stucliffe perhaps
Not at all. Lol was clearly a member of the group for many of their most important years. Plus he was a multi-instrumentalist.
Most definitely not. He was a member of the band up until around 88/89
Don’t know about Lol, but it’s funny the fact all English rockers go to US for good .
All? For good? What drugs are you on?
Robert and Simon still live in the UK
Back then, only the best got noticed. You needed raw talent. Today, anyone can publish online. A sea of garbage.
That's not true. Plenty examples of shit music while the Cure were around. You had to get a record deal, but that didn't necessarily mean you were the best. It's good that anyone can publish now. You're just too lazy to swim in the sea and find the best. We all are lazy like that. That's what the internet did. It made it too hard for us to find the good stuff. That doesn't mean it's not there.
Robert should of supported him more rather than kicking him to the curb because of his drumming. Hey, look at the Beatles and Rolling Stones. Their drummers have a lot to be desired but they weren't kicked out of the band.
No. When someone's fucking up everything, you have to let them go. It's for their own good, as well as your own. Besides, they kept him on way longer than they should've.
Lol is cool. Didn't know he was a dwarf
He isn't. Are you high?
Look what happened to Little Lol the Cures Fall Guy and Punch Bag, Robert should have gone into Comedy Falls and Substitute Artificial Musical Instrument Faker, of which he is THE BEST.........
Huge fan of Lol and The Cure, and the book was great, but this interview is a total snoozefest! They should have gotten Marc Maron or someone else with a personality to interview him, would have been much more entertaining.
Him and Porl Thompson were the true sound of The Cure. F A T Bob? Not so much.
Elroy Makes sense considering Robert Smith is the songwriter and controls the band’s musical direction 🤔
This guy already looked like this at age 16
Lol talking about the cure's music like he ever had much an input in it. He was just a lucky tag along. I find it ridiculous that fans would go up to him for questions about the band. Musically he was mostly a non-entity. A bad drummer and, at the time anyway, a keyboardist who could barely play the one hand lines and that didn't care to try to improve. Robert kept him in the band at least 6 years too long just because he was a buddy. Like i'm glad they reconciled and i have no ill will towards Lol but his contribution to the cure is minuscule. He was there to be a friend of Robert and when he got into heavy alcohol he was then just useless and actually dragging them down.
And yet there has been no Cure album a tenth as good as any of the ones before he left - or got fired. Music moves in mysterious ways...
no ill will????u gotta b kidding,
Man you don't know shit lol is one of the greatest men I ever met and he was my brother in law he married my sis Lydia and treated my family like his own great musician great man I owe him the world
TH-cam,full of good music and shallow brains..
He contributed quite a bit. Everyone knows he's not amazingly technically proficient on drums, but he still came up with and played many memorable drum lines. And, as Ben pointed out, their musical output was better just because of him being around. There was only one truly great album after his departure.
Alcoholic
Wow, a lot of Fat Bob ass kissers on here.
but he didn't know how to play ...
It's post punk after all
@@Reprodestruxion ffs
Plus he played various instruments
Lol is key to the Cure. His loss was obvious.
Big heads little hands 🤗