Perry Bamonte, a longtime guitarist-keyboardist for The Cure, has died at age 65. He handed away after a brief sickness over Christmas, in response to the band’s official web site.
Bamonte was a member of The Remedy from 1990 by way of 2005, and once more from 2022 by way of his last present with the band in November 2024. A publish on the band’s website reads as follows:
“Perry Archangelo Bamonte 1960-2025
It’s with monumental unhappiness that we affirm the loss of life of our nice pal and bandmate Perry Bamonte who handed away after a brief sickness at house over Christmas. Quiet, intense, intuitive, fixed and vastly inventive, ‘Teddy’ was a heat hearted and very important a part of The Remedy story.
‘Taking care of the band’ from 1984 by way of 1989, he turned a full time member of the Remedy in 1990, enjoying guitar, six string bass and keyboard on the Want, Wild Temper Swings, Bloodflowers, Acoustic Hits and The Remedy albums, in addition to performing greater than 400 reveals over 14 years.
He rejoined the remedy in 2022, enjoying one other 90 reveals, a number of the finest within the band’s historical past, culminating with the present of a misplaced world live performance in London 1st November 2024.
Our ideas and condolences are with all his household. He will probably be very significantly missed.”
Because the publish from the band mentions, Bamonte performed roughly 500 reveals with The Remedy throughout his two stints within the band. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame with The Remedy as a vital member of the band in 2019.
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After his first tenure with The Remedy, Bamonte joined the supergroup Love Amongst Smash that includes members of Placebo and Julian Cope’s band.
Our condolences exit to Perry Bamonte’s household, mates, and bandmates throughout this tough time. Revisit his work on the Remedy basic “Friday I’m in Love,” on which he performed six-string bass and keyboard.
