Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure, has died on the age of 65. The band confirmed his passing in a press release posted to their official web site, revealing that Bamonte died at his home over Christmas following a brief sickness.
Bamonte‘s path into The Remedy started behind the scenes. His youthful brother, Daryl Bamonte, served because the band’s tour supervisor, which led Perry to hitch the group’s street crew in 1984. He later turned Robert Smith‘s guitar technician and private assistant, steadily embedding himself within the band’s internal circle.
In 1990, following the departure of keyboardist Roger O’Donnell, Bamonte formally turned a full-time member of The Remedy. His function inside the band was fluid, contributing guitar, six-string bass, and keyboards. After Porl Thompson exited the group in 1993, Bamonte stepped into the function of lead guitarist.
Bamonte was dismissed from the band by Robert Smith in 2005, ending a 15-year stretch as a core member. A decade after his departure, Bamonte reunited with The Remedy, returning to the stage in 2024. Whereas he didn’t carry out on the band’s newest studio album, Songs Of A Misplaced World — which had been accomplished previous to his rejoining — he toured with the band on the Exhibits Of A Misplaced World tour, together with their most up-to-date efficiency at London’s Troxy in November 2024.
Bamonte additionally seems in The Present Of A Misplaced World, the band’s live performance movie launched simply final week.
“It’s with monumental disappointment that we verify the demise of our nice buddy and bandmate Perry Bamonte who handed away after a brief sickness at residence over Christmas. Quiet, intense, intuitive, fixed and vastly inventive, ‘Teddy‘ was a heat hearted and important a part of the Remedy story,” wrote The Remedy in a press release.
“‘Taking care of the band’ from 1984 by means of 1989, he turned a full time member of the treatment in 1990, taking part in 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 exhibits over 14 years.
“He rejoined the treatment in 2022, taking part in one other 90 exhibits, 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 can be very enormously missed.”
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