| Lol Tolhurst |
Lol
Tolhurst circa 2004
|
| Background
information |
| Birth name |
Laurence Andrew Tolhurst |
| Also known as |
Lol Tolhurst |
| Born |
February 3, 1959 (1959-02-03) (age 48) |
| Origin |
Horley, England |
| Genre(s) |
Punk rock
Post-punk
Gothic
rock
Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) |
Musician |
| Instrument(s) |
Drums, Keyboard |
Associated
acts |
The Cure
Presence
Levinhurst
Malice
Easy
Cure |
| Website |
http://www.thecure.com/
http://www.levinhurst.com/ |
Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst (born Laurence
Andrew Tolhurst, 3 February 1959, in Horley, Surrey, England) is a founding member and former drummer/keyboardist
for the UK goth rock band, The
Cure.
|
Contents
- 1 Early
Years
- 2 The
Cure
- 3 Post
'The Cure'
- 4 Discography
- 5 Trivia
- 6 References
- 7 External
links
|
Early Years
Lol is the fifth of six children born to William and Daphne
Tolhurst; he has three brothers (Roger, Nigel, and John) and two
sisters (Jane and Barbara).
Tolhurst was five years old when he first met Robert Smith at
St. Francis Primary and Junior Schools, and thus began a friendship
that would culminate in the formation of The
Cure. Lol has been married twice. He married his first wife
Lydia some time in 1989 and they had one son together, but they have
since divorced.
Since then, Lol has remarried Cindy Levinson with whom he has formed an
electronic band called Levinhurst.
The Cure
Tolhurst is one of the Cures co founders, and as a drummer he
helped write and record the albums Three
Imaginary Boys, Boys Don't Cry,
Seventeen Seconds,
Faith and
Pornography.
After the Pornography tour in 1982 Tolhurst assumed keyboard
duties.
Throughout 1986
and 1987,
Tolhurst began to participate in excessive alcohol and drug use, often
making him unable to perform, forcing the band to often ask Psychedelic
Furs keyboardist Roger O'Donnell to
substitute his role. It is unclear what (if anything) Tolhurst
contributed to the band's post Pornography
recordings. However, it is known that he did not contribute any writing
or instrumentation to any of the tracks on the Disintegration
album, yet he was given the credit of "other instrument" in the
record's liner notes. In early 1989, the rest of the band decided that they
had enough and convinced Smith to fire Tolhurst. This paved the way for
O'Donnell to fill in the empty slot permanently.
Post 'The Cure'
Following his departure from The Cure, Tolhurst and Gary
Biddles - who previously worked with Simon
Gallup in Fools Dance - formed the short lived
band Presence, which only released one
full-length album called Inside.
In 1994, he
sued Robert Smith and Fiction
Records over royalties
payments, also claiming joint ownership of the name The Cure with
Smith. He eventually lost after a long legal battle.
In the early 2000s, Tolhurst and his wife Cindy Levinson
formed a band called Levinhurst. A few months prior to the
release of their debut album, Tolhurst claimed in an interview that he
had reconciled with Robert Smith and
that the two of them were friends again.
Shortly afterward, Levinhurst released their debut album, Perfect
Life, in 2004. Since then, they have also released an EP
called The Grey
featuring a cover of The Cure's "All
Cats Are Grey" - which he claimed credit for writing lyrically in
another interview
- and two other songs. Their second album, House
By The Sea, was released on 17 April 2007.
Discography
→ See The Cure discography
→ See Presence discography
→ See Levinhurst Discography
Trivia
- The song "Shiver and Shake" off Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
is said to be based upon the other band members' frustration with Lol
as he became increasingly unreliable due to his drinking and drug abuse.
- According to Robert Smith,
Tolhurst did not contribute anything whatsoever to the albums Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
and Disintegration
but he was credited anyway for contractual reasons.
- Tolhurst appears in the music video for 311's cover
of "Lovesong".
- Tolhurst was born on the day of the plane crash that killed
Buddy
Holly, Richie Valens, and The
Big Bopper.
- Somewhat ironic is the fact that Tolhurst went on to work
with Gary Biddles, who once insulted him during a concert. Biddles
is famous, or infamous, for stirring up trouble when he got on stage
during a concert and started singing, "Smith's a wanker, Tolhurst's a
wanker, only Simon is worth anything in this band."
- In the same interview where Tolhurst claimed that he and Robert Smith had
reconciled, he also confirmed that he has a son, who was eleven years
old at the time. When asked if his son showed any signs of musical
talent as well, Tolhurst said he doesn't try to push it on him, but
lately he (his son) had taken up the guitar and fell in love with it
right away.
References
External links
| v • d • e The Cure |
| Robert Smith | Porl
Thompson | Simon Gallup | Jason
Cooper |
| The
Cure personnel |
| Discography |
| Studio albums:
Three Imaginary Boys
| Seventeen Seconds
| Faith | Pornography
| The Top | The
Head on the Door | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
| Disintegration
| Wish | Wild
Mood Swings | Bloodflowers
| The Cure | Untitled thirteenth album |
| Live albums:
Concert | Entreat
| Paris
| Show | Trilogy
| Festival 2005 |
| Compilations:
Boys Don't Cry
| Japanese Whispers
| Standing on a Beach / Staring at
the Sea | Mixed Up
| Galore
| Greatest Hits
| Join the Dots |
| EPs: Half an Octopuss
& Quadpus | Lost
Wishes | Five
Swing Live |
| Related bands:
Malice | Easy
Cure | Cult Hero | The Glove | Fools
Dance | Presence | Babacar | Levinhurst |
