Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist of The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old.
The band announced on their website on December 26 that Bamonte died “after a brief illness at home over Christmas.”
“Calm, intense, intuitive, steady and hugely creative, 'Teddy' was a vital and good-hearted part of Cure's story,” the band said.
London-born Bamonte began touring with The Cure as a guitar technician and assistant in 1984, then joined the band full-time in 1990. He performed more than 400 shows with the group and recorded on the albums “Wish,” “Wild Mood Swings,” “Bloodflowers,” “Acoustic Hits” and “The Cure.”
Bamonte split from The Cure after 14 years and later performed with the group Love Amongst Ruin. He returned to The Cure in 2022 for “another 90 shows, some of the best in the band's history,” the group said, including the Nov. 1, 2024 show in London documented in the concert film “The Show of a Lost World.”
As a member of The Cure, Bamonte was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. The band is still scheduled for a series of European festivals and headlining shows in 2026.
“Our thoughts and condolences are with his entire family,” the group said. “We will miss him.”
