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Levinhurst
Levinhurst is an independent music band formed by British musician Lol Tolhurst, a founding member of The Cure, and his wife Cindy Levinson. Levinson provides vocals while Tolhurst writes the majority of the tracks, musically and lyrically, and programmes the drums and keyboards. To date, Levinhurst have released three studio albums - ''Perfect Life'' (2004); ''House by the Sea'' (2007); and ''Blue Star'' (2009) - and two extended plays - '' The Grey'' (2006) and ''Somewhere, Nothing Is Everything'' (2014). ''The Grey'' includes a cover of The Cure song "All Cats Are Grey", a song for which Tolhurst claims to have written the lyrics. (viewed 11 June 2009) History The band was formed in the ear ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grey (Levinhurst EP)
Levinhurst is an independent music band formed by British musician Lol Tolhurst, a founding member of The Cure, and his wife Cindy Levinson. Levinson provides vocals while Tolhurst writes the majority of the tracks, musically and lyrically, and programmes the drums and keyboards. To date, Levinhurst have released three studio albums - ''Perfect Life'' (2004); ''House by the Sea'' (2007); and ''Blue Star'' (2009) - and two extended plays - '' The Grey'' (2006) and ''Somewhere, Nothing Is Everything'' (2014). ''The Grey'' includes a cover of The Cure song "All Cats Are Grey", a song for which Tolhurst claims to have written the lyrics. (viewed 11 June 2009) History The band was formed in the ear ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Levinson
Levinhurst is an independent music band formed by British musician Lol Tolhurst, a founding member of The Cure, and his wife Cindy Levinson. Levinson provides vocals while Tolhurst writes the majority of the tracks, musically and lyrically, and programmes the drums and keyboards. To date, Levinhurst have released three studio albums - ''Perfect Life'' (2004); ''House by the Sea'' (2007); and ''Blue Star'' (2009) - and two extended plays - '' The Grey'' (2006) and ''Somewhere, Nothing Is Everything'' (2014). ''The Grey'' includes a cover of The Cure song "All Cats Are Grey", a song for which Tolhurst claims to have written the lyrics. (viewed 11 June 2009) History The band was formed in the ear ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lol Tolhurst
Laurence Andrew "Lol" Tolhurst (born 3 February 1959) is a founding member and the former drummer and keyboardist of English band The Cure - he left the Cure in 1989 and was later involved in the band Presence and his current project, Levinhurst. In 2011, he was temporarily reunited with the Cure for a number of shows playing the band's earlier work. He published his memoir in 2016, ''Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys''. The book related his childhood in Crawley and his journey within the Cure. Life and career Early years (1959–1975) Tolhurst was born in Horley, in the county of Surrey, England, the fifth of six children of 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 culminated in the formation of The Cure. The Cure (1976–1989) Tolhurst was one of the co-founders of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dempsey
Michael Stephen Dempsey (born 29 November 1958) is an English musician and composer, who has played bass as a member of several post-punk and new wave bands, including the Cure and the Associates. History Early years Dempsey was born on 29 November 1958 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now known as Harare, Zimbabwe); the son of Nancy and William. He moved to Salfords in Surrey, England in 1961, and attended Salfords County School from 1963 to 1970. He then went to Notre Dame Middle School between 1970 and 1972, where he met Robert Smith, Marc Ceccagno and Lol Tolhurst. Here they first played music together as the Obelisk in April 1972, giving an end-of-year performance for their classmates. Although he is ordinarily known as a bass guitar player, Dempsey played guitar for The Obelisk's only known live performance, whereas one Alan Hill played bass. He later attended Saint Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School (1972–1976), and Crawley College from 1976 to 1978. In Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House By The Sea (album)
''House by the Sea'' is the second studio album of Levinhurst, released in 2007. Reception Margaret Reges of Allmusic gave it 3 out of 5 stars, writing "House by the Sea is graced with a continuity and vision that surpasses its predecessor. Unfortunately, there's a fine line between continuity and humdrum homogeneity, and House by the Sea bumbles into the realm of sleep-inducing monotony by the time the fifth track rolls around." Track listing #"Nobody Cares" (4:27) #"Never Going to Dream Again" (3:57) #"Beautiful Lie" (5:35) #"Unreality" (1:35) #"I Am" (2:59) #"Heart and Soul" (4:22) #"Another Way" (4:19) #"Forgiven" (4:38) #"House by the Sea" (4:09) Personnel *Cindy Levinson - vocals *Lol Tolhurst - keyboards, drums, synthesizer * Eric Bradley - acoustic, electric, and bass guitars *Gray Tolhurst - guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or pluc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Life (Levinhurst Album)
''Perfect Life'' is the debut studio album of Levinhurst, released in 2004. Reception Jo-Ann Greene of Allmusic gave ''Perfect Life'' 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a highly coherent selection of electro numbers that range from clubby dance songs to more ambient soundscapes, some instrumental, others given added atmospheres by Cindy Levinson's dreamy vocals." Track listing #"Vinti" (1:13) #"Let's Go" (3:39) #"Sorrow" (3:30) #"Sadman" (5:41) #"Lost" (4:13) #"Insomniac" (1:33) #"Despair" (3:47) #"Hope" (3:03) #"Behind Me" (4:09) #"Perfect Life" (1:30) #"More/Mad" (7:05) Personnel *Cindy Levinson - vocals *Lol Tolhurst - keyboards, drums, synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ... *Dayton Borders - guitar, keyboard References {{Authority control 2004 debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presence (band)
Presence were a British rock band started by Gary Biddles, Lol Tolhurst, and Michael Dempsey. Dempsey and Tolhurst were founding members of The Cure, and Biddles was a former Cure roadie who previously played in Fools Dance with Simon Gallup. In their brief existence, the band only recorded two albums. Their debut album, ''Inside'', was released in the UK through Reality Records in 1992 and in the US through Smash Records, a subsidiary of Island Records, in 1993. They initially began recording their second album, '' Closer'', that same year with former The Smiths producer John Porter at the helm but it wound up being shelved for a little over two decades. The album was posthumously released on 28 April 2014, a year after the death of Gary Biddles. History In 1990, Dempsey, Tolhurst and Biddles were recording demos together with a view to forming a new band following Tolhurst's departure from The Cure. With the addition of keyboardist Chris Youdell (of Then Jerico) and drummer Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cure
The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith has remained the only constant member. The band's debut album, ''Three Imaginary Boys'' (1979), along with several early singles, placed the band in the post-punk and New wave music, new wave movements that had sprung up in the United Kingdom. Beginning with their second album, ''Seventeen Seconds'' (1980), the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith's stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as gothic subculture, the subculture that eventually formed around the genre. After the release of the band's fourth album, ''Pornography (album), Pornography'' (1982), Smith introduced a greater Pop music, pop sensibility into the band's music, and they subsequently garner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backing Vocals
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used in a broad range of popular music, traditional music, and world music styles. Solo artists may employ professional backing vocalists in studio recording sessions as well as during concerts. In many rock and metal bands (e.g., the power trio), the musicians doing backing vocals also play instruments, such as guitar, electric bass, drums or keyboards. In Latin or Afro-Cuban groups, backing singers may play percussion instruments or shakers while singing. In some pop and hip hop groups and in musical theater, they may be required to perform dance routines while singing through headset microphones. Styles of background vocals vary according to the type of song and genre of music. In pop and country songs, backing vocalists may sing harmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses. Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music. The four-string bass is usually tuned the same as the double bass, which corresponds to pitches one octave lower than the four lowest-pitched strings of a guitar (typically E, A, D, and G). It is played primarily with the fingers or thumb, or with a pick. To be heard at normal performance volumes, electric basses require external amplification. Terminology According to the ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', an "Electric bass guitar sa Guitar, usually with four heavy strings tuned E1'–A1'–D2–G2." It also defines ''bass'' as "Bass (iv). A contraction of Double bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
