Levinhurst is an

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band formed by British musician

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, Levinhurs ...

, a founding member of

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 re ...

, and his wife Cindy Levinson. Levinson provides vocals while Tolhurst writes the majority of the tracks, musically and lyrically, and programmes the

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s and

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. To date, Levinhurst have released three

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s - ''Perfect Life'' (2004); ''House by the Sea'' (2007); and ''Blue Star'' (2009) - and two

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

s - '' 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.2007 Cure fanclub interview with Tolhurst
(viewed 11 June 2009)

History

The band was formed in the early 2000s by Lol Tolhurst, a founding member of

and his wife Cindy Levinson. Their debut album, '' Perfect Life'', was released in March 2004. This was followed in October 2006 by an EP called '' The Grey''. Their second album, '' House by the Sea'', was released in April 2007. The band's third album, ''Blue Star'' was released in 2009. It features Tolhurst and Levinson, plus other musicians including

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 ...

, the original bassist with The Cure. An international tour took place in 2010, promoting ''Blue Star''.

Members

Current members

*Cindy Levinson -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(2002–present) *

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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 ...

(2002–present) *Eric Bradley -

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 plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, bass,

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 use ...

(2007–present) *

- bass, keyboards, guitar, string arrangements (2009–present)

Former members

*Dayton Borders - guitar, keyboards (2002–2005)

Discography

Albums

*'' Perfect Life'' (2004) *'' House by the Sea'' (2007) *''Blue Star'' (2009)

EPs

*'' The Grey'' (2006) *''Somewhere, Nothing Is Everything'' (2014)

References

External links

Levinhurst
on Myspace * *
Interview with Tolhurst at freewilliamsburg.comInterview with Tolhurst at chaoscontrol.com
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