"It is with enormous sadness that we confirm the death of our great friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte, who passed away after a short illness at home over Christmas, the band wrote. Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, Teddy' was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story, the statement continued. Our thoughts and condolences are with all his family. He will be very greatly missed."
"Bamonte worked with the band in various roles from 1984 to 1989, including as roadie and guitar tech. He officially joined the band in 1990, when keyboardist Roger O'Donnell quit. It was then that he became a full-time member of the group, playing guitar, six-string bass and keyboard. Having joined just after the band's mainstream breakthrough, 1989's album Disintegration, Bamonte is featured on a number of the Cure's albums, including 1992's Wish which features the career-defining hits Friday I'm in Love and High as well as 1996's Wild Mood Swings, 2000's Bloodflowers and 2004's eponymous release."
Perry Archangelo Bamonte died aged 65 after a short illness at home over Christmas. He worked with The Cure from 1984, became a full-time member in 1990, and played guitar, six-string bass and keyboard. He is featured on several Cure albums, including Wish, Wild Mood Swings, Bloodflowers and the 2004 self-titled release. He performed more than 400 shows across 14 years before being fired by Robert Smith in 2005. He rejoined in recent years, toured in 2022 for around 90 gigs, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, and last performed on 1 November 2024 in London; that concert was filmed and released as The Cure: The Show of a Lost World and issued on Blu-ray and DVD.
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