History YMMV / TheCureBand

** In TheEighties, they became one of the first AlternativeRock bands to break into the mainstream through CollegeRadio and commercia modern rock radio airplay.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The signature keyboard-bass-drum patterns of "Close to Me" became the popular "Cure riddim" in Jamaica, rehashed as the backing track for numerous {{Reggae}} songs.

* FaceOfTheBand: Robert Smith. Rarely anyone can name another member.
** Naming another member is easy. [[RevolvingDoorBand Remembering whether or not he's actually in the band at the moment is the hard part.]] Simon Gallup, the band's bassist since 1979 (except for a few years in the 1980's), is likely the second most nameable member of the band after Smith.

* MisaimedFandom: Enough of it for "Killing an Arab," that they had to put a sticker on ''Staring at the Sea'' to decry racist use of the song. In fact, it got so bad that [[ExecutiveMeddling their US label wanted to]] leave the song off the album altogether - the sticker was a compromise after Smith refused.

* NarmCharm: “A Forest” is an excellent song and one of the definitive pieces of GothRock, but its ominous lyrics sound like someone telling a scary story at a campfire.
** Also some of the videos for their more upbeat songs, such as "Why Can't I Be You?".

* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: "Friday I'm in Love" is one of those songs that's impossible ''not'' to be cheered up by.

* {{Expy}}: Robert Smith's look is inspired by the looks of Music/SydBarrett.

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/TheCure Has its own page.]]

* SignatureSong: Either "Friday I'm in Love" (especially to pop audiences), "Just Like Heaven" or "Lovesong." "A Forest" from ''Music/SeventeenSeconds'' is also a popular staple of AlternativeRock radio. Goths are also likely to name "One Hundred Years". For the New Wave crowd, there's "Boys Don't Cry".

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: ''Music/{{Disintegration}}'' was considered commercial suicide by execs because Robert Smith returned to the band's gloomy sound after the success of ''The Head on the Door'' and ''Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me'', but the album turned out to be the band's most popular.

* DorkAge: Fans commonly see ''Wild Mood Swings'' as the band's weakest release.
** Many fans agree that ''Wild Mood Swings'' could have actually been a good album if some of the weaker tracks were replaced with underrated [[BSide B-sides]] such as "A Pink Dream". The self titled album and ''4:13 Dream'' also have fan backlash to them. Some fans believe that the self-titled, with the exception of its well-liked singles "The End of the World" and "Taking Off", is even worse than ''Wild Mood Swings''.

* SignatureSong: Either "Friday I'm in Love", "Just Like Heaven" or "Lovesong." "A Forest" from ''Music/SeventeenSeconds'' is also a popular staple of AlternativeRock radio. Goths are also likely to name "One Hundred Years". For the New Wave crowd, there's "Boys Don't Cry".

* SignatureSong: Either "Just Like Heaven" or "Lovesong." "A Forest" from ''Music/SeventeenSeconds'' is also a popular staple of AlternativeRock radio. Goths are also likely to name "One Hundred Years". For the New Wave crowd, there's "Boys Don't Cry".

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Their 1982 - 1985 period where they released 'Let's go to bed', 'The Walk', and 'Lovecats'. The former two are synth-pop songs that capitalized on the electronic dance craze at the time, and the latter being a strange jazz song.

* SignatureSong: Either "Just Like Heaven" or "Lovesong." "A Forest" from ''Music/SeventeenSeconds'' is also a popular staple of AlternativeRock radio. Goths are also likely to name "One Hundred Years".

** "In Between Days" sounds a lot like Music/NewOrder's [[Music/{{Movement}} "Dreams Never End"]].
** In another example with New Order, "Just Like Heaven" sounds oddly similar to [[Music/{{Brotherhood}} "Weirdo"]], with the main riff being note-for-note identical to that from [[Music/PowerCorruptionAndLies "Leave Me Alone"]] (apart from being in a higher key).

* LastNoteNightmare: ''Music/{{Disintegration}}'''s title track, which ends on a note significantly louder than the rest of the album.
** CarefulWithThatAxe: The ending to "Subway Song", rather infamously.

* TrollingCreator: Robert Smith likes to give himself and his songs [[MultipleChoicePast Multiple Choice Backstories]].

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: ''Music/{{Disintegraton}}'' was considered commercial suicide by execs because Robert Smith returned to the band's gloomy sound after the success of ''The Head on the Door'' and ''Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me'', but the album turned out to be the band's most popular.