Porl Thompson

Born Nov 8, 1957 in Surrey, England

Thompson was a member (alongside Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst) of the Easy Cure, which was a precursor to The Cure.[1] Thompson left Easy Cure to go to art college;[2] his style did not mesh well with Smith's approach to songwriting.[1] Thompson went on to become of member of The Exotic Pandas and occasionally played with The Glove, a collaboration between Siouxsie and the Banshees' Steven Severin and Smith