Simon Gallup

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

June 1, 1960 (age 65)

Place of Birth

Duxhurst, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As

The Cure

Simon Gallup

Biography

Simon Johnathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician and bassist with the alternative rock band The Cure. He is the second longest-serving member of the band after lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Smith. Born in Duxhurst, Surrey, Simon's family moved to Horley in 1961 where he attended Horley Infants and Junior Schools until 1971, followed by Horley Comprehensive School (now Oakwood secondary school) to 1976. Between 1976 and 1978 he worked in a plastics factory and became the bass player for local punk band Lockjaw, who later evolved into the Magazine Spies (1979–1980), also known as the Mag/Spys. Lockjaw and the Mag/Spys played regular live shows with Easy Cure and later the Cure between 1977 and 1979, and after collaborating in the studio on the Cult Hero recording sessions in October 1979, both Gallup and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley left the Mag/Spys to join the Cure. Former Mag/Spys Gallup, Hartley and Stuart Curran later performed together under the name of the Cry and later Fools Dance during Gallup's hiatus from the Cure between 1982 and 1984. Gallup first joined the Cure in 1979, replacing Michael Dempsey on bass guitar. He also has been credited for occasionally playing the keyboards, particularly after Matthieu Hartley's departure in 1980. He took over keyboard lines for many of the songs that Hartley played. Examples of songs he played keyboard on live include "At Night", "A Forest", "A Strange Day" and "Pornography". During "Cold" he multi-tasked playing bass guitar and bass pedals. On the Swing Tour in 1996, he played twelve-string acoustic guitar on "This Is a Lie". On the Dream Tour in 2000 he played a Fender Bass VI on "There Is No If". Gallup is also credited with singing lead vocals for a demo for "Violin Song". Gallup first performed on the Cure albums that make up "The Dark Trilogy": Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography. During the Pornography Tour in 1982, a series of incidents prompted Gallup to leave the Cure, including an incident on 27 May 1982 after a live performance at Hall Tivoli, Strasbourg, France when he got into a fist fight with Robert Smith at a nightclub in Strasbourg reportedly over a bar tab. Gallup has said that "I was about to leave when some guy came up and told me I hadn't paid for my drinks. He thought I was Robert. I was knackered but the bloke took me up to the bar and Robert appeared to see what was going on. I hit him, he responded and we had a fight". ... Source: Article "Simon Gallup" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Filmography

2026FilmIron Maiden: Burning Ambitionas Self2025FilmThe Cure: The Show of a Lost Worldas Self2025FilmDisintegration: An Album, A Band, A Generationas Self2024FilmDisintegration: An Album, a Band, a Generationas Self - The Cure Member (archive footage)2024FilmThe Cure at the BBC2024FilmThe Cure: The Show Of A Lost World (Troxy Live 2024)as Self2024FilmThe Cure: Songs Of A Lost Worldas Bass2024FilmBBC Radio 6 Music Session - The Cure Liveas Self2024FilmThe Cure - BBC Radio 2 In Concertas Self2023FilmThe Cure - Primavera Sound São Paulo 2023as self2023FilmThe Cure - Live In Mexico City 20232023FilmThe Cure - Shows Of A Lost World At United Center, Chicagoas Self2022FilmThe Cure - Shows Of A Lost World At Wembley Arena, Londonas Self2020FilmThe Cure: Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2014as Self - Musician2019FilmThe Cure : Live Rock en Seineas Self2019FilmThe Cure - Flow Festival 2019as Self2019FilmThe Cure Live At Exit Tribe Festival 2019as Self2019FilmThe Cure: Anniversary 1978 - 2018 - (Live In Hyde Park)as Self - Bass2019FilmThe Cure - CURÆTION-25: From There to Here | From Here to Thereas Self - Bass2019FilmThe Cure - Disintegration In Sydneyas Self2013FilmThe Cure: Voodoo Festival Liveas Self2012FilmThe Cure - Live At Pinkpop Festival2009FilmThe Cure: NME Big Gigas Self2008FilmThe Cure: Coca-Cola Live @ MTVas Self - Bass2008FilmThe Cure: 4Play in Charlotteas Self2008FilmThe Cure: Live In Paris 2008as Self - bass2008FilmThe Cure: 4 Tour at Madison Square Gardenas Self2008FilmThe Cure: The Strange Museumas Self - Bass2006FilmThe Cure - Festival 2005as Self2004FilmThe Cure - Curiosa Festivalas Self2002FilmThe Cure: Trilogyas Self2001FilmThe Cure Acoustic Hits2001FilmThe Cure - Greatest Hits Videosas Self (archive footage)1998FilmThe Cure - Bizarre-Festival Kölnas Self1993FilmThe Cure: Showas Self - Basses1991FilmThe Cure: Play Outas Self1991FilmThe Cure: Picture Showas Self1991FilmThe Cure: MTV Unpluggedas Self1987FilmThe Cure In Orangeas Self1986FilmThe Cure : Staring At The Sea - The Imagesas Self1984TVMTV Video Music Awardsas Self1982TVChamps-Elyséesas Self - The Cure1980FilmThe Cure: Apeldoornas Self - Bass Guitar1980FilmThe Cure: Live in Bostonas Self1975TVSaturday Night Liveas Self - Musical GuestFilmThe Cure Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2019as SelfFilmThe Cure - Boston Undergroundas Bass

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