May 8th, 1979 - May 8th, 2009Thirty years ago today, the album "Three Imaginary Boys" made it's official debut in the UK. These 13 tracks worth of burning philosophical angst, nervously jangly pop, and spare, shivering ballads marked the birth of the commercial and artistic entity that is The Cure. Certainly, there will be much written about this milestone in the coming months, so I won't attempt to distill all of the wonder that it encompasses here in this posting.
I just want to say that to me, the thing that makes The Cure so consistently amazing is that even after performing hundreds of concerts in the past thirty-odd years, witnessing how they can still close down a major festival with the same joyous punk ferocity first embodied in this album makes me proud to be a fan. Thank you again to Robert and the band for providing millions of people around the world a sense of coming home, a light through the darkness, and the best music we've ever heard. May you have many beautifully happy returns of this anniversary!
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