The Cure has announced that their long-serving guitarist and keyboard player, Perry Bamonte, has passed away after a long illness. He was 65. The band announced the news in a statement on their website and on Robert Smith’s social media, which you can read below. Bamonte initially joined The Cure in the mid-eighties as a guitar tech and personal assistant to Smith, before ascending first as a touring guitarist, and later keyboadist and bassist from 1990-2020, returning in 2022, completing almost 500 shows, including their last studio album, Songs From a Lost World. He performed on such classic albums as Wish (1992) Paris (1993) Show (1993), Wild Mood Swings, and more. He also played bass in Rock supergroup Love Amongst Ruins. RIP.

PERRY ARCHANGELO BAMONTE 1960-2025

26/12/25

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. 

 

QUIET, INTENSE, INTUITIVE, CONSTANT AND HUGELY CREATIVE, 

‘TEDDY’ WAS A WARM HEARTED AND VITAL PART OF THE CURE STORY.

 

‘LOOKING AFTER THE BAND’ FROM 1984 THROUGH 1989, 

HE BECAME A FULL TIME MEMBER OF THE CURE IN 1990, 

PLAYING GUITAR, SIX STRING BASS AND KEYBOARD 

ON THE WISH, WILD MOOD SWINGS, BLOODFLOWERS,

ACOUSTIC HITS AND THE CURE ALBUMS, 

AS WELL AS PERFORMING MORE THAN 400 SHOWS OVER 14 YEARS. 

 

HE REJOINED THE CURE IN 2022, PLAYING ANOTHER 90 SHOWS, 

SOME OF THE BEST IN THE BAND’S HISTORY, 

CULMINATING WITH THE SHOW OF A LOST WORLD CONCERT 

IN LONDON 1ST NOVEMBER 2024. 

 

OUR THOUGHTS AND CONDOLENCES ARE WITH ALL HIS FAMILY. 

HE WILL BE VERY GREATLY MISSED.

 

Perry contributed to and performed many albums with the band
Wish (1992)
Paris (1993)
Show (1993)
Wild Mood Swings (1996)
Galore (1997)
Bloodflowers (2000)
The Cure (2004)

 

https://www.thecure.com/news/2025/12/perry-archangelo-bamonte-1960-2025/