Lol Tolhurst
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Tolhurst in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Laurence Andrew Tolhurst |
| Also known as | Lol Tolhurst |
| Born | 3 February 1959 |
| Origin | Horley, Surrey, England |
| Genres | Punk rock, post-punk, gothic rock, alternative rock, new wave, electronic |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, keyboards |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Associated acts | The Cure, Presence, Levinhurst, Malice, Easy Cure |
| Website | www |
Laurence Andrew "Lol" Tolhurst (born 3 February 1959) is a founding member and the former drummer and keyboardist of British band The Cure. He left The Cure in 1989 and was later involved in the band Presence and his current project Levinhurst. In 2011, he briefly reunited with The Cure for selected shows but did not officially rejoin.
Tolhurst was born in Horley, Surrey, England, the fifth of six children of William and Daphne Tolhurst; he has three brothers (Roger, Nigel, and John) and two sisters (Jane and Barbara). Tolhurst was five years old when he first met Robert Smith at St. Francis Primary and Junior Schools, and thus began a friendship that culminated in the formation of The Cure.
Tolhurst is one of the co-founders of The Cure, and as a drummer he helped write and record the albums Three Imaginary Boys, Boys Don't Cry, Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography. After the Pornography tour in 1982 Tolhurst assumed keyboard duties. In late 1988, with the recording of The Cure's eighth studio album Disintegration, some tensions surfaced, when Tolhurst was battling with alcohol and drugs. During the mix of Disintegration, he was fired from the band, and despite getting credit for 'Other Instrument', the other members of The Cure have said that Tolhurst never performed on the album.
Following his departure from The Cure, Tolhurst and Gary Biddles—who previously worked with Simon Gallup in Fools Dance—formed the short-lived band Presence, which only released one full-length album called Inside. He said several years later that he recorded a second album with this band, but he said it is unlikely that it will ever be released. In 1991, Tolhurst's first son was born in London: poet and musician Gray Andrew Tolhurst. In 1994, he sued Robert Smith and Fiction Records over royalties payments, also claiming joint ownership, with Smith, of the name The Cure. He eventually lost after a long legal battle. He has worked as a producer for the debut album of And Also the Trees.
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