Simon Gallup
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Gallup performing in 2012
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Simon Jonathon Gallup |
| Born | 1 June 1960 |
| Origin | Surrey, England |
| Genres | Post-punk, gothic rock, new wave, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, guitar, 12 string guitar |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Associated acts | Lockjaw, The Magazine Spies, The Cure, Fools Dance |
| Website | www |
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Schecter Signature Model Gibson Thunderbird Fender Precision Bass Fender Jazz Bass Eccleshall Bass Epiphone Jack Casady Bass |
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Simon Jonathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician and bassist of the post-punk band The Cure.
Born in Duxhurst, Surrey, Simon is the youngest of six children born to Bob and Peggy Gallup. After moving to Horley, Surrey in 1961 he attended Horley Infants and Junior Schools between 1961 and 1971, followed by Horley Balcombe Road Comprehensive from 1971-1976. 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.
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