Robert Smith and the Cure had a lot that went into their song that broke the band to the world, Boys Don’t Cry… written in the late 70s and released in the US in the 80s it set up the decade perfectly. the song came from years of antics by Robert and his band. He was expelled from school for several live shows that incited craziness… He was beaten up for wearing his mother’s dress to school. He also wrote Boys Don’t Cry as a protest against the adults who told him to cover his real emotions. It set the Cure up for long term success which would be followed by Close to Me, In-between Days and Just like Heaven to make him one fo the greatest of the 80s.

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An Alternative Rock icon, was beaten up for wearing his mother’s dress, kicked out of school for inciting a riot, and wrote a song in the late 70s that is more topical today than ever before- becoming the song that established his band in America whom, he once dedicated to Motorhead. The story of “Boys Don’t Cry by the Cure on Breakthrough a new feature NEXT on Professor of Rock!

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Today we begin a new program on our channel. We call it breakthrough, where we breakdown the singular, song, album or event that kicked open the door to an artist or band’s career and gave them the momentum to rocket to long term success..

The Alternative Rock icon, Robert Smith wasn’t always made up with eye-liner and lipstick, but he has always been a complex individual, even back when he was an impressionable 5 year old when he met his friend, and future bandmate, Lawerence (Lol) Tolhurst at a school bus stop on their way to Kindergarten.

When Robert was 11, he wore his mother’s black velvet dress to school on one occasion, for no apparent reason, and was beaten up by bullies on his way home for his cross-dressing stunt.

The Smith/ Tolhurst friendship progressed into their teen years, when they formed a band with their closest school mates while attending Notre Dame Middle School in the Crawley area of West Sussex, England. They called the band Obelisk, and had their one and only public performance in ’73 when the lads were 14 years old.

1973 ended up being one of the most pivotal years in the life of Robert James Smith. In addition to forming his first band, Robert met Mary Poole while the two were students at St. Wilfrid’s Comprehensive School in Crawley, England.Robert was smitten by Mary, and he mustered up enough nerve to ask her to be his partner in a drama-class project. A romance ensued, and they have been a couple ever since, becoming husband & wife in '88.

Robert’s enduring love for Mary has inspired many of his most popular songs, such as “Just Like Heaven,” and “Lovesong,” which he wrote as a wedding gift for his bride.