The Cure's Lol Tolhurst: 'I'm making a playlist for my funeral' – The Big Issue

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“A friend of mine, James Murphy, says when you start making music, you listen to the bands that you like and you try to write a song like them. And because you’re not them, you always get it wrong. The way you get it wrong, is what becomes your sound,” Tolhurst says of his influences.

Here, then, are the ingredients that formed The Cure… the music that made Lol Tolhurst.

Lol Tolhurst: The Music That Made Me

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