Lol Tolhurst

Lol Tolhurst is a musician, writer and performer.

He is best known as a founding member of the band that virtually invented alternative music, The Cure. Formed in 1976,The Cure is one of the most influential, successful and critically acclaimed bands of its generation.

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As The Cure’s drummer, Lol toured the globe many times over, supporting the ground-breaking albums Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography. He took on keyboard duties in the mid-eighties until his departure from the band in 1989, at the time of their masterwork Disintegration.

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In the early nineties, Lol relocated to Southern California where he continues to write, record and tour with his own band, Levinhurst.

More recently, 2011 saw a momentous reunion tour with his former bandmates and Lol performing with The Cure again for the first time in over twenty years.