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They started reheasing again, but this time as Easy Cure, based on a song written by Lol Tolhurst entitled "I Don't Need No Easy Cure".
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"Logically, we should have gone to University, our brothers had gone. But, just then, punk arrived and we turned down University. I went to work in a pharmaceutical lab and we started rehearsing again at Robert's house." Lol Tolhurst on Ten Imaginary Years (1988)
"Robert's parents had an annexe on their house and we practised there three or four times a week. Robert would come in with some guitar chords, I'd find a bassline, Lol would sort out the drums and the two of them would write the words." Michael Dempsey on Ten Imaginary Years (1988)
"The group was a way of doing something. I didn't hope for anything, but I found a lot of our songs better than those I was listening to. My biggest influence at that time was John Peel. From 15 on, I used to listen to his show every night, that was the best part of the day. I heard White Riot and cut off all my hair! The Buzzcocks, The Stranglers... I used to dream of making a record that John Peel would play.
"We decided we needed another name if we were going to start playing again, so one night in the middle of January 1977, we sat around in my kitchen discussing it. One of our songs was called Easy Cure, a song written by Lol, and, eventually, in desperation we settled on that." Robert Smith on Ten Imaginary Years (1988)
"I got reinstated, though - I got taken back but they never acknowledged I was there. It was hilarious. I did three A-Levels - failed Biology miserably, scraped through French and got a B in English. Then I spent eight or nine months on Social Security until they stopped my money."It came to the point where I'd rather be stay at home listening to music but they'd tell me I had to work and I'd just ask 'Why?'
"I brewed home-made lager so I shouldn't have to spent a lot of money drinking, which is a good hint for all you out-of-work people." Robert Smith on A Visual Documentary (1988)