The Cure’s first album comes out in 1979. It’s called Three Imaginary Boys. The band consists of Robert Smith, who plays guitar, sings and writes the songs, Michael Dempsey, who plays bass, and Laurence “Lol” Tolhurst, who plays drums. All three are from England, as is their album.

Same LP comes out in the States a little later, minus Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady” and three other tracks. It’s called Boys Don’t Cry, it features that song, a few more new ones, and “Killing An Arab,” their debut single based on The Stranger,