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Use dmy dates|date=March 2012Use British English|date=March 2012Infobox musical artist | name = Pearl Thompson| image =| caption = Porl Thompson performing live with The Cure in Las Vegas, 2009| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Paul Stephen Thompson| alias = Porl Thompson| birth_date = Birth date and age|1957|11|8|df=y| death_date =| origin = Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon , England | instrument = Guitar , Electronic keyboard|keyboard , saxophone , banjo | genre = Gothic rock , alternative rock , post-punk | occupation = Musician , artist | years_active = 1976–present| label =| associated_acts = The Cure Page and Plant Shelleyan Orphan Babacar (band)|Babacar Malice (UK band)|Malice Easy Cure The Glove | website = http://www.porl.co.uk/ Official website| notable_instruments = Schecter Guitar Research|Schecter Porl Thompson Signature Model Pearl Thompson (born Paul Stephen Thompson , 8 November 1957) is an English people|English musician best known for his work with The Cure .
Life and work
Thompson is the oldest of four children; he has two brothers and one sister. Thompson was married to Janet Smith, the younger sister of Cure bandmate Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith , and together they have three sons and a daughter.
Thompson was part of the original lineup of the Cure, which also included Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith , Michael Dempsey , and Lol Tolhurst when the band (music)|band was first formed in 1976; however, he was dropped by the time they released their debut album, Three Imaginary Boys , in 1979 because his lead guitar style was at odds with Smith's growing preference for minimalist songwriting. Ten Imaginary Years - ISBN 0-946391-87-4 He rejoined the band in 1983 on saxophone and helped record the album The Top (album)|The Top . During the Top concert tour|tour , Thompson played keyboard instrument|keyboard as well as the guitar and saxophone. He also performed with The Glove when they appeared on television . http://www.answers.com/topic/the-glove Answers.com
Thompson performed on four more recording studio|studio albums ( The Head on the Door , Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me , Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration and Wish (The Cure album)|Wish ) and four live album s ( Concert (album)|Concert , Entreat , Paris (Cure live album)|Paris and Show (Cure live album)|Show ) as well as the videos The Cure in Orange , Picture Show and The Cure: Festival 2005|Festival 2005 . He also appears on the remix album Mixed Up and the deluxe issue of Three Imaginary Boys .
Thompson left the Cure in 1994 to play with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin during the Page and Plant tour of 1995. He also played with Babacar (band)|Babacar , the band formed by Boris Williams following his departure from The Cure, and later formed his own solo project called Quietly Torn . http://www.picturesofyou.us/photos/96-99/98-quietlytorn-2.htm Thompson worked with Plant again when he joined the singer's group for the 2002 release Dreamland (Robert Plant album)|Dreamland .
Thompson still paints and has a collection entitled "100% Sky" posted at his website. He officially rejoined the band for a third time in June 2005 and recorded the live DVD , The Cure: Festival 2005 and appeared on their 13th studio album, 4:13 Dream .
Thompson also toured with The Cure for their 2007-2008 4Tour .
Without any official explanation, Thompson was absent from all of the tour dates that The Cure performed in 2011. It is assumed he is continuing his multiple art projects.
Thompson has the distinction of being the only other person, besides Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith , to have worked with every other member of The Cure both past and present. Although he and Matthieu Hartley were never in the same line-up, the two of them did work together on the single (music)|single " I'm a Cult Hero ".
In 2007 Schecter Guitars released a Porl Thompson Signature model featuring graphics by the British artist , Kev Grey.
Thompson and designer Andy Vella are the co-founders of Parched Art, which has produced many of the record sleeves found on The Cure albums, many of which Thompson drew or painted.
In 2012 previously 'Porl' Thompson stated that he now goes by the first name 'Pearl'.
http://www.picturesofyou.us/members/Porl-bio-tiy-book.htm Porl Thompson bio
http://picturesofyou.us/members/porl.htm Porl at Pictures of You
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