Overview
- The Cure issued an official statement mourning Bamonte, describing the musician nicknamed “Teddy” as a warm, intuitive and enormously creative part of the group’s history and offering condolences to his family.
- Bamonte first worked with The Cure’s crew in 1984, became a full member in 1990, left in 2005, and returned in 2022 for the Shows of a Lost World tour.
- He contributed guitar, keyboards and six‑string bass to key releases including Wish, Wild Mood Swings and Bloodflowers, with credits on songs such as Friday I’m in Love.
- Across his two stints he played more than 400 concerts in his first tenure and roughly 90 after rejoining, with his last documented performance on November 1, 2024, in London’s The Show of a Lost World.
- He was inducted with The Cure into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, and news of his death prompted widespread tributes from fans and fellow musicians worldwide.