APRIL

The Cure were approched to record a song for a Jimmy Hendrix tribute. They chose Purple Haze and while rehearsing for this, Virgin Radio 1215, a brand new radio, asked the group for something to broadcast on their opening night. So they submitted their version of Purple Haze, including a "trick hippy fade ending to fool the DJ" (which it did).

An electronic version of the song would be recorded a bit later by Robert Smith on his own at Comforts Place in London for the tribute album. Re-recording the track was a reaction to the other artists (guitar heroes) taking part on the project.

Then, Robert, along with Bryan "Chuck" New, remixed Jewel by the Cranes for a single release. Robert actually played bass VI parts on the track. A nice rememberance of the Wish Tour.


JUNE

13th
London, Finsbury Park, Great Xpectations Festival
The festival was arranged in support of independent radio station Xfm. The group was headlining and appeared as 4-piece since Porl departed at the end of the previous year. Many of the recent songs couldn't be played. But the only 1993 live performance was excellent and included quite unexpected tracks. A Forest greatly closed the evening with a lot of wah wah effect on the guitar.


SEPTEMBER

13th
Show release. All the tracks were recorded live in Auburn Hills (USA) in July 1992. Show was the third Cure live album but the first one to be released in America. It was also released on video (which included extra tracks) and an edited version was projected in theatres around the world.


OCTOBER

26th
Paris release. Another live album, this time recorded in Paris (hence the title) in October 1992 and featuring old classics. An album intended to the group's fan base. Fifty percent of the proceeds were donated to the Red Cross and the Red Crescent movement.


DECEMBER

The group recorded Burn, a track especially written for the movie The Crow. The film was based on a comic book which refered to the band and the Hanging Garden. But Robert Smith prefered a brand new song in the same spirit and that was the opportunity to dust off his old flutes too.

1994

February was spent in court listening to perjury, the consequence of Lol Tolhurst's lawsuit from 1991. In August, the band recorded twenty new demos. September saw the release of Lost Wishes (a cassette only available through mail order) and consisting in four previously unreleased instrumental tracks recorded during the Wish sessions.

On September 16th, the London High Court rejected Lol Tolhurst's claim over royalties and he faced a legal bill of £1 million.The following month, Boris Williams left the Cure to found Babacar with his girlfriend, Caroline (formely in Shelleyan Orphans). So, drum auditions were held at St Catherine's court in Bath (property of the actress Jane Seymour) where the band just started to work on the new record : Bare (working title). Seven different drummers made it on the recordings.



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