1978-10-25 London - New Windsor Castle (England)

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Robert Smith
Laurence Tolhurst
Michael Dempsey

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from the book 'Ten Imaginary Years'

On 25 October, The Cure were booked to support The Young Bucks at The Windsor Castle in Harrow Road before returning to the studio for an all night session.
Robert: "That was the concert where Bill decided we should also change our image. Before we played he said we all had to shape up and we thought 'He's going too far now, asking us to look different.' Back in the studio, Dempsey was really upset, really drunk, and he never got drunk. He couldn't play but he insisted he was okay. I was horrified - he kept telling me and Lol that we were playing out of time! "That sowed some seeds of doubt - I mean, Bill could have waited until after the show to have his say. The only good that came out of it was that he gave us some money to buy some clothes."
Parry: "Dempsey looked a dork so I told him so. I mean, here I was with a lot of faith and belief in the band and they'd just amble on stage looking horrible, fucking disgusting. I liked their view that style wasn't going to be thrust upon them but Dempsey wore corduroys, Hush Puppies and a grandpa jumper, Robert had a coat that he wore a lot which looked very nondescript, and Lol used to turn up wearing any sort of trousers and shoes, a white shirt, and a bit of a beard and I thought 'These guys are the dog's breakfast! The music is great but they look shit'."
Michael: "Robert would have none of it. Maybe he bought himself a pair of brothel-creepers or something but I bought myself some awful clothes. The only image we had was this leather jacket that belonged to a hoodlum we knew. Lol somehow got hold of it and started wearing it. So did Robert."