At the same time Bret was heavily involved in the local theatre scene performing regularly in countless devised comedy theatre productions where he developed a friendship with a large community of theatre artists including long time collaborators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
and Lewin self-taught in production and music theory
most notably traditional folk music and swing
but beginning with Against the Grain and Generator the bands musical straightjackets got loosened
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The Cure "The Gothic Roots of the Cure" Bon Iver- SABLE At the same time BretThe Cure began in 1976 as Easy Cure in Crawley, England, with Robert Smith (vocals, guitar), Michael Dempsey (bass), and Lol Tolhurst (drums), along with guitarist Porl Thompson. Thompson departed, and the remaining trio renamed themselves The Cure. They released their debut single, "Killing an Arab," in 1978 and their first album, Three Imaginary Boys, in 1979. Following the darker period, Smith introduced more pop elements into the music, leading to