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====The Stranglers and Associates: April 1980==== On 3 and 4 April 1980 at the [[Rainbow Theatre]] in London, Robert Smith and [[Matthieu Hartley]] (also of the Magspies, Cult Hero and by this time, the Cure) were among the many guest members of a unique line-up of [[the Stranglers]] to play two protest concerts for [[Hugh Cornwell]], who had been imprisoned on drugs charges in late 1979.<ref name="Sutherland 1"/><ref>''Clinic'' No. 4, September 1980</ref><ref>Thompson, Dave & Jo-Ann Greene, ''The Cure β A Visual Documentary'', (1988), Omnibus Press, p. 23. {{ISBN|0-7119-1387-0}}</ref> [[Joy Division]] were also one of the support bands on the second night. Recordings from the event were later released as ''[[The Stranglers and Friends β Live in Concert]]'' in 1995. Also during April, Smith provided backing vocals for [[Associates (band)|the Associates]]' debut album ''[[The Affectionate Punch]]'', released in August 1980. At the time, the Associates were also signed to Fiction Records, and had been joined in late 1979 by former Cure bassist Michael Dempsey.<ref name="Sutherland 1"/><ref>Thompson, Dave & Jo-Ann Greene. ''The Cure-A Visual Documentary'', (1988), Omnibus Press, pp. 19, 22; {{ISBN|0-7119-1387-0}}</ref><ref>Bowler, Dave, and Bryan Dray, ''The Cure β Faith'', (1995), Sidgwick & Jackson, p. 54; {{ISBN|0-283-06229-0}}.</ref> The Associates' front man [[Billy Mackenzie]] was a friend of Smith's for more than 20 years, and the Cure song, "[[Cut Here]]" (from 2001's ''[[Greatest Hits (The Cure album)|Greatest Hits]]'' album), was written in response to Mackenzie's suicide in 1997. As Smith told ''[[Jam!|Jam! Showbiz]]'' following the release of "Greatest Hits": {{Blockquote|I kept passing on the opportunity to sit down and have a drink with him, have a chat ... I was very regretful. I had never used the words. I wrote them down to get it out of my system ... It is nice to sing a song that meant something, and to think it is going to be a single is a good thing. Strangely enough, it turned out to be the record company's favourite one (of the new songs).<ref>Cantin, Paul, "Robert Smith Talks About New Cure Best-of", ''[[Jam!|Jam! Showbiz]]'', November 2001.</ref>}}
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