Editing Robert Smith (musician) (section)

====And Also the Trees: 1981–1982====
{{Main|And Also the Trees}}
During 1981, the Cure received a home demo tape from [[And Also the Trees]] and immediately became friends.<ref>Strutt, Anthony, [http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/magsitepages/Article.aspx?id=4788 Lol Tolhurst: Interview], ''Pennyblack Music'', 31 July 2008; retrieved 26 October 2012.</ref> Front-man [[Simon Huw Jones]] later told ''Abstract Magazine'' that the Cure were AATT's "biggest fans, the first people who came up to us and said 'we think you're great'" and that the two groups were mutually influenced by one another.<ref name="Abstract 5">"And Also The Trees" (Interview), ''Abstract Magazine'' Issue 5, March 1985.</ref> The group joined the Cure in support of the ''Eight Appearances'' tour of Scotland and Northern England during November and December 1981, together with 1313, featuring Steve Severin and [[Lydia Lunch]],<ref name="Spiral Scratch, 1992"/><ref>Thompson, Dave & Jo-Ann Greene, ''The Cure – A Visual Documentary'', (1988), Omnibus Press, p. 32; {{ISBN|0-7119-1387-0}}</ref> and the following year Robert Smith together with Cure/Banshees co-producer [[Mike Hedges]] co-produced And Also the Trees' 1982 cassette release ''From Under the Hill''. Smith was initially to have also produced the band's debut single "The Secret Sea",<ref name="Abstract 5"/> but instead Lol Tolhurst stepped in as producer between 1982–84, both for the band's first two singles, and for their [[And Also The Trees (album)|self-titled debut album]].<ref>Thompson, Dave & Jo-Ann Greene. ''The Cure – A Visual Documentary'' (1988), Omnibus Press, pp. 38, 51; {{ISBN|0-7119-1387-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/and-also-the-trees-mw0000502260 |title=And Also The Trees Review |work=AllMusic |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> Smith would again collaborate with And Also the Trees in 1991.