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====Post-''Pornography'' projects: 1982==== In the wake of the Cure's ''Fourteen Explicit Moments'' tour, which culminated in the departure of Simon Gallup and the temporary dissolution of the Cure, in June 1982, Smith began collaborating with Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees again. Although released under the name of the Cure, the only personnel to perform on the original ''[[Flexipop]]'' single release of "Lament" in August 1982 were Smith and Severin, and soon afterwards, Smith admitted that the Cure as a band now existed in name only.<ref name="Spiral Scratch, 1992"/><ref name="Thompson & Greene, pp.38-39">Thompson, Dave, and Jo-Ann Greene, ''The Cure β A Visual Documentary'', (1988), Omnibus Press, pp. 38β39; {{ISBN|0-7119-1387-0}}</ref><ref name="Bowler & Dray, 1995, pp. 92-93">Bowler, Dave, and Bryan Dray. ''The Cure β Faith'', (1995), Sidgwick & Jackson, pp. 92β93; {{ISBN|0-283-06229-0}}</ref> That August, Smith briefly resurrected the Dance Fools Dance label to record and release the single "Frame One" by Crawley gothic/post-punk outfit Animation.<ref name="Pat Gilbert, Part 2">Gilbert, Pat, "A History of The Cure (Part 2)". ''[[Record Collector]]'', August 1993.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/videos-and-slideshows/when-crawley-ruled-the-music-world-1-3874124 |title=When Crawley ruled the music world! |publisher=Crawleyobserver.co.uk |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/8zRu6mQzfHo |title=ANIMATION β Foreign Lands |work=NME.COM |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> In September, Smith with Tolhurst (now on keyboards) and session drummer Steve Goulding went into the studio to record a "blatant pop single" at the instigation of Fiction Records manager Chris Parry. Smith was reportedly so unhappy with the resultant track "[[Let's Go to Bed (The Cure song)|Let's Go to Bed]]" that he attempted to have the single released under the name of Recur, feeling that the single let Cure fans down.<ref name="Thompson & Greene, pp.38-39"/><ref name="Sutherland 2">Sutherland, Steve, "History of The Cure Part 2", ''Melody Maker'', 1990.</ref><ref>Bowler, Dave, and Bryan Dray. ''The Cure β Faith'', (1995), Sidgwick & Jackson, pp. 94β97; {{ISBN|0-283-06229-0}}</ref> During October, Smith and Severin also recorded early demos for what would become [[the Glove]]'s "Punish Me With Kisses" single, at Mike Hedges' studio "The Playground". Smith also returned to touring as a live guitarist with Siouxsie and the Banshees from November, following the collapse of then-Banshee [[John McGeoch]] from nervous exhaustion one week before the band were due to go on tour.<ref name="Thompson & Greene, pp.38-39"/><ref name="Bowler & Dray, 1995, pp. 92-93"/><ref name="Sutherland 2"/><ref>"Say Fast 12 Times: British Switch Hitters", ''Trouser Press'', 2 January 1983.</ref> His return to guitar duties with the group prompted Smith to remark: {{Blockquote|Once a Banshee, always a Banshee.<ref name="Greene, 1986, p. 33">Greene, Jo-Ann. ''The Cure'', (1986), Bobcat Books, p. 33. {{ISBN|0-7119-0805-2}}</ref>}} He later said that he was "fed up" and "really disillusioned" with the pressures of playing in the Cure, and that "the Banshees thing came along and I thought it would be a really good escape".<ref name="Bowler & Dray, 1995, pp. 92-93"/> Journalist/biographer Jo-Ann Greene noted that Smith's replacement of McGeoch "left a bad taste in many people's mouths, as [McGeoch] was informed of his sacking only a week after his recovery from a brief spell of clinical depression".<ref name="Greene, 1986, p. 33"/>
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