Editing Robert Smith (musician) (section)

====Cult Hero and Dance Fools Dance label: 1979–1980====
Smith meanwhile conceived the [[I'm a Cult Hero|Cult Hero]] side-project to collaborate with bassist Simon Gallup of [[the Magspies]], recorded at [[Morgan Studios]] in October 1979.<ref name="Sutherland 1"/><ref name="Bowler & Dray, 1995, p. 49">Bowler, Dave, and Bryan Dray. ''The Cure – Faith'', (1995), Sidgwick & Jackson, p. 49; {{ISBN|0-283-06229-0}}</ref> With some leftover time in the studio from the Cult Hero sessions, Smith also produced recordings by the Magspies and a young vocal and percussion duo the Obtainers (described by Steve Sutherland of ''[[Melody Maker]]'' as "two 11-year olds banging on pots and pans"),<ref name="Sutherland 1"/> for the fledgling independent label Dance Fools Dance co-founded by Robert Smith and Ric Gallup, elder brother of Simon. The Cult Hero single was released on the [[Fiction Records]] label in December 1979, while the Magspies/Obtainers split single appeared on Dance Fools Dance the following year.<ref name="Sutherland 1"/><ref name="Bowler & Dray, 1995, p. 49"/><ref>Gallup, Ric, "A Tale of Incest", ''Clinic'' No. 4, September 1980<!-- ISBN needed --></ref><ref>Butler, Daren, ''The Cure on Record'', (1995), Omnibus Press, pp. 10–15. {{ISBN|0-7119-3867-9}}</ref><ref group="note">Some sources (e.g. Butler's ''The Cure on Record'') suggest that the Magspies/Obtainers single was released in 1979, whereas its release was announced by Ric Gallup of Dance Fools Dance (via the Cure's ''Clinic'' newsletter) as a new single in late 1980.</ref>