NEW YORK (AP) — Perry Archangelo Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old.

The band made the announcement on their official website on Friday.

“It is with enormous sadness that we confirm the death of our great friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte, who passed away after a brief illness at home over Christmas,” the band wrote.

“Calm, intense, intuitive, steady and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ was a vital and good-hearted part of The Cure’s history,” the statement continued. “Our thoughts and condolences are with his entire family. He will be greatly missed.”

Bamonte worked with the band in various roles from 1984 to 1989, including as a roadie and guitar technician. He officially joined the band in 1990, when keyboardist Roger O’Donnell resigned. It was then that he became a full-time member of the group, playing guitar, six-string bass, and keyboard.

Bamonte joined just after the band’s breakthrough, 1989’s “Disintegration,” and appears on several The Cure albums, including 1992’s “Wish,” which includes the career-defining hits “Friday I’m in Love” and “High,” as well as 1996’s “Wild Mood Swings,” 2000’s “Bloodflowers” and 2004’s self-titled release.

Photo by Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (Photo by Bob King/Redferns)
Photo by Perry Bamonte, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (Photo by Bob King/Redferns)

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Bamonte was fired from The Cure by their singer and frontman Robert Smith in 2005. By that time, he had performed more than 400 shows over 14 years. Bamonte rejoined the group in recent years and toured with the band in 2022 for another 90 concerts.

In 2019, Bamonte was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with the rest of The Cure.

Jason Cooper, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Roger O'Donnell and Perry Bamonte place their hands in cement during their Rock Walk initiation at Guitar Center on April 30, 2004 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Jason Cooper, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith, Roger O’Donnell and Perry Bamonte place their hands in cement during their Rock Walk initiation at Guitar Center on April 30, 2004 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

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Perry Bamonte of The Cure performs at Riot Fest 2023 at Douglass Park on September 17, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/WireImage)
Perry Bamonte of The Cure performs at Riot Fest 2023 at Douglass Park on September 17, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/WireImage)

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His last performance with the band was on November 1, 2024 in London for a special one-off event to launch their latest album and first in 16 years, “Songs of a Lost World.” The concert was filmed for “The Cure: The Show of a Lost World,” a film that opened in theaters around the world this month. It is also available to purchase on Blu-ray and DVD.

The News described “Songs of a Lost World” as “lush and deeply orchestral, swollen and powerful,” one of the best of the band’s career.