I can understand reading this on bitnet in 1987 when I was a microVAX II sys admin. I’m a little confused now that it is 2022...
You don’t seem to understand, for many, once you have been Cured, you remain Cured forver.
I can still hear Robert Smith plucking his ukelele (accompanied by bass) on the long intro to “Pictures Of You”.
Cure was one of those groups where I had to make a decision to ‘forget’ about the way Robert looked onstage and just listen to the music only. He looked mildly bizarre, but then something similar was done in Japan with Kabuki Theater.