Simon Gallup
Known for Acting · 47 credits
- Born
- 1960-06-01 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Duxhurst, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- The Cure
Biography
Simon Johnathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician and bassist with the alternative rock band The Cure. He is the second longest-serving member of the band after lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Smith.
Born in Duxhurst, Surrey, Simon's family moved to Horley in 1961 where he attended Horley Infants and Junior Schools until 1971, followed by Horley Comprehensive School (now Oakwood secondary school) to 1976. Between 1976 and 1978 he worked in a plastics factory and became the bass player for local punk band Lockjaw, who later evolved into the Magazine Spies (1979–1980), also known as the Mag/Spys. Lockjaw and the Mag/Spys played regular live shows with Easy Cure and later the Cure between 1977 and 1979, and after collaborating in the studio on the Cult Hero recording sessions in October 1979, both Gallup and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley left the Mag/Spys to join the Cure. Former Mag/Spys Gallup, Hartley and Stuart Curran later performed together under the name of the Cry and later Fools Dance during Gallup's hiatus from the Cure between 1982 and 1984.
Gallup first joined the Cure in 1979, replacing Michael Dempsey on bass guitar. He also has been credited for occasionally playing the keyboards, particularly after Matthieu Hartley's departure in 1980. He took over keyboard lines for many of the songs that Hartley played. Examples of songs he played keyboard on live include "At Night", "A Forest", "A Strange Day" and "Pornography". During "Cold" he multi-tasked playing bass guitar and bass pedals.
On the Swing Tour in 1996, he played twelve-string acoustic guitar on "This Is a Lie". On the Dream Tour in 2000 he played a Fender Bass VI on "There Is No If".
Gallup is also credited with singing lead vocals for a demo for "Violin Song". Gallup first performed on the Cure albums that make up "The Dark Trilogy": Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography.
Known For
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self - The Cure
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Pepsi Smash
2003
as Self
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
as Self
Disintegration: An Album, a Band, a Generation
2024
as Self - The Cure Member (archive footage)
The Cure: Anniversary 1978 - 2018 - (Live In Hyde Park)
2019
as Self - Bass
TV Shows (3)
Movies (44)
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
as Self
Disintegration: An Album, a Band, a Generation
2024
as Self - The Cure Member (archive footage)
The Cure: Anniversary 1978 - 2018 - (Live In Hyde Park)
2019
as Self - Bass
The Cure: Play Out
1991
as Self
The Cure: Trilogy
2002
as Self
The Cure - Disintegration In Sydney
2019
as Self
The Cure at the BBC
2024
Disintegration: An Album, A Band, A Generation
2025
as Self
BBC Radio 6 Music Session - The Cure Live
2024
as Self
The Cure: The Show Of A Lost World (Troxy Live 2024)
2025
as Self
The Cure: Voodoo Festival Live
2013
as Self
The Cure: 4 Tour at Madison Square Garden
2008
as Self
The Cure: Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2014
2020
as Self - Musician
The Cure Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2019
as Self
The Cure: Coca-Cola Live @ MTV
2008
as Self - Bass
The Cure: 4Play in Charlotte
2008
as Self
The Cure - Shows Of A Lost World At United Center, Chicago
2023
as Self
The Cure - Live At Pinkpop Festival
2012
The Cure: Show
1993
as Self - Basses
The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World
2024
as Bass
The Cure In Orange
1987
as Self
The Cure - Bizarre-Festival Köln
1998
as Self
The Cure : Live Rock en Seine
2019
as Self
The Cure - CURÆTION-25: From There to Here | From Here to There
2019
as Self - Bass
The Cure - Flow Festival 2019
2019
as Self
The Cure - Primavera Sound São Paulo 2023
2023
as self
The Cure: NME Big Gig
2009
as Self
The Cure - Greatest Hits Videos
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Cure: MTV Unplugged
1991
as Self
The Cure - BBC Radio 2 In Concert
2024
as Self
The Cure - Live In Mexico City 2023
2023
The Cure Live At Exit Tribe Festival 2019
2019
as Self
The Cure : Staring At The Sea - The Images
1986
as Self
The Cure - Festival 2005
2006
as Self
The Cure: Live in Boston
1980
as Self
The Cure: The Strange Museum
2008
as Self - Bass
The Cure - Shows Of A Lost World At Wembley Arena, London
2022
as Self
The Cure: The Show of a Lost World
2025
as Self
The Cure: Picture Show
1991
as Self
The Cure - Curiosa Festival
2004
as Self
The Cure: Live In Paris 2008
2008
as Self - bass
The Cure Acoustic Hits
2001
The Cure: Apeldoorn
1980
as Self - Bass Guitar
The Cure - Boston Underground
as Bass
About Simon Gallup
Simon Johnathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician and bassist with the alternative rock band The Cure. He is the second longest-serving member of the band after lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Smith. Born in Duxhurst, Surrey, Simon's family moved to Horley in 1961 where he attended Horley Infants and Junior Schools until 1971, followed by Horley Comprehensive School (now Oakwood secondary school) to 1976. Between 1976 and 1978 he worked in a plastics factory and became the bass player for local punk band Lockjaw, who later evolve… With 47 credits spanning from 1980 to 2026, Simon Gallup has appeared in 44 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Simon Gallup Movies
- Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026) — as Self
- Disintegration: An Album, a Band, a Generation (2024) — as Self - The Cure Member (archive footage)
- The Cure: Anniversary 1978 - 2018 - (Live In Hyde Park) (2019) — as Self - Bass
- The Cure: Play Out (1991) — as Self
- The Cure: Trilogy (2002) — as Self
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