Matthieu Hartley was born in Smallfield, England on February 4th, 1960. Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
He was the first keyboards player for The Cure and served on their second album, Seventeen Seconds. Jump to: navigation, search The Cure is a British rock band widely seen as one of the leading pioneers of the British alternative rock and post-punk scenes of the 1980s. ... Seventeen Seconds is an album by The Cure, released in April, 1980 by Fiction Records. ...
After a lengthy world tour to support that album, he quit from the band due to a difference in opinions with the other three members of the band at the time.
Since leaving The Cure, he has played with different local bands and worked at a zoo and as a laborer. He still keeps in touch with Robert Smith, and lives close by. Robert Smith or Bob Smith is a common name. ...
Member Michael Dempsey left the band, and Simon Gallup (bass) and MatthieuHartley (keyboards) joined.
The Cure set out on their first world tour, at the end of which MatthieuHartley, the synth player, left the band.
In 1981 came the album Faith, which hit #14 on the UK charts, as well as an instrumental soundtrack for the film Carnage Visors (these were packaged together as a long-play cassette called Faith/Carnage Visors).