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Pearl Thompson (Paul Stephen Thompson) was born on 8 November, 1957 in Surrey, England, is an English musician, born 1957. Discover Pearl Thompson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Paul Stephen Thompson
Occupation Guitarist
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 8 November, 1957
Birthday 8 November
Birthplace Surrey, England
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His wife is Janet Thompson (m. 1990)

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Pearl Thompson Net Worth

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1957

Pearl Thompson (born 8 November 1957 as Paul Stephen Thompson ) is an English musician and artist.

1980

Thompson and Andy Vella began an artistic partnership in the early 1980s and later co-founded the design firm Parched Art.

Known primarily for album and single covers for the Cure, the company's most recognizable sleeves were primarily drawn, painted, or photographed by Thompson.

1981

In 1981, Thompson volunteered his services for the Cure's single and album covers, with his first designs for the band being the "Primary" single and then the Faith album.

1983

Thompson is best known as a member of the English alternative rock band The Cure from 1983-1993 and 2005-2011, during which he was credited as Porl Thompson and played mainly guitar with occasional keyboards and saxophone.

After leaving the Cure he has focused on a successful career as a visual artist.

Thompson spent his early childhood in London and his family later moved to Crawley.

He was a school friend of Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, and Lol Tolhurst and played with them in various local bands, which eventually evolved into the Easy Cure.

He adopted the stage name Porl Thompson to avoid confusion with Paul Thompson of Roxy Music.

Thompson's guitar style did not mesh with Smith's post-punk songwriting, so he left the Easy Cure to go to art college; the band then changed their name to The Cure.

After art school, Thompson formed an artistic partnership with Andy Vella for music-related projects.

Their company was later known as Parched Art.

While observing the Cure in the studio in late 1983, Thompson was invited by Smith to play saxophone on a song that would be included in The Top the following year.

Thompson then officially joined the Cure, first appearing in videos and television performances for songs from The Top and playing guitar and keyboards on the ensuing tour, though he did not play on most of the album's studio recordings.

1984

When Robert Smith revamped the Cure's lineup in 1984, Thompson became the band's lead guitarist and occasionally played keyboards and other instruments.

He is often cited as the most technically proficient musician in the Cure's history.

1985

His first album as a full-time member of the band was The Head on the Door in 1985.

1990

Parched Art would design most of the Cure's album and single covers, along with various other merchandise, until the early 1990s.

During this period, Thompson performed music part-time, as a member of The Exotic Pandas and as an occasional contributor for The Glove (a side project by Robert Smith and Steve Severin).

As an album cover artist, Thompson preferred to attend recording sessions so the mood of the music could inform his designs.

In the late 1990s he made guest appearances on albums by Presence and Babacar, both founded by other former members of the Cure, and formed his own short-lived band called Quietly Torn.

1993

Thompson left the Cure in 1993 to spend more time with his young children.

1994

Starting in 1994, he joined the touring band for Page and Plant.

1999

During this period, Thompson also expanded his artistic career and held his first exhibition in 1999.

Turning to painting after his first departure from the Cure, Thompson began exhibiting his art in 1999.

2000

Thompson became Smith's brother-in-law when he married Janet, and the couple had four children before divorcing in 2000.

2002

In 2002, Thompson contributed to the album Dreamland by Robert Plant.

In 2002, he held an exhibition of paintings in England and Canada titled "100% Sky".

2005

He rejoined the Cure in 2005 and played on their 2008 album 4:13 Dream. During this period, Schecter Guitars released a Thompson signature model featuring graphics by artist Kev Grey.

The guitar was featured in the book 108 Rock Star Guitars by photographer Lisa S. Johnson.

2011

In 2011 he left the Cure again to focus on art.

2012

He legally changed his name to Pearl Thompson in 2012 to signify his art career as opposed to his previous music career.

Thompson is noted for being reclusive and private.

From his early time in the Cure and its predecessor bands, he dated Janet Smith, the younger sister of bandmate Robert Smith.

2015

In 2015, Thompson held his first exhibition in the United States, with abstract landscape paintings displayed at MusicHead Art Gallery in Los Angeles under the title "...Through the Eyes of Birds".

2016

Thompson is featured on the 2016 album Callus by rapper Gonjasufi.

2019

In 2019, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Cure.

2020

He then pursued an advanced art degree at the University of Brighton; while a student in 2020, he created the pictorial book Ways of Dying, illustrating types of deaths recorded in London in 1632.

He earned a degree in illustration with honors from the university.

Friends had long used "Pearl" as a nickname for Thompson.