Une guitare customisée/dédicacée par Cure........

[TOBERR]

......... et pour une oeuvre de charité

On voit bien la Porl's touch.......



Is it me, or are charity swag auctions the new childrens' indie rock comps? Remember when you couldn't do a cartwheel without landing on one of those things? No complaining though-- while the merits of the latter are debatable, you can never have enough good deeds. And all that's to say that the Cure are the latest act to contribute to a charity auction.

Robert Smith and his gloom patrol have lent an extra special guitar to a cause of a different sort. They join Henry Rollins, Metallica, Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, and other outspoken supporters of the men believed wrongfully accused in the hotly-contested West Memphis Three murder case. Proceeds from the auction will go the West Memphis Three's defense fund.

The six-string up on the auction block is a Schecter RS-1000 acoustic (pictured), custom designed according to Smith's specifications, put to use in the studio this year, and signed by Smith and the other three present members of the band. Place your bids beginning tomorrow (December 11) via Skeleton Key Auctions or the Cure's website. The auction closes Christmas Day.

The Cure embark on that rescheduled North American tour in May, and they've added a run of European dates in the months between then and now. And speaking of causes, the Cure also appear on Waxploitations's recently issued Causes 1 compilation.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47560-the-cure-lend-guitar-to-west-memphis-three-auction
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[Nikola]

On a l'impression de retrouver tout l'univers graphique de Cure à travers les époques en un coup d'oeil... trés sympa
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"Le poète qui dort dehors et qui dans les bras de Morphée rêve des mots d'un mort célèbre et mords ses lèvres." S.D.

[Utilisateur]

Superbe !

[Tetsuo]

elle me plait bien.

[Burn]

oui vraiment très belle, sur le site off, on voit robert en train de gratter dessus
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I will always love you, You however long, I stay, I will always love you, whatever words, I say, I will always love you, I will always love you...

[Super Pato le basset fou]

Bah... Tout simplement magnifique.
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With everything gone
And all still to come ? (...)
In each other's arms
So near and so far...

The Cure - Underneath the stars


www.myspace.com/novembertwelve

[Gone!]

Yeah superbe
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I can sing, I can dance, I can laugh
As if nothing ever changed
But without you, without you
It can never be the same

[TOBERR]

A noter que l'association de défense « West Memphis Three » lutte pour la libération de 3 adolescents accusés de meurtres qu’ils n’ont pas commis
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[Utilisateur]

Ok

Sinon la photo en question :


Devraient pas réduire autant leurs images sur le site off ...

[Ivlo Dark]

message myspace du groupe:

Alternative rock band joins the fight to free the West Memphis Three

The Cure will be auctioning a customised Schecter RS-1000 acoustic guitar to raise money for the defense fund of three wrongfully-imprisoned Arkansas men. Damien Echols (who is on death row), Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—also known as the West Memphis Three (www.wm3.org) —were convicted for murdering three elementary school children in 1994.

This special guitar was not only designed to lead singer and guitarist Robert Smith’s specifications—maple body with spruce top, maple and rosewood neck and specially designed white pearl moon and star inlays—but it was also used in the studio by the musician this year.

The guitar is signed by all four-band members—Robert, Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums), and Porl Thompson (guitar); and features a unique Cure logo drawn by Thompson, who is responsible for the majority of the band’s artwork down the years. It also includes a “Free the West Memphis Three” message written by Smith.

The auction will last for 14 days—from December 11 (Echols’s birthday) to December 25—one day for each year the West Memphis Three have spent behind bars.

The starting bid for the instrument has been set at $999.

“It is my hope that through Skeleton Key Auctions, both funds and awareness will be raised about the travesty perpetrated on these three innocent men,” said Anje Vela, president of Music4Life. “Cases like the West Memphis Three’s are a blemish to our justice system. No innocent man or woman should be left to rot in prison without recourse, just because they lack the financial resources for a fair fight. Skeleton Key Auctions is grateful for bands such as The Cure who have generously donated to this cause.”

For further information about the guitar and to place a bid, log on to www.thecure.com or www.skeletonkeyauctions.com

Bidding Starts :12 NOON PACIFIC TIME

[olivier31]

superbe logo the cure (le nouveau?) :un petit 13 se trouve juste a coté du dessin qui ressemble a high

[Utilisateur]

Ah ouais tiens


Ca promet

[Super Pato le basset fou]

[Gone!]

Effectivement ca tue


Et:

[sly]

L'étonnant dans l'histoire c'est que la douze cordes soit remplacée par une six cordes, le son n'est pas du tout le même... il était même très caractéristique avec les accords touffus de Robert.
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Please come home

[olivier]

[vivi]

J'suis pas guitariste et je n'y connais rien mais je la trouve très belle. Elle serait jolie dans mon salon.
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Moi ma préférée de Cure c'est TOUT ( © tony )

[Gone!]

Enceintes Orange repeintes en noir?
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I can sing, I can dance, I can laugh
As if nothing ever changed
But without you, without you
It can never be the same

[Rod x]

& Murs repeints en orange
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Rod x

[Utilisateur]

Merci beaucoup Olivier, c'est mieux