It's even on wikipedia!!!!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure#Increasing_commercial_success_.281983.E2.80.931988.29
That link describes them changing lineup several times and continuing to grow in success at a moderate pace.
― Oh boy, Midgard! That's where I'm a Viking! (sic), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Styx
― xhuxk, Monday, 3 May 2010 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
(Well, took them two albums with Tommy Shaw; not sure if that counts as "suddenly" or not.)
― xhuxk, Monday, 3 May 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
It's good to see "It's even on Wikipedia!" is still used as a defense in arguments....
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Sex Pistols.
― mike a, Monday, 3 May 2010 00:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Duran Duran
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 3 May 2010 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
pavement
― kamerad, Monday, 3 May 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
replacements
― kamerad, Monday, 3 May 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link