Biography

His favorite bass is his Gibson Thunderbird

Bass guitar player for the British post-punk band The Cure, 1979-1982 and 1985-present.

After leaving The Cure, Simon formed another band called Fools Dance. His friend Gary Biddles sang most of the songs released by this band; Simon only sang one called "The Ring." The band dissolved after Simon reconciled with Robert Smith and rejoined The Cure.

He is the youngest of six children born to Bob and Peg Gallup; his siblings are Stuart, David, Duncan, Monica, and Ric.

He has been married twice. His first wife Carol Thompson is the younger sister of Porl Thompson. They had two children named Lily and Eden before they were divorced sometime around the end of the Wish Tour in 1992. Since then, Simon has married a woman named Sarah and had a third child named Evangeline.

[on why he left The Cure] "It's just basically that Robert and I are both really arrogant bastards, and it got to such an extreme. I suppose you just can't have two egocentrics in a band, and Robert was sort of 'the main man.'"

[Asked if he is a compulsive liar] How can you answer this? If I said no, how would you know I'm not a liar?

[Asked what was the best advice he's ever been given; citing his mother] 'Try plugging the hoover in first, Simon.'

[Asked to describe himself in 13 words] Hunched, stuttering, rude, impatient, moody, erratic, drunk, rashed up, gullibles travels, very happy.

[Listing his phobias] Rats, spiders, heights, toads, frogs, Lol (former bandmate Laurence 'Lol' Tolhurst). Well, mainly Lol.