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At the time of the band's founding, he played drums, and as a drummer he helped record the albums '' Three Imaginary Boys '', '' Boys Don't Cry '', '' Seventeen Seconds '', '' Faith '' and '' Pornography ''. But after the 'Pornography' tour in 1982, he assumed keyboard duties. Throughout 1986 and 1987, Tolhurst became a victim of excessive alcohol and drug use, often making him unable to perform, and this led to having Psychedelic Furs keyboardist Roger O'Donnell frequently filling his place. In early 1988 , the rest of the band decided that they had enough, and fired Tolhurst because he was hardly contributing anything by this point. This paved the way for O'Donnell to permanently fill in the empty slot. Following his departure from The Cure , Lol briefly formed his own extremely Cure-like band named ''Presence'' along with Gary Biddles , which is ironic seeing as how Biddles once insulted him. As a one-time Cure roadie, Biddles stirred up a real hornet's nest when he got on stage and started singing, "Smith's a wanker, Tolhurst's a wanker, only Simon is worth anything in this band." That incident finally prompted Simon Gallup to leave The Cure and start another band with Biddles called Fools Dance , which many critics also say sounded extremely Cure-like. In 1994, Tolhurst sued Robert Smith and Fiction Records over royalties payments (also claiming joint ownership of the name The Cure with Smith), but he eventually lost after a long legal battle. Since then, he has recently gone on to begin a new project with his wife, Cindy Levinson, called Levinhurst . TRIVIA
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