Michael Dempsey

Michael Stephen Dempsey (born 29 November 1958) is a British bassist from England, who has performed as a member of several post-punk and new wave bands including The Cure and Associates.\n', '

Dempsey was born on 29 November 1958 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now known as Harare, Zimbabwe); the son of Nancy and William. He moved to Salfords in Surrey, England in 1961, and attended Salfords County School from 1963 to 1970.\n', '

He then went to Notre Dame Middle School between 1970 and 1972, where he met Robert Smith, Marc Ceccagno and Lol Tolhurst. Here they first played music together as The Obelisk in April 1972, giving an end-of-year performance for their classmates. Although he is ordinarily known as a bass guitar player, Dempsey played guitar for The Obelisk\'s only known live performance, whereas one Alan Hill played bass.\n', "