The Cure perfected the art of seductive pop hooks and painted it in every shade of black. It's a sound that would turn more sombre and sinister in the hands of their followers: Interpol sharpen their moody romanticism with razor-edged post-punk and Tricky lets it slowly, slyly permeate his titillating trip-hop, while Deftones and A Perfect Circle pump it up with raging metal riffs.