Reeves Gabrels
Acting
Born: 1956-06-04 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. A member and guitarist of British band The Cure since 2012, Gabrels worked with David Bowie from 1987 to 1999, and was a member of the band Tin Machine. He has lived in New York, Boston, London, Los Angeles, Nashville, and New York's Hudson Valley. His Nashville-based band since 2007, Reeves Gabrels & His Imaginary Friends, features Gabrels on guitar and vocals. As a guitarist, Gabrels is recognized for his virtuosity and versatility, able to "explore sonic extremes with a great, adaptive intuition for what each song needs most." He has been characterized as "one of the most daring rock-guitar improvisers since Jimi Hendrix". As a songwriter and composer, Gabrels spans genres. The songs on Ulysses, an album from 2000, range from "hard-hitting blues rock to 21st century electronica", as Guitar World put it. Describing Rockonica, in 2005 Guitar Player's Andy Ellis wrote, "Gabrels walks the line between song structure and wiggy sonics like no one else... His tunes on Rockonica have familiar verse/chorus construction (and are often maddeningly catchy), and his riffs and solos typically possess the contours that define classic rock. But bubbling and roiling under and around this foundation are layers of eerie, broken sounds and oddball textures. And Gabrels isn't shy about juxtaposing genres. For example, "Underneath" ends with a trippy mélange of Wheels of Fire-era Clapton licks, acoustic Delta blues riffs, and fluttering, guitar-generated helicopter sounds."
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
Sacrée soirée
Self - Tin Machine
Champs-Elysées
Self - The Cure
Bowie: The Final Act
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The Cure: The Show Of A Lost World (Troxy Live 2024)
Self
The Cure - Rock en Seine 2026
Self
The Cure - Pohoda Festival 2026
David Bowie - Live from the 10th spot
David Bowie: VH1 Storytellers
Self
The Cure - Open'er Festival 2026
The Cure - Pinkpop Festival 2026
The Cure - Maia North Festival 2026
Self
The Cure - Rock Werchter 2026
The Cure - Isle Of Wight Festival 2026
The Cure - Primavera Sound 2026 Barcelona
Self
The Cure: The Show of a Lost World
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The Cure: Voodoo Festival Live
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The Cure: Anniversary 1978 - 2018 - (Live In Hyde Park)
Self
David Bowie: The Making of "1.Outside"
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Tin Machine - Live at Paradiso
The Cure - CURÆTION-25: From There to Here | From Here to There
Self - Guitar / Vibass
David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
Self - Guitar & Vocals
BBC Radio 6 Music Session - The Cure Live
Self
David Bowie - Kremlin Palace Moscow
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The Cure - Disintegration In Sydney
Self
The Cure at the BBC
The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World
Guitar
The Cure - BBC Radio 2 In Concert
Self
Nine Inch Nails & David Bowie: Dissonance
The Cure Live At Exit Tribe Festival 2019
Self
The Cure - Live At Pinkpop Festival
The Cure - Live In Mexico City 2023
The Cure : Live Rock en Seine
Self
The Cure Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2019
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The Cure - Primavera Sound São Paulo 2023
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The Cure: Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2014
Self - Musician
The Cure - Flow Festival 2019
Self