▁with ▁Mike ▁Hed ges . ▁After ▁the ▁departure ▁of ▁original ▁bass ist ▁Michael ▁D emp sey , ▁Simon ▁Gall up ▁became ▁an ▁official ▁member ▁along ▁with ▁keyboard ist ▁Matth ieu ▁Hart ley . ▁The ▁single ▁" A ▁Forest " ▁was ▁the ▁band ' s ▁first ▁entry ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 4 0 ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Singles ▁Chart . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁C ure ' s ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁UK ▁tour ▁supporting ▁Si ou xs ie ▁and ▁the ▁B ans he es , ▁Robert ▁Smith ▁spoke ▁less ▁and ▁less ▁with ▁bass ist ▁Michael ▁D emp sey . ▁An ▁early ▁version ▁of ▁" M " ▁had ▁been ▁performed ▁at ▁a ▁few ▁concert s , ▁but ▁D emp sey ▁did ▁not ▁like ▁the ▁new ▁musical ▁direction ▁that ▁Smith ▁wanted ▁to ▁take . ▁Smith ▁commented : ▁" I ▁think ▁the ▁final ▁st raw ▁came ▁when ▁I ▁played ▁Michael ▁the ▁dem os ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁album ▁and ▁he ▁h ated ▁them . ▁He ▁wanted ▁us ▁to ▁be ▁X TC ▁part ▁ 2 ▁and ▁– ▁if ▁anything ▁– ▁I ▁wanted ▁us ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁B ans he es ▁part ▁ 2 . ▁So ▁he ▁left ". ▁The ▁records ▁to ▁which ▁Smith ▁was ▁frequently ▁listening ▁during ▁the ▁composition ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁were ▁Five ▁Le aves ▁Left ▁by ▁Nick ▁Dra ke , ▁Is le ▁of ▁W ight ▁by ▁Jim i ▁Hend rix , ▁A str al ▁We eks ▁by ▁Van ▁Mor r ison ▁and ▁Low ▁by ▁David ▁B owie . ▁Smith ▁wrote ▁the ▁lyr