Smith was also not the sole songwriter or lyricist in the group during their early years; the band name 'Easy Cure' came from a song penned by Lol Tolhurst,[REF] while "Grinding Halt" began as a Tolhurst lyric that Smith shortened to the first half of each line [REF].
For their first four albums (Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography), all members of the group had received equal songwriting credits.