Perry Archangelo Bamonte, the London-born musician greatest often known as a member of the Treatment, has died, per the group's web site.

"IT IS WITH ENORMOUS SADNESS THAT WE CONFIRM THE DEATH OF OUR GREAT FRIEND AND BANDMATE PERRY BAMONTE WHO PASSED AWAY AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS AT HOME OVER CHRISTMAS," learn the all-caps observe subsequent to a moody picture of Bamonte enjoying a guitar.

Bamonte, who started his affiliation with the quintessential "goth" rock band in 1984 as a keyboard and guitar tech, then as lead singer Robert Smith's private assistant, later joined as a full-time member in 1990. He initially performed keyboards, then shifted primarily to guitar, however he additionally performed bass and percussion.

Bamonte's brother, Daryl Bamonte, was an early supervisor of the band Depeche Mode, and later managed the Treatment. He continues to work as a music writer, report government, and keyboardist.

The primary Treatment album that featured Perry Bamonte as a full time member was 1992's Want, which featured the track "Friday I'm In Love," one of many group's most lasting hits.

The Treatment's announcement described Bamonte as "quiet, intense, intuitive, fixed, and vastly artistic." They added that "Teddy" was "a heat hearted and important a part of The Treatment story."

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Bamonte's first tenure with the Treatment resulted in 2005, when the lineup was slimmed down. Although he was not a member of the group on the time, nor was he a founding member, he did be a part of the remainder of the Treatment as they had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2019.

He rejoined in 2022 for the Present of a Misplaced World live shows that the Treatment's web site boasted had been among the many greatest within the group's historical past. A recording from that tour was launched as a live performance movie in 2025.

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Maybe shocking contemplating that the Treatment is all about darkish clothes, low lighting, and studying Albert Camus, Bamonte spent his off-hours as a fly fisherman; in truth, he was the inventive director of a quarterly British fly fishing journal referred to as Fly Culture.

Bamonte was additionally a member of Love Amongst Damage, as bassist, with Steve Hewitt of the band Placebo and Donald Ross Skinner, a collaborator of Julian Cope's. They launched two albums.

The Treatment's authentic drummer and later keyboardist Lol Tolhurst wrote about his colleague on X, saying "So unhappy to listen to in regards to the passing of Perry Bamonte from The Treatment. Perry joined us all as my keyboard tech initially then after working as guitar tech went on to play within the band . A quiet unassuming man he will probably be missed by many. Cindy and I ship our like to his household."

In 2024, the Treatment's Roger O'Donnell introduced that he had lymphoma.

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