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| With no doubt one of the longest and most successful careers in the Post-Punk genre, Siouxsie and The Banshees has an impressive musical background and a style to match. With a career spanning over a thirty year period Siouxsie and The Banshees, has had plenty of time to pe |
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With no doubt one of the longest and most successful careers in the Post-Punk genre, Siouxsie and The Banshees has an impressive musical background and a style to match. With a career spanning over a thirty year period Siouxsie and The Banshees, has had plenty of time to perfect their artistic and exotic sound. Originally formed in 1976 by lead vocalist Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Dallion). The band’s original musicians emerged from a somewhat obscure Sex Pistol-loving band named, “the Bromley Contingent.” Punk, being increasingly popular with the masses at the time, was a major influence on The Banshees, and similar acoustics were used in most of there earlier albums.
During the September of 1976, Susan Dallion decided to adopt the name Siouxsie Sioux and officially formed the Banshees. The band consisted of bassist Steve Severin, and Guitarist Marco Perroni, and drummer John Simon Ritchie, also known as the Sex Pistols’ original bassist, Sid Vicious. Siouxsie and The Banshees later debuted that year at the London’s 100 club.
However the contribution of two of the band members was put to a halt when, Sid Vicious left the Banshees to join The Sex Pistols, and Marco Perroni decided to pursue a career with Adam and The Ants. After the departure of Perroni and Vicious, the Banshees’ remaining members continued on, Sioux and Severin added a new guitarist and drummer, John McKay and Kenny Morris.
The Banshees had their first taste of fame when their debut single, “Hong Kong Garden” ranked high on the UK Top Ten. Later that year the Banshees made their first Live Performance of “The Scream” However, in 1979 in a tour promoting their new album “Join Hands,” both McKay and Morris abruptly left the band, however in a famous union, lead vocalist Robert Smith of The Cure took the role for a short time as the Banshees’ guitarist. The Cure was also on tour with the Banshees at the time and was their opening act. Also Budgie (Former Slits and Big in Japan band member) took the role as the Banshees’ drummer. Although Smith eventually returned to The Cure he would continue to collaborate with The Banshees in years to come. On the other hand Budgie remained as the Banshees’ drummer for the rest of the band’s career.
John McGeoch, former Magazine band member signed on as the Banshees’ guitarist (to fill the space left by Smith and McKay). In 1980 the band produced the album “Kaleidoscope“, which signaled a change in The Banshees style, it being more soft and smooth than previous albums. There next album “Happy House” ranked number 5 on the U.K.’s Top 20. 1981 one was a busy year, with the release of perhaps The Banshees most gothic album “Juju,” more notably, however, was the formation of The Creatures, a side project of Sioux and Budgie. Following the release of yet another experimental album (“A Kiss in the Dreamhouse“) by The Banshees in 1982, guitarist John McGeoch fell ill, and Robert Smith once again came to the rescue and took his place in an upcoming tour. Also in 1983, the album “Nocturne,” was then recorded and released after a few live performances in London’s Royal Albert Hall. During that same year Robert Smith and longtime Siouxsie bassist Steve Severin made a small side project called, The Glove, for the performance of “Blue Sunshine.”
In 1984 after the release of “Hyena“, Smith left the band and John McGeoch, have recovered from his illness had decided to part ways with the Banshees’ so, ex-Clock DVA guitarist John Carruthers took the role as the Banshees’ guitarist.
In 1986 with the release of, “Tinderbox” for the first time ever Siouxsie and The Banshees got on the U.S. Top 100. Then in 1987 the band released an all covers album “Through the Looking Glass” which, by the way, featured an excellent rendition of the Jungle Book’s “Trust in Me.” After the release of the album, guitarist John Carruthers left the band and was replaced by Jon Klein a former Specimen band member, and also a new addition was made to the band, Martin McCarrick brought the keyboard to the Banshees, and in 1988 a Techno inspired album, “Peep Show” was release, and a hit single “Peek-A-Boo” was the first of the Banshees’ U.S. singles.
1991, was the year Siouxsie and Budge were married. The Lollapalooza tour was then founded in which the Banshees played, and their most successful LP,”Superstition” was made. “Kiss them for me” one of there U.S. Singles ranked in the U.S. Top 40’s. Following in 1992, a single’s collection, “Twice upon a Time,” was made.
After a three year long absence, the Banshees produced their final album, “The Rapture,” Then decided to say goodbye after a reunion tour of their idols, The Sex Pistols.
While being one of the longest running Post/British Punk bands, Siouxsie and The Banshees, was also a favorite of the Goth crowd and had quite a following, while they certainly have a gothic tune to them, they no doubt were influenced and advertised with the occasional addition of Robert Smith to the band.
Bio written by: TheVampireArmand |
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Siouxsie needs to change her
damn name.
I mean, having to type that out makes me hate
her.
THIS MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY
LOSERSALWAYSWIN'S EVIL ASSASSINATION
POSSE, COPYRIGHT, 2005.
[DEFEATING JUSTICE,ONE IDIOT AT A TIME.]
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| Next thing you know, you'll be too lazy to
type out words like "the" and
"at"... | cLaNdEsTiNeGiRl | Ummm hello, My Chemical Romance is a lot
longer than Siouxsie. I guess you can get
lazy and type MCR though. And you say
you're not a prime example of generation
I. You are like every other little kid out
there.... | SyntheticxDreams | I am? That's nice. And you're just like
every chick who believes in that shit. | losersalwayswin | Generation I does not exist. Therefore
neither I nor any other person can be
involved in it. It's just what people who
think they're superior use to put other
people down for being like other people, and
it's a bunch of bullshit.
Besides, you guys are so gullible. Can you
not see that I was kidding? Honestly. | losersalwayswin |
(WOW!! People are sensitive on this forum, I
better be careful what I say!)
Nice day isn't it?
How about that weather!
| GrayBeard | | I was kidding, too. Christ... | cLaNdEsTiNeGiRl |
OK, now that we have established that
everyone was kidding, let me ask a serious
question.
What cd would you recommend I get for this
band? I don't have any of their stuff and
want to see what they are like. So tell me. | GrayBeard | I like Kaleidescope, but that's just me.
They have a "best of" album out
now, don't they? | TheRezJhonn | Generation I is a concept LosersAlwaysWin,
but I won't expect you to understand
anything that make you think conceptually,
just go back to listening to the
"concrete evidence" of the
world.
As for newbies to Siouxsie, if you're not
going to buy all the cds or want to figure
out which part you like try the Once/Twice
Upon A Time compelations. | SyntheticxDreams | im new with siouxsie.. hmm.. peek a boo,
happy house and arabian knights was the 3
songs i'd already heard..
they are great anyways... | damn-freak05 | im new with siouxsie.. hmm.. peek a boo,
happy house and arabian knights was the 3
songs i'd already heard..
they are great anyways... | damn-freak05 | She was in the bromley contigent
that makes me happy | lilith | How do you figure that she has to change it?
I think it's perfectly fine. | your_nightmare | "If anything makes Loser's life a
tad bit
harder, she'll throw a tantrum till it
changes."
That's like me saying you're a humble,
quiet person. | losersalwayswin | "Generation I is a concept
LosersAlwaysWin,
but I won't expect you to understand
anything that make you think
conceptually,"
Yes. Because I am the least intelligent kid
you have ever observed. I cannot get
ANYTHING. I am just ridiculously stupid. I¡¦m
borderline retarded. Oh God. My lack of
skills is fucking amazing. Which is why I
don't get dates. 'Cause chicks like
dates with skills. And I am such a moron.
Have you SEEN a 14 year old dumber than me?
Didn¡¦t think so. (Pssshh)
No, but really, come on. Don't say I
can't understand before you tell me what
the fuck I'm supposed to be understanding.
If you think I don't know, fucking tell me
what it is. Then if I don¡¦t have a clue,
tell me I can¡¦t understand. Of course I¡¦m
wrong. I go onto these boards knowing that. I
could read something on the Internet and get
67,000 different explanations in one sitting,
so of course I will not know what the fuck
I'm talking about. That¡¦s why I¡¦m here.
I mean, for fuck¡¦s sake. But no. We must
assume I¡¦m in denial. ƒº
You, on the other hand: You could probably
explain the general concept in like two
sentences. Granted, THE VERY VERY VERY
GENERAL CONCEPT, but that really is good
enough to, what's the word? Jumpstart? my
puny logic system. And you might as well
have, because I obviously still know any
better than to be saying what I¡¦m saying.
But no. You don't have time for that. But
you have time to assume that I wouldn't
know if you took all of twenty seconds to
write a small (SMALL) paragraph. Oh, the
irony! Given my small attention span of 80
bajillionths of a second, I might not get
through it, but... still. Enlighten me. Two
sentences. Take that huge (HUGE) slice out of
your life that could be used for valuable
premature judgments and tell me something,
because my children are going to turn out
fucked up if you don't.
"just go back to listening to the
"concrete evidence" of the
world."
Tell me something new. Or I will. I¡¦ll have
to. And then, as I said before, my children
will turn out fucked up. And then there'll
be like, "Generation XVI: The
Unbearable Lightness Of Feng Shui" on
DVD and you'll be looking down from heaven
like "shit, I should've WARNED
THEM!"
That is assuming you go to heaven.
--
Ducks don't echo.
And Armand is a humble, quiet person. | losersalwayswin | Oh my God.
I just did an Armand.
Delete it! Delete it! | losersalwayswin | "If anything makes Loser's life a
tad bit
harder, she'll throw a tantrum till it
changes."
Heh, heh, heh. It's funny because Vamps
said it and then it happened. | VoicesCollaboration | "I don't have any of their stuff
and
want to see what they are like. So tell
me."
I just dicovered a handy trick suited just
for that kind of situation. Open up your
Windows Media Player, then hit the (depending
on wich version you have) hit the
'Guide' tab. Then type in the band your
looking for. Siouxsie & the Banshees has 13
songs you can listen to from a few of there
albums. | VoicesCollaboration | "Through the Looking
Glass is one of my favs."
Spellbound from Juju is mine. | VoicesCollaboration | Just for the experience; you should listen to
the opening tracks from their live album
"Nocturne", recorded at the
Royal Albert Hall in London on the 30th Sept
& 1st Oct 1983, It opens with the
"Rite of Spring" by Stravinsky,
you hear the crowd go mental as the band walk
onto the stage, they then go into my personal
favourite, "Israel". The best
opening to a live album, in personal humble
opinion. | simon67 | Siouxsie shouldnt change her name, u fucking
bitch, because her real name is SUSAN!! | Punkgirl3 | | | |
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