Siouxsie and the Banshees

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(1976 – 1996)

Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band formed in 1976 by Siouxsie Sioux (vocals) and Steve Severin (bass). Hugely influential, Siouxsie and the Banshees released a total of eleven studio albums from 1978 to 1995. Some of them were highly greeted by the critics like “The Scream” (1978) and “A kiss in the dreamhouse”(1982).

Their music has influenced many acts including Garbage, Tricky, Massive Attack and LCD Soundsystem.

Siouxsie and the Banshees’story
Their first single

Hong Kong Garden reached the top ten in the UK in the summer of 1978.

Their first album, The Scream (1978), is today considered as a classic. The NME wrote in its review : “The band sounds like some unique hybrid of the Velvet Underground mated with much of the ingenuity of Tago Mago-era Can, if any parallel can be drawn.”. “Certainly, the traditional three-piece sound has never been used in a more unorthodox fashion with such stunning results.” Indeed,

Switch placed them as pioneers of the post-punk bands.

The second album, Join Hands (1979) announced the departure of the guitarist McKay and the drummer Morris.

This change allowed the Banshees to play a different music. They recruited the drummer Budgie and the gifted guitarist John McGeoch, formerly of Magazine (his work with the Banshees, was later praised by Radiohead and The Smiths).
McGeoch played on three albums with the band. Kaleidoscope (1980), including

Happy House and

Christine, showed a brand new musical departure : this eclectic record was a success and reached the top 5 in the national UK charts. One year later in 1981, Juju with the vibrant

Spellbound, was another success.

1	Hong Kong Garden full track	1,842
2	Christine full track	1,155
3	Spellbound full track	1,136
4	Cities in Dust full track	1,103
5	Happy House full track	1,065
6	Arabian Knights full track	838
7	Dear Prudence full track	827
8	Peek-a-boo full track	788
9	Kiss Them for Me full track	779
10	Israel full track	676
11	The Passenger full track	579
12	Mirage full track	506
13	The Killing Jar full track	435
14	Face to Face	428
15	This Wheel's on Fire full track	384

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verabaxter wrote:
Wednesday morning

Escuchenos!! www.lastfm.es/music/vera+baxter saludos desde Argentina!!

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ripinthesky wrote:
Monday morning

I love the new default, even if the rest of the band isn't included. She is a goddess.

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pagliacciclown wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Why is the default just Siouxsie and the runner-ups as well? Should be the Banshees. Also, there are a bunch of Creatures photos mixed in. Bah.

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Black_Eyed_Siou wrote:
Saturday morning

Damn, Siouxsie looks sexy in that photo!...And I'm a homo :-P

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vidkids wrote:
8 days ago

I love this band so much.

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theloverofjude wrote:
8 days ago

Mmm, this band rocks. I can listen to Siouxsie's voice all day. One of my favourite bands, of course.

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JVLIE wrote:
last month

definitely my all time fav band. i never get sick of these songs.

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GothicBowie wrote:
last month

The older i get the more i start loving Siouxsie, strange..

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greendevotchka wrote:
last month

i love her<3

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Designer_Drug wrote:
last month

good music!

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BadArtGood wrote:
last month

<3

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gibassplayer wrote:
last month

ela é mesmo a morte de neil gaiman!!! =)

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nemojero wrote:
last month

Little Nemo, the mysterious french new wave/post punk band has just re-formed! http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=TsWwjrxKuYA

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arabian_eggmen wrote:
last month

Anybody who likes this stuff and cares about putting together a band in Italy or Greece PM me, so tired of dealing with people with bad taste :D

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goffr wrote:
last month

Eee... Mikuła, nie przepadam za takimi dźwiękami ale dzięki :)

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sophXD wrote:
last month

I adore this band, I can never get enough of Siouxsies voice. A Kiss In The Dreamhouse is their best.

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LuxuryStranger wrote:
last month

Listening to 'Hyena' a lot at the moment as influencial material for the new Luxury Stranger album... watch these spaces! www.last.fm/music/Luxury+Stranger www.myspace.com/luxurystranger

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Bring back the old Last.fm over 4,000 members since yesterday!

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I remember "nightshift."

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..which is taken from the Fireworks sleeve artwork!

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