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London, England (1976 – 1996, 2002 – 2002)

Siouxsie & the Banshees were an influential rock band which formed in 1976 in London, England. Vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin were the only constant members of the band throughout their existence.

Initially associated with the British punk rock scene, Siouxsie & the Banshees quickly evolved to create “a form of post-punk discord full of daring rhythmic and sonic experimentation”. The Times cited Siouxsie & the Banshees as “one of the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era.” Their music also combined elements of pop and avant-garde.

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.

Their second album was Join Hands (1979); perhaps the darkest album. Guitarist McKay and drummer Morris left the band during a promotion session in a music store at Dublin. Siouxsie was shouting at them once again and that was the last drop. They went straight back to London.

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WildPrincess89 wrote:
1 hour ago

I just downloaded all Siouxsie and the Banshees ringtones at http://tiny.cc/WhoCX Hong Kong Garden is my favorite, love it!

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WildPrincess89 wrote:
5 hours ago

I just downloaded all Siouxsie and the Banshees ringtones at http://tiny.cc/WhoCX Hong Kong Garden is my favorite, love it!

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Classic-goth wrote:
yesterday evening

I really love them. s2

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Scarlett1991 wrote:
Sunday evening

the new picture is beautiful, but it crops horribly T__T I want the old one back. :(

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AmericasPsycho wrote:
Saturday evening

there's this radio station on sirius radio that plays s&tb all the time, it rocks!

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Mansize_Rooster wrote:
Friday evening

Please don't change the picture!

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georgio01 wrote:
Friday evening

after sex pistols that band influenced everybody

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CureVaNiNawl wrote:
Friday evening

ehehehh siouxsie's hot

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futuredirect wrote:
Wednesday evening

Now I see where Karen O got her style...

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weather4hotmail wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

how i love this band ! perfect music !

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P_Esparsas wrote:
Wednesday morning

always cool.

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Mathias_705 wrote:
last week

Wow, I discovered them like a week ago and now I'm stuck

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monasteriense wrote:
last week

Siouxsie<3

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YControl755 wrote:
last week

Oh my God, I just read that the remaster project has been shelved by Universal and we will not get the remaining four albums reissued. I am crushed!

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Spark_and_Spark wrote:
8 days ago

It also gets put in a lot of old school punk compilation CDs. That's how I heard it. It's a good song.

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wachenroder wrote:
9 days ago

Lahiri: eksperimentoj

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Lahiri wrote:
10 days ago

Please listen to this! http://www.lastfm.it/music/And+This+Again/_/Ghoul

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Black_Eyed_Siou wrote:
12 days ago

HKG has appeared in other films too, and when S&tB feature on documentaries about punk, it tends to be HKG that is played. Their first song released too...I suppose it makes sense

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RickGhastly wrote:
13 days ago

Yeah, Hong Kong Garden is probably #1 because it's on the Marie Antoinette soundtrack. Otherwise, HKG ranking over something like Dazzle or Spellbound is criminal.

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Jargou wrote:
13 days ago

Yeah, you'd really expect something like Spellbound or Cities In Dust to be number 1... not that Hong Kong Garden would be a bad song, it's just far from being their best one !

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