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Siouxsie
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London, United Kingdom (1957 – present)
Susan Janet Ballion, professionally known as Siouxsie Sioux, is a British singer and lyricist born in London on May 27, 1957. Before she started her solo career in 2004, Siouxsie was the lead singer of the influential band Siouxsie and the Banshees and its splinter group The Creatures. She has also collaborated with Morrissey and John Cale.
In the last 15 years, Siouxsie’s songs have been covered by LCD Soundsystem (“Slowdive”), Massive Attack (“Metal Postcard” sampled on “Superpredators”), Jeff Buckley (“Killing Time”), Tricky (“Tattoo”) and DeVotchKa (“The Last Beat Of My Heart”).
Siouxsie has also been cited as reference by various important artists like Garbage (Shirley Manson’s favourite singer), Johnny Marr fromThe Smiths, Radiohead and PJ Harvey…
Solo Career
In the middle of the 1990s, Siouxsie started to make one-off collaborations with other artists :
* In 1994, Morrissey asked her to record a duet : they both sang on the single Interlude, a song initially recorded by Timi Yuro, a female torch singer of the sixties.
*In 1995, Siouxsie recorded with the compositor Hector Zazou the track
the lighthouse : The Chansons Des Mers Froides album also included one-off performances from Bjork and John Cale.
* In 1999, after releasing the critically acclaimed Anima Animus of her second band The Creatures, a cd that PJ Harvey put on her website in her top 10 favourite records of 1999, Siouxsie sang one number “Threat Of Love” with her friend Marc Almond on his Open All Night’cd.
* In 2003, Siouxsie was asked to compose and singCish Cash, the title track to Basement Jaxx’s album Kish Kash. The record was a hit and received a Grammy award.
In the last 15 years, Siouxsie’s songs have been covered by LCD Soundsystem (“Slowdive”), Massive Attack (“Metal Postcard” sampled on “Superpredators”), Jeff Buckley (“Killing Time”), Tricky (“Tattoo”) and DeVotchKa (“The Last Beat Of My Heart”).
Siouxsie has also been cited as reference by various important artists like Garbage (Shirley Manson’s favourite singer), Johnny Marr fromThe Smiths, Radiohead and PJ Harvey…
Solo Career
In the middle of the 1990s, Siouxsie started to make one-off collaborations with other artists :
* In 1994, Morrissey asked her to record a duet : they both sang on the single Interlude, a song initially recorded by Timi Yuro, a female torch singer of the sixties.
*In 1995, Siouxsie recorded with the compositor Hector Zazou the track
the lighthouse : The Chansons Des Mers Froides album also included one-off performances from Bjork and John Cale.* In 1999, after releasing the critically acclaimed Anima Animus of her second band The Creatures, a cd that PJ Harvey put on her website in her top 10 favourite records of 1999, Siouxsie sang one number “Threat Of Love” with her friend Marc Almond on his Open All Night’cd.
* In 2003, Siouxsie was asked to compose and sing
Cish Cash, the title track to Basement Jaxx’s album Kish Kash. The record was a hit and received a Grammy award.
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HeCtor-182 wrote:
OVERRATED
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Fish_box wrote:
-u- ~♥
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U-Never-Know wrote:
Some new pictures here: http://www.last.fm/music/Siouxsie/+images?sort=date
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MrsPsychopath wrote:
♥
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DaysofSODOM wrote:
Like it...
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macrocosm144 wrote:
Love Siousxie! .. she still looks amazing .. hey girl give me a sip of that immortal juice!! Or will this require a few bites?
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Negalmuur wrote:
Divine goddess with a timeless voice and beautiful makeup :)
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Jargou wrote:
I wonder if she's back in the recording studio already... haven't heard anything of her in a while.
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eoooe wrote:
Siouxsie is punk always has been always will be
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Black_Eyed_Siou wrote:
I love that pic of Siouxsie
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Doma_overkill wrote:
magic
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Paper-Faces wrote:
just a DJ set on 4th
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Khundas wrote:
princess.
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a_m_s_p wrote:
who? when? what? siouxsie performance-july 4??? full set or just 2- 3 "hey- goodbye" songs? any details? someone? tnX
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miss-v wrote:
She's an amazing woman.
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Jargou wrote:
Got my copy of Finale today...! <3 Oh gosh Cish Cash ROCKS!
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Captain_Violet wrote:
la mejor voz femenina lejos! desde niña la admiro y adoro como reinventa su estilo y su musica a travéz de los años!
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Black_Eyed_Siou wrote:
Up up up up double up up up up up up up up to the top! Not long til the DVD! :-D
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xx_bark wrote:
Loveless !
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MrLabeless wrote:
Love this album, its so siouxsie, but also very modern, until i started listening to her more, i.e her bands etc, this is the first album i bought of her after hearing the song "face to face" on batman, and thinking "I love how weird this song sounds, i better check this out".
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