Good quality live recordings of Siouxsie and The Banshees appear to be a bit thin on the ground, which is surprising considering they have toured regularly down the years and the whole punk & new wave scene in the early days was hardly water tight against bootlegging.So for one of my favorite bands that came out of the original punk music scene, on this occasion I will have to settle for a pret...
Much of Siouxsie & The Banshees' discography predated my discovery of music outside the boundaries of Top 40 pop. But by the time the band released its 10th album, 1991's Superstition, I was ready to take a peek into the dark side.Produced by Stephen Hauge (OMD, New Order, Pet Shop Boys), the album had a poppier, more dance-oriented sound, a departure for the British goth rockers, who'd gotten ...
"The Double Life" is taken from the album "The Rapture", which was the groups last studio album before breaking up. Siouxsie continued with Budgie in "The Creatures", and Steven Severin went solo. Now, Siouxsie and Budgie has gone different ways, and Siouxsie has released her first solo album ever! (Mantaray).
While channel surfing late one night this past weekend(curse of an insomniac) I stopped to watch a few minutes of Sofia Coppola's take on Marie Antoinette. One of the sequences in the 18th century palace featured this song. And since Siouxsie has just released a solo record and will be touring soon, I figure I'd give her props today:
Here is a track from the "Peepshow" album by Siouxsie & the Banshees. It was released in 1988 by Polydor Records. The band was: Siouxsie Sioux-Steven Severin & Budgie with Martin Mccarrick & Jon Klein.S I O U X S I E...A N D...T H E...B A N S H E E S...... Ornaments of Gold Silver couches to recline upon And ornaments of gold Silver moonbeams dance in fountains Below shining citadels Surrounded...