SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES – HISTORY
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a Banshees/Creatures etc Full Discography
Siouxsie
and the Banshees / Creatures / The Glove / Others
History:
Formed:
punk troupe who religiously followed The SEX PISTOLS during the
turbulent early years of their career; an early incarnation of The BANSHEES
even
featured future PISTOL, SID VICIOUS on
drums, the outfit mangling the Lord's Prayer at the legendary 100 Club punk
all-dayer in summer '76.
SIOUX gained further notoriety
following her appearance (as a fan) on the fateful edition of Bill Grundy's
'Today' programme wherein his tete-a-tete
with the 'PISTOLS outraged the
country's more upstanding citizens. Cutting a striking dash through the punk
scene with her Nazi chic and proto-goth
garb, SIOUXSIE and her BANSHEES (who,
after much to-ing and fro-ing,
were eventually completed by JOHN McKAY and KENNY
MORRIS) toured
constantly throughout 1977, eventually
signing to To Polydor' the
following year after their original label, 'Track', went bust. A debut single,
'
GARDEN' was a sprightly slice of
oriental flavoured post-punk which hit
its release a few months later, the
record's queasy, churning goth-psychedelia breaking
new ground and spearheading a new direction for many bands
inspired by a movement already dying on
its feet. For many recent converts, then, 'JOIN HANDS' (1979) was a
disappointment, a turgid affair which
lacked the bite of its predecessor and
presaged a band breakdown; McKAY and MORRIS upped
sticks and left mid-tour, ROBERT SMITH (The CURE)
briefly deputising before a new
guitarist was eventually found in erstwhile MAGAZINE man, JOHN McGEOGH. The drum seat, meanwhile, was taken
by ex-SLITS man, BUDGIE, who would
subsequently become SIOUXSIE's beau and eventual
husband. The revamped line-up bounced back in 1980
with the enchanting 'HAPPY HOUSE' (a
Top 20 hit that Spring) and an accompanying Top 5 album, 'KALEIDOSCOPE',
investing their sound with
a newly acquired accessibility and
ensuring a degree of crossover success for SIOUXSIE's
icy sensuality. 'JU JU' (1981) further refined the group's subtle
gothic tapestries, again taking the
band into the UK Top 10 and spawning a clutch of minor hits while 'ONCE UPON A
TIME - THE SINGLES' neatly
rounded up the first instalment in The
BANSHEES' career. More overtly experimental was the following year's 'A KISS IN
THE DREAMHOUSE',
utilising strings and flirting with
club sounds. 1983 saw a flurry of side project activity as SIOUXSIE and BUDGIE
formed The CREATURES, releasing
'FEAST', the first of two albums
together (they also had a major hit with Mel Torme's
'RIGHT NOW). SEVERIN, meanwhile, formed The GLOVE
with SMITH (who had also rejoined the
BANSHEES ranks as a part-time, temporary replacement for the departing McGEOGH), releasing the 'BLUE
SUNSHINE' album the same year. No new
BANSHEES material surfaced, although an atmospheric cover of The Beatles' 'DEAR
PRUDENCE' hit No.3
and gave them their biggest selling
single to date. The track featured on 1983's live set, 'NOCTURNE', while the
following year's 'HYAENA, saw SMITH
making his presence felt over the
course of a haunting set that was unfairly panned by the critics. With SMITH
subsequently finding the demands of a
dual lifestyle too tiring, ex-CLOCKDVA
man, JOHN CARRUTHERS was drafted in for 'TINDERBOX' (1986), an album which
carried on in much the
same vein, spawning a sizeable hit with
the infectious 'CITIES IN DUST'. Perhaps the band really were running out of ideas
as their detractors suggested,
a suitably gothic Top 20 rendition of
Bob Dylan's 'THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE' trailing a whole album's worth of competent
but hardly inspiring cover
versions. Featuring yet another
guitarist, JON KLEIN, 1988's 'PEEPSHOW was a much more compelling proposition,
a perversely eclectic selection best
sampled on the mutant dancefloor hit, 'PEEK-A-BOO'. Now something of an
alternative institution, SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES cruised into the 90's
with their most chart-friendly original material to date, the
swooning 'KISS THEM FOR ME' (the band's first - and to date only - major
attendant 'SUPERSTITION' (1991) album. Despite the latter set's
commercial and critical success, the group reached the end of its natural
lifespan in the
mid-90's, bowing out on a high with the
majestic 'THE RAPTURE'. Officially splitting in April '96, SIOUXSIE was working
on new CREATURES material
with spouse BUDGIE, while SEVERIN
scored the soundtrack for the movie, 'Visions Of Ecstasy'. The aforementioned
CREATURES finally resurfaced
via 'ANIMA ANIMUS' (1999), an album that boasted a few minor
hits; SIOUXSIE was now looking rather
she wailed and her BUDGIE drummed it was safe there was no
lasting comparison.
Songwriters: All written by SIOUXSIE / SEVERIN except;
HELTER SKELTER (Beatles) / 20th CENTURY
BOY (T.Rex) / IL EST NE LE DIVIN ENFANT (French
festive song) / ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES
(Velvet Underground). THROUGH THE
LOOKING GLASS was a covers album containing THE PASSENGER (Iggy
Pop) / YOU'RE LOST LITTLE
GIRL (Doors) / GUN (John Cale) / THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US (
FRUIT (Billie Holiday) / WALL OF
MIRRORS (Kraftwerk) / LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL (Television)
/ TRUST IN ME ('Jungle Book' animated
film).
Trivia: SEVERIN produced ALTERED IMAGES debut 45 'Dead Pop Stars'.
Albums: THE SCREAM / JOIN HANDS / KALEIDOSCOPE / JU JU / ONCE UPON A TIME - THE SINGLES compilation
/ A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE
NOCTURNE / HYAENA
/ TINDERBOX / THROUGH THE LOOKING
GLASS / PEEP SHOW /
SUPERSTITION / TWICE UPON A TIME compilation
/ THE RAPTURE
Creatures: FEAST / BOOMERANG / ANIMA
ANIMUS
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
SIOUXSIE
SIOUX (b. SUSAN DALLION,
JOHN
McKAY - guitar repl. PT
FENTON who had repl. MARCO PIRRONI (he joined MODELS
and later ADAM & THE ANTS)
KENNY
MORRIS - drums repl.
SID VICIOUS who later became bassman for SEX PISTOLS
Aug
78. (7") (2059 052) HONG KONG GARDEN. / VOICES
Oct78.
(7")
Nov
78. (Ip/c) (POLD/+C 5009) <6207>THE SCREAM
- Pure
/ Jigsaw feeling / Overground / Carcass / Helter skelter / Mirage / Metal
postcard
/ Nicotine stain / Suburban relapse / Switch, (cd-iss.
Mar89 & Mar95 on
"Wonderland';
839008-2) (cd re-iss.
Mar95)
Mar
79. (7") (POSP 9) THE STAIRCASE
(MYSTERY). / 20th CENTURY BOY
Jun79.
(7") (POSP 59) PLAYGROUND TWIST. / PULLED TO
BITS
Sep
79. (Ip/c) (POLD/+C 5024) JOIN HANDS
-
Poppy day / Regal zone / Placebo effect / Icon / Premature burial / Playground
twist
/ Mother / Oh mein papa / The Lord's prayer, (cd-iss. Mar89 & Mar95 on
'Wonderland';
839004-2)
Sep
79. (7") (2059 151) MITTAGEISEN
(METAL POSTCARD). / LOVE IN A VOID
BUDGIE
(b.PETER
(he subsequently released a solo “12” “LA MAIN MORTE” for
Guitar
(of MAGAZINE) finally repl. ROBERT SMITH (of the
CURE) JOHN CARRUTHERS who repl. McKAY
(he finally formed ZOR GABOR in 1986
with
vocalist LINDA CLARK- and released one single, 'TIGHTROPE', for 'In-Tape' early
'87)
Mar
80. (7") (POSP 117) HAPPY HOUSE.
/ DROP DEAD
May
80. (7") (2059 249) CHRISTINE.
/ EVE WHITE EVE BLACK
Aug
80. (lp)(c) (2442 177)(3184 146) KALEIDOSCOPE
-
Happy house / Tenant / Trophy / Hybrid / Lunar camel / Christine / Desert
kisses /
Red light /
839006-2)
Nov
80. (7"/dance-12") (POW+.T 205) ISRAEL /RED OVER WHITE
May
81. (7") (POSP 273) SPELLBOUND.
/ FOLLOW THE SUN
(12"+=)
(POSPX273) - Slap dash snap.
Jun81.
(Ip/c) (POLSI+C 1034) JU JU
- Spellbound
/ Into the light / Arabian knights / Halloween / Monitor / Night shift /
Sin
in my heart / Head cut / Voodoo dolly, (cd-iss.
Mar89 & Mar95 on 'Wonderland';
839005-2)
Jul
81. (7") (POSP 309) ARABIAN KNIGHTS. /
SUPERNATURAL
(12"+=)
(POSPX309) -
SIOUXSIE & BUDGIE as The CREATURES
hit Top 30 with WILD THINGS EP.
Dec
81. (Ip/c) (POLS/+C 7056) ONCE UPON A TIME -THE SINGLES
-
house / Christine /
on
'Wonderland'; 831542-2)
May
82. (7") (POSPG 450) FIREWORKS.
/ COAL MIND
(12"+=)
(POSPX450) - We fall.
Sep
82. (7")(POSP 510) SLOWDIVE. / CANNIBAL ROSES
(12"+=)
(POSPX510) - Obsession II.
Nov
82. (Ip/c) (POLD/+C 5064) A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE
-
Cascade / Green fingers / Obsession / She's a carnival / Circle / Melt! /
Painted
bird
/ Cocoon / Slowdive. (cd-iss.
Apr89 & Mar 95 on 'Wonderland'; 839007-2)
Nov
82 (7") (POSP 539) MELT / IL EST NE LE DIVIN ENFANT
(12"+=)
(POSPX539) - A sleeping rain
ROBERT
SMITH - guitar (of The CURE) returned
part-time to repl. McGEOGH
who Later joined the ARMOURY SHOW
In 1983, SMITH and SEVERIN had also
splintered into The GLOVE, with SIOUXSIE and BUDGIE re-uniting the CREATURES
Sep
83. (7") (SHEG 4) DEAR PRUDENCE. / TATTOOl
(12"+=)
(SHEX 4) - There's a planet in my kitchen.
Nov
83. (d-lp/c) (SHAH/+C 1)
NOCTURNE (live)
-
Intro - The rite of Spring /
Pulled
to bits / Night shift / Sin in my heart / Slowdive /
Painted bird / Happy house /
Switch
/ Spellbound / Helter skelter / Eve white eve black /
Voodoo dolly, (cd-iss.
Apr89
& Mar95; 839009-2)
Mar
84. (7") (SHE 6) SWIMMING
HORSES. / LET GO
(12”
+=) (SHEX 6) – The humming wire
May
84. (7") (SHE 7) DAZZLE. / I PROMISE [33] Q
(12”
+=) (SHEX 7) – Throw them to the lions / “A” Mix
Jun84.
(\p/c)(cd)(SHEHP/C
1)<821510-2) ><24030> HYAENA
Dazzle / We hunger / Take me back / Belladonna
/ Swimming horses / Bring me the head of the preacher man /
JOHN
CARRUTHERS - guitar (ex-CLOCKDVA, ex-JEFFREY LEE
PIERCE) returned to repl ROBERT SMITH who had CURE commitments
Oct84.
(l2"ep) (SHEEP 8) THE THORN (live)
-
Voices / Placebo effect / Red over white / Overground.
Oct
85. (7") (SHE 9) CITIES IN DUST.
/ AN EXECUTION
(12"+=)
(SHEX 9) - Quarter drawing of the dog.
Feb
86. (7") (SHE 10) CANDYMAN. / LULLABY
Apr
86. (\p/c)(cd) (SHE LP/MC 3)(829145-2)
<24092>TINDERBOX
- Candyman / The sweetest chill / This unrest / Cities in
dust / Cannons / Partys fall /
92°
/ Lands End. (cd+ =) - An execution / Quarter drawing
of the dog / Lullaby /
Umbrella
/ Candyman (extended), (re-iss.
cd Mar95; same)
Jan
87. (7") (SHE 11) THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE. /
SHOOTING SUN
(12"+=)
(SHEX II) - Sleepwalking (on the high wire).
Feb
87. (lp/c)(cd) (SHE
LP/MC 3)(831474-2) <24134>THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
-
Hall of mirrors / Trust in me / This wheel's on fire / Strange fruit / This
town ain't
big
enough for the both of us / You're lost little girl / The passenger / Gun / Sea
breezes
/ Little Johnny Jewel, (re-iss. cd Mar95; same)
Mar
87. (7") (SHE 12) THE PASSENGER. / SHE'S CUCKOO
(12"+=)
(SHEX 12) - Something blue.
JON KLEIN (b. 9 May'??,
(ex-MARC ALMOND, ex-The GLOVE) (to
SIOUXSIE, SEVERIN, BUDGIE + KLEIN)
Jul
87. (7"/7"pic-d/c-s) (SHE/+P/+PC 13) SONG FROM THE
EDGE OF THE WORLD. / THE
WHOLE PRICE OF BLOOD
(12"+=)
(SHEX 13) - Mechanical eyes.
Jul
88. (7"/7"g-f) (SHE/^G 14) <27760>PEEK-A-BOO.
/ FALSE FACE
(c-s+=/cd-s+=) (SHE CS/CD 14) - Catwalk / ('A'-Big
suspender mix).
(12"+=)
(SHEXR 14) - ('A'-2 other mixes).
Sep
88. (lp/c)(cd) (SHE
LP/MC 5)(837240-2) <24205>PEEPSHOW
-
Peek-a-boo / Killing jar / Scarecrow / Carousel / Burn-up / Ornaments of gold /
Turn
to stone / Rawhead and bloodybones
/ The last beat of my heart / Rhapsody.
(re-iss. cd Mar95; same)
Sep
88. (7"/7"g-f/7"pic-d) (SHE/+G/P 15) KILLING JAR. / SOMETHING WICKED (THIS WAY COMES)
(12”
+=/cd-s+=) (SHE X/CD 15) – Are you still dying
darling
- in
the Autumn The CREATURES issued singles and BOOMERANG album
May
91 (7”/c-s) (SHE /+cs19) <19031> KISS THEM FOR ME/RETURN
(ext-12”
+=/12” pic-d+=) Staring back
(cd-s++=) (SHECD 19) – (‘A’ side)
Jun91. (cd/c/lp)
(847731-21-41-1)) SUPERSTITION
- Kiss them for me / Fear (of the unknown) / Cry / Drifter / Little
sister /
Shadowtime / Silly thing / Got to get up / Silver waterfalls / Softly
/ The ghost in
you. (re-iss.
cd Mar95; same)
Jul91. (7"/c-s)(SHE/-i-CS 20) SHADOWTIME.
/SPIRAL TWIST
(12"+=/cd-s+=)
(SHE XICD 20) - Sea of light. / ('A'-Eclipse mix).
—— Below single from the film 'Batman
Returns'.
Jul92. (7"/c-s)(SHE/-i-CS21) FACE TO FACE. /I COULD BE
AGAIN
(cd-s+=) (SHECD
21) - ('A'-catatonic mix) / Hothead.
Oct92. (cd/c/lp)
(517160-21-41-1) TWICE UPON A TIME -THE THING
- Fireworks / Slowdive
/ Melt / Dear Prudence / Swimming horses / Dazzle /
Overground (from The Thorn) / Cities in dust / Candy man / This
wheel's on fire /
The paaenger
/ Peek-a-boo / The Killing jar / The last beat of my heart / Kiss them for me /
Shadowtime / Fear (of the unknown) / Face to face (re-iss. Cd Mar 95: same)
In Aug 94, SIOUXSIE partnered MORRISSEY on his single,
'INTERLUDE'
Dec 94. (c-s) (SHECS 22) 0 BABY.
(cd-s+=) (SHECD
22) - ('A'-Manhattan mix).
(cd-s) (SHECDX22)
- ('Aside) / Swimming horses (live) / All tomorrow's parties (live).
Jan
95. (cd/c/lp) (523725-21-41-1) THE RAPTURE
-
0 baby / Tearing apart / Stargazer / Fall from grace /
Not forgotten / Sick child /
The
lonely one / Falling down / Forever / The rapture / The
double life / Love out
Feb95.
(7"/c-s) (SHE/+CS 23) STARGAZER. /HANG ME HIGH
(cd-s+=) (SHECD
23) - Black Sun.
(cd-s) (SHECDX
23) - ('A'-Mambo sun) / ('A'-Planet queen mix) / ('A'-Mark
Split
Apr'96 although SIOUXSIE and BUDGIE recorded a third album as The
CREATURES. SEVERIN has written for the film “Visions of
Ecstasy”
2002
(Wonderland/Polydor LC0309 065 152-1) THE BEST OF
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
Stargazer
(Mambo Sun Remix) / Face to Face (Catatonic Mix)
2002
- Banshees reform for the “Seven Year Itch” Tour
Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin,
Budgie, Knox Chandler
2002
– (cd-s Wonderland Dizzy1) Dizzy (Limited edition (5000 copies) Mini booklet & CD
with poster)
Trust
in me / Blue Jay Way
/ Monitor /
Peek-A-Boo
COMPILATIONS
– THE PEEL SESSIONS
Feb
87. (12"ep) Strange Fruit; (SFPS 012) THE PEEL
SESSIONS (29.11.77)
-
Love in a void / Mirage / Suburban relapse / Metal postcard. (c-ep-issJun87;
SFPSC
012) (cd-ep-iss.Mar88; SFPSCD 012)
Feb
89. (12"ep/cd-ep) Strange Fruit; (SPPS/+CD 066) THE PEEL
SESSIONS (Feb78)
- Hong Kong Garden / Carcass / Helter Skelter / Overground
Sep81.
(d7"ep/d7"gf-ep)fPOSPD/G
354) WILD THINGS
-
Mad-eyed screamer / So unreal / But not them / Wild
thing / Thumb.
May
83. (7") (SHE 1) MISS THE GIRL. / HOT SPRING IN THE SNOW
May
83. (lp/c) (SHE LP/MC1) FEAST
-
Morning dawning / Inoa "ole / Ice house /
Dancing on glass / Gecko / Sky train /
Festival
of colours / Miss the girl / A strutting rooster /
Flesh.
July
83. (7") (SHE 2) RIGHT NOW. / WEATHERCADE
(12"+=)
(SHEX 2) - Festival of colours.
Oct
89. (7") (SHEP 17) STANDING THERE. / DIVIDED
(12"+=/cd-s+=) (SHX/CD 17) - Solar choir / ('A'-Andalucian mix).
('A'-La
Frontera mix-10"+=) (SHET 17) - Solar
choir.
Nov
89. (Ip/c/cd)
(841463-11-41-2) BOOMERANG
-
Standing there / Manchild / You! / Pity / Killing
time / Willow / Pluto drive / Solar
choir * / Speeding • / Fury eyes / Fruitman
/ Untiedundone * / Simoom * / Strolling
wolf/ Venus sands / Morriha. (extra
tracks on cd= *)
Feb
90. (7"/7"box) (SHE/+B 18) FURY EYES. / ABSTINENCE
(12"/cd-s)
(SHEPICD 18) - ('A'-20/20 mix) / ('A'dub) /
("A'-Fever mix).
Jun
98. (7") (SIOUX 1) SAD CUNT. / SAD CUNT (chix'n'dix mix)
Aug
98. (10"ep/cd-ep) (SIOUX 2 V/CD) ERASER CUTS
-
Pinned down / Guillotine / Thank you / Slipping away.
Oct
98. (7"green) (SIOUX 3V) 2ND FLOOR. / TURN IT ON
(12"on
'Hydrogen Jukebox'+=)(cd-s+=) (DUKE 044DJV)(SIOUX 3CD) - ('A'-Girl
eats boy mix) / ('A'-Emperor Sly mix).
Dec
98. (cd-ep) (SIOUX 5CD)
EXTERMINATING ANGEL
-
Exordium (one night in France) / Interim (NYC & Paris) / Remake (the James
Hardway) /
Remodel (album mix).
Feb
99 . (cd/c/2xl0"lp) (SIOUX 4 CDICIV) ANIMA
ANIMUS
-
2nd floor / Disconnected / Turn it on / Take mine / Say /I was me / The prettiest
thing / Exterminating angel / Another planet / Don't go to
sleep without me.
Mar
99. (7"clear) (SIOUX 6V) SAY. / ALL SHE COULD ASK FOR
(cd-s) (SIOUX6CD)
- ('Aside) / Broken.
(cd-s) (SIOUX
6CDX) - ('A'-Witchman remix) / ('A'-Justice & Endemic void
Mar
99. (12"ltd) (DUKE055DJV) SAY (Witchman
4x4 mix). /
THANK
YOU (Dub Pistols brings you joy mix)
Jul
99. (12"ltd) (DUKE 064DJV) DISCONNECTING (Beloved's
mix). / PRETTIEST THING (Super Chumbo's
mix)
(above singles on 'Hydrogen Dukebox')
Sep
99. (10"blue/cd-s) (SIOUX 9 VICD) THE PRETTIEST THING
(cd-s) (SIOUX9CD)
- ('A'mixes).
Howie B’S Hormonal mix /
Album Edit / Subsonic Legacy Remix
Nov
99. (cd/d-lp) (DUKE 066
CDIDJV) HYBRIDS (remixes)
Say
(4x4 mix by Witchman / Prettiest Thing ( Waking Dream mix by Super chumbo
1999(cd– Sioux 7cd) ZULU (Live)
1999
(cd-s Sioux 8cd)
NOW BUY ZULU (Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed)
But
not them / Pinned Down
/ Vinus
in Fur
-
(cd-s Sioux
10cd) MURDERING MOUTH
(Issued
as part of the Gift Horse exclusive mailing list for Sioux Records)
2000(cd – Sioux 11cd)
SEQUINS IN THE SUN (Live)
All
she could ask for / Disconnected
/ Turn it on / Take
Mine /
Pinned Down / Guillotine
/ 2nd Floor
Pluto
Drive/Nightclubbing / Prettiest Thing /
Exterminating Angel
- (cd-s Sioux
12cd) ROCKET
SHIP
(Issued
as part of the Gift Horse exclusive mailing list for Sioux Records)
- (cd-s Sioux
13cd) RED WRAPPING PAPER
(Issued
as part of the Gift Horse exclusive mailing list for Sioux Records)
- (cd-s instinct
INS516-2) U.S RETRACE
Pinned
Down / Guillotine
/ Turn it on (Bound n gagged
mix) /
All she could ask for / Broken
Turn
it on (emperor sly’s elemental mix) /
Thank you / Slipping Away
Godzilla (Radio Edit) /
Godzilla! (Video) / Godzilla! Instrumental Video
Godzilla!
[Budgie's
-
(CD Sioux15CD) "Hái!" (Plus Bonus Instrumental CD)
-
(CD SiouxCD15) "Hái!" (Plus Bonus DVD)
(JEANETTE)
LANDRAY - dual vocals w/SMITH
Aug
83. (7") (SHE 3) LIKE AN ANIMAL. / MOUTH TO MOUTH
(12"+=)
(SHEX 3) -Animal (club mix).
Aug
83. (Ip/c) (SHE LP/MC 2) BLUE SUNSHINE
-
Like an animal / Looking glass girl / Sex-eye-make-up / Mr. Alphabet says / A
blues in drag / Punish me with kisses / This green city /
Orgy / Perfect murder /
Relax, (re-iss. Sep90 lp/c/cd+=; 815019-11-41-2) - Mouth to mouth / The
tightrope /
Nov
83. (7") (SHE 5) PUNISH ME WITH KISSES. / THE TIGHTROPE
Jun
94 – (cds/7” – TCR/R 6365) (Morrissey & Siouxsie)
“INTERLUDE”
(12”+=/cd-s+=)(12R/CDR 6365) – (‘A’ mix)
Nov
99 (cd-s) (BRSCD 002) MY LOVE
(Marc
Almond with the Creatures) Threat of Love
/ One
big soul