Siouxsie and the Banshees - 1979 Concert, Switzerland

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Source : RTS (Swiss TV)

[@johnbeaney1237]

Discordant, surreal, other worldly, fantastic!

[@charliekane135]

With her unique style, wonderful bone structure and voice Siouxsie Sioux was always going to be somebody.

[@sextuspompeius1266]

Fuck you mean bone structure

[@Andy19212]

Boy that guy can play a guitar just amazing and what a voice

[@ericbabcock846]

For no formal training she is raw art talent . Pure genius, top female rockstar uncomparable.EB

[@stanleyetienne8353]

This band influenced so many bands that came after them, at least 2 decades ahead of their time, and so underappreciated in my opinion.

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

4 Decades ❤

[@justindawson5930]

Freaking Awesome prequel to the Siouxie that I fell in love with as a young boy in the 80s

[@theethinethou]

Kenny Morris was a human drum machine. I do love Budgie, but Kenny will always be it for me.

[@MsSusie110]

This is brillant. So original. Nothing like this in 1979 or ever.

[@matthewbeumer3168]

The Brilliant Banshees and the Greater Siouxsie Sioux one of the most iconic female singers of British rock/pop scene of the 20th century.

[@stupidchild7345]

0:00 Jigsaw Feeling 4:25 Placebo Effect 8:45 Hong Kong Garden 11:45 Switch 18:05 Suburban Relapse

[@bitternessbarbie8655]

Thank you

[@burnhappy]

Beautiful

[@bobmalack481]

You didn't add India.

[@zaradragonia9863]

All fantastic songs

[@zaradragonia9863]

The Scream is my favourite Banshees album and Jigsaw Feeling my favourite song ever

[@anthonypetercoleman3575]

Who sounded like this in the history of pop music? Absolutely no one. This is literally genius.

[@vinylrichie007]

Come on, you can’t be serious.

[@jimjamjee3220]

They were just a poor man's Altered Images

[@Stig10001]

@@jimjamjee3220 I totally agree, U2 and all the rest of these feckers about these days are just that.

[@zaradragonia9863]

@@jimjamjee3220 ha what? Omg where have you been hiding

[@paulrennie2603]

This is amazing . Average age about 22/23 . Songs about alienation , racism , mental health , social commentary - all 40+ years ago. Unique and world class. Do they even know how good they were ?

[@michaelsnow7252]

well put

[@zaradragonia9863]

Yes. Up themselves from day 1

[@EJisArete]

Too bad they never grew out of their white guilt, liberal neurosis and alienation. None of them passed on a legacy, ending life as childless weirdos.

[@UKAlanR]

This lineup at its peak here, with a fantastic performance of some of their best material at the time. I've not seen any more exciting footage of the Banshees - this is absolute stardust.

[@zaradragonia9863]

Totally agree ☺️

[@kamikaze_kev]

This is so good after a hard days work, thank you for this

[@zaradragonia9863]

John McKay: genius guitarist and musician. Sad that he left and is unheard of today.

[@djrobotcitizen]

indeed it is sad that we didn't hear much more of him. He was an excellent guitarist for that genre and time; and has inspired so many since.

[@michaelsnow7252]

john mckay the ultimate lost guitar hero

[@zaradragonia9863]

@@michaelsnow7252 The best Banshee that ever lived

[@markwright9887]

@@zaradragonia9863 he played last night in leeds - well 3 tunes and did a Q&A - it was magical!!

[@zaradragonia9863]

@@markwright9887 wow wish I could have seen it. I bet he was incredible 😌

[@matthewrichardson2526]

There's just nothing quite like discovering "new old."

[@riensnijder5712]

Brilliant comment and very true

[@adrianreeve71]

The superior line up for me. What a drummer Kenny Morris. Join Hands my fave Banshees album.

[@belfagorable]

Totally agree. JOIN HANDS is my favourite too.

[@pocket1684]

I partially disagree, but this line up was best for siouxsie and where she was in the beginning. I love artists that always progress to continue to make great art despite who is in the line up like The Damned. Some people only like their 1st 2 albums. They progressed..having said that, I think this line up started a sound. Even Budgie said he loved this drummer and he liked that siouxsie pushed him and mcgeosh to be creative beyond the normal drummer/guitarist.

[@stephencarroll230]

Incredible how Siouxsie and the band give an incredible performance despite a basically incomprehending audience!

[@spenserinho]

real sigma based

[@roberthendrickson6505]

So ahead of their time with many more memorable moments to follow

[@dg6887]

This is sublime. Best banshee set up. It’s amazing.

[@lucfregosi2001]

Unique guitarstyle from mckay at this time... still great today... my favourite line up..!

[@whiterat1977]

I agree what unique and amazing player

[@belfagorable]

My favourite line up too!

[@pabloimireia]

My second fav line up. The first one..Banshees with McGeoch.

[@JRStephens5005]

Mine too.

[@mapndo2337]

No way .....they became so dynamic by 81/82/83

[@michaelsnow7252]

john mckay is an amazingly underrated guitarrist......

[@MarcusVinicius-yd9kz]

Yeah!!!!

[@01aleph]

Outstanding TV gig with the first line up McKay, Morris, Severin and Siouxsie Sioux, thanks a lot for this TV gig WketDZ ...Cheers!!!

[@mildheadwound]

Still so incredible, unique and pure. 'Nothing on Earth like Siouxsie.

[@LordOfTheThreeWorlds]

I had already selected side 1 of Join Hands to be played loud on a good sound system at my funeral but agree this video would do in a pinch. I am still wrapping myself around how this LP took 6 months to write/record and with tracks recorded by members not present in the studio simultaneously - yet this and all of Scream are quintessentially live concert music as evidenced here (and as you will remember if you saw them live back those years). I love how Siouxsie's mic pics up the room sound as she moves around on stage. Dead serious performance by the band - just as it should be. SATB-M1 defined music in it's absolute purist form: managed dynamics - once you do that particular chords, effects, rhythms etc. do not matter - which is how they were so successful IMO.

[@Robcfc2005]

Saw them a lot around 1980 but always wished I got to see this classic line up, the best by far!!

[@williamperri3437]

I was only 4 but Mckay and the 1st drummer were great! Man that must have been awesome being around back then seeing the Banshees in the early days!

[@Robcfc-bs4vd]

@@williamperri3437 the first drummer was Kenny Morris

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

First clear footage of how McKay plays the beginning of Placebo Effect; trying to suss that out through the ring modulator has been one of my unresolved puzzles for decades...

[@LucyOLastic]

Not a ring modulator but most likely a flanger on full regeneration (Feedback). the Electric Mistress had that sound, a fixed, non modulated frequency setting which you could sweep manually. McKay definitely used one, then everyone else after him. You get a similar sound by using a digital delay on an extremely fast setting with the feedback up, so it sounds like a metallic reverb.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

@@LucyOLastic Never tried that (those), but I will now...tnx.

[@LucyOLastic]

@@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG It's likely that with either it's just a case of tuning the frequency of the flanger/delay to hit that spot. The ring modulation effect be would caused by the clashing of harmonics against the fixed frequency of the flanger. Lord knows what he was playing under all that! That would be the real mystery.

[@LucyOLastic]

My guess is that you'd need an Electric Mistress flanger, unless you can find one with that function of a fixed frequency. That box had a unique sound unlike any other. I used to own one. My old Soundmaster drum machine used to sound ace through that effect!

[@AndreLuis-js3bb]

@Prizewialguem consegue dizer porque Mckay saiu da banda?

[@cyclingseagull]

There are only a few brief moments in time as good as this.

[@steven1822]

perfection.....................

[@mikeyj.3605]

I can't get over how extraordinary this band is. The footage is tops. Thank You!

[@Damonm68]

Amazing Rarity. Superb Quality all around.

[@TempersFlare]

Fantastic old footage, love it.

[@davidwaterhouse2552]

Greatest Line up! dx

[@kentvonseverin1257]

If you were fortunate enough to see the Banshees you know how spectacular they were, without peer. THANK YOU for posting!

[@jocksilver7]

Astonishing performance .

[@christopherbrassard3715]

Incredible footage.

[@gavind9487]

Simply magnificent.

[@curupirauirapuru3368]

I love this band

[@osvaldoxavier114]

Siouxsie amazing ever ....

[@djcammack]

Thanks for uploading this. Amazing music.

[@djrobotcitizen]

[@JASONWILKO]

This footage is extraordinary. Could have been filmed yesterday. Can’t be anything out there this good of this version of the Banshees at their peak not long before they imploded.

[@youjoker9647]

At their peak? They'd hardly got going!

[@iwearthegold]

I've been on a bit of a Mk I Banshees kick over the last year or so, getting bootlegs etc. This is definitely the best video of this line-up I've come across: there are a few bits on UK TV but this short-but-sweet set is definitely the pinnacle. Best non-studio audio is the first three Peel Sessions; there was that famous Love in a Void boot LP back in the day with the first two on it, but the third one with Join Hands tracks on it was finally released on the At The BBC box in 2009ish and is well worth hunting down. Of the boots I've heard, performances are pretty uniformly good but we're largely in the recorded-on-a-potato-dropped-in-someone's-pint territory for the audio fidelity unfortunately.

[@williamperri3437]

I can’t agree with that at all! I mean, I love this line up and wish we had 1 or 2, or even 3 more albums, but I mean Budgie replaced this drummer and Budgie was light years beyond most people and Although they had a similar style Budgie was just way better at the Drums. As far as the 2 following great guitarist that were both gone by 84, well they had their time and place in the band And I believe everything worked out the way it was supposed to! The next 4 to 5 albums that followed the original lineup were phenomenal! Don’t get me wrong, I love the original lineup!

[@adriansims2531]

What young artists around now could record something yesterday as epoch creating as this?

[@Hwral]

Maaan! This is insanely good quality footage of the early days. Unfortunately no Playground Twist here, but otherwise it’s absolute archive gold. Thanks for the upload.

[@Robcfc-bs4vd]

Followed the Banshees on the JUJU tour in the 80's but this was the classic Banshees lineup, I wished I'd seen them before Morris and McKay walked out.

[@jojoheartspaypay]

Jesus Christ and the uploader, I thank you for this🙏🏻

[@lucioandriulo9011]

Top performance! I do love this lineup, maybe more than the later one (though i like Budgie a lot)

[@cynthiaopsahl3422]

Absolutely brilliant!! Saw them at the Whiskey-a-go-go in 1980 when I was 17. I remember Siouxsie stopping mid-song because she saw a punk wearing a swastika and told him to get the fuck out. The bouncers showed him the door.

[@nuke97]

Amazing quality, gem of a video. Thank you for posting!

[@djlueck]

Best. Best. 🙏

[@richardforster4429]

I enjoyed this so much. Brought the Icons record back from a visit to Britain in grade 5. It was supposed to be a present for my sister. There were still "filth and the fury" headlines. Turns out I loved it more. And still do.

[@chrisbinckes2732]

a brilliant recording of one of the most enigmatic groups ever... thanks for the upload

[@alain.preudhomme]

They're all just incredibly good, that's it.

[@chuffa1130]

Oh my God I've been waiting for footage like this from the archives from somewhere with this band lineup thank goodness it was captured it's a fantastic performance

[@szarzyniecszczurzynski1902]

Excellent performance! Those were the strange times, a bunch of very young people, just started the band and out of nothing they are recording such an amazing, classic album as The Scream. Geeez!

[@angelalogsdon9122]

Absolutely amazing! One of my finest moments was seeing them live in 1985

[@gentGTR]

Amazing that this exists. Many thanks to all involved in producing and releasing.

[@baking8623]

Absolutely made my day - great footage, thanks for upload!

[@leandrodemianrodriguezalfo5250]

fumando un porrito y escuchando Siouxsie en cuarentena

[@squeezyewok]

They were SO ahead of their time. This was 1979!! They put out a new sound that defied categorization and ushered in a multi-faceted gothic movement that could never fully capture Siouxsie in its web.

[@whatheavensaid]

💖💖 THANK YOU 💖💖

[@vikirap666]

what a good tracklist, steven and siouxsie showing off as always

[@piotrswierkowski2887]

The Goddess 👸😍😍😍👍👏👏👏!!!

[@PHH420]

The Placebo Effect slow dance/moshpit was epic.

[@zaradragonia9863]

Fuck I love this song! (Jigsaw Feeling). This lineup was always the best. Love to find new stuff about Sioux

[@SavantIndie]

I Agree, Nice Riffs From The Join Hands Album. 🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@jwcuts1029]

Fantastic!

[@chriswolter8407]

Dynamite footage!!!!!

[@rooneanmj8663]

Swiss Television

[@lastnightintown9361]

The typography of "Siouxsie and the Banshees" in the introduction is everything.

[@l3__lvl__]

gold

[@priscillageluk4611]

Thanks for sharing

[@oliviaggallup]

This is AMAZING!

[@DAYGLOUKNOUKNO]

OH WOW -MEGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

Saw them in Boston at a club in 1980. They were amazing!

[@djrobotcitizen]

the original lineup and first 2 albums were awesome! thanks for posting this !

[@waynegagnon474]

Great Band, Steve bass playing is unreal.

[@timdoreen3933]

Wha the hell ?!?!!!!!!??? Such raw energy power emotions

[@richardsteele5187]

Soouxsielike.acool air stewardess remarkable performance an eg to mixed grouplineups superb delivery and the attitudes towards the audience is participatory thank ypuforthisrarity that delightstheviewer

[@bernardmeyre]

I had never seen that! Wonderful! And yes, it's my favourite period of the Banshees...

[@ericjust8794]

Adding- with my deepest apologies: the way S. uses/d her voice is/ are outstanding!!!

[@petercorrieri4550]

Brilliant .. Jon McKay a genius .. I saw them with Robert Smith and he could never nail Switch

[@painfulllsound]

Fantastic! 🙌🏼

[@itamar7559]

the lyrics for Suburban Relapse are impossibly good. "I was washing up the dishes Minding my own business When my string snapped I had a relapse...a suburban relapse " Please... this is so good..

[@paulashe61]

One of the great line ups… Mc Geoch and Budgie next

[@AndreLuis-js3bb]

Alguem consegue dizer porque Mckay saiu da banda?

[@ohnoitsthecatman738]

I have to agree, Kalidescope, Juju & Dreamhouse are just so good, the song writing was taken up a notch, there was something next level about those three albums. I really like The Scream, The Thorn EP, Hyaena & Peepshow, they are fantastic pieces of work. I wish I liked Join Hans and Tinderbox, I feel sort of left out because "I don't get it" and so many speak so highly of them. Superstition sounds like Siouxsie doing Repbulic era New Order b-sides & I've never listened to Rapture

[@stevehearne]

Top quality gear ❤

[@curupirauirapuru3368]

I love Siouxsie

[@stephenbradley6285]

Very relevant for the time.In the same vein these days it is just digging a hole,but provides an uplift in the basic self...

[@alexandernagel8205]

Bless you

[@stjohnsmythe91]

Brilliant.

[@b.l.u]

la adoroooo, quiero estar bailando y oyendo en ese lugar

[@vikirap666]

somos 2

[@Banshee-Lu]

x 3

[@ronaldwinkler5573]

Smoke on the water! I was curious if they ever played in Switzerland and here we go, of course in Montreux, a must for genius bands like Siouxsie & Banshees. RIP and god bless Chris Nobbs. I wish I was there, even I was only 9 at the time. Those swiss Punx dancing around made me a good laugh but also they make me jeaulous.

[@mischadickerhof5375]

This concert was actually recorded September 6 1979 in Baden, Aula der ehemaligen Kantonsschule, Switzerland and this was, as far I know, the only time they performed (at least in their punk-period) in Switzerland.

[@andyfeitknecht7346]

@@mischadickerhof5375 Siouxsie also played in Arbon (3.9.83). I'd also count Juju as punk-period. In particular as Juju is one of their best records

[@Crashed2023]

You can see the New Romantic style coming through a bit in their dress and make up... This year is already old they said!

[@christeapot1177]

Very good upload 👍

[@KingMob.]

Great stuff...

[@m4r35n357]

Was going to see this lineup at Birmingham Odeon, but they split up after buying ticket! McKay & Morris replaced by Robert Smith & Budgie of The Cure (tour support) as I remenber it. Spizz were 2nd support !!!!!

[@rp61productions]

Correct, saw them in Liverpool with the same 2 support acts, went home very happy that night.

[@cyclingseagull]

@@rp61productions Same as the Manchester Apollo.

[@stephenbradley6285]

IE: beer or red wine is a good addition to this.Was in my early teens when this came out so wasn’t privy to these intoxicants, but the magic worked

[@Funckle73]

Wow holy wow . This pees on everything being recorded today

[@briwire138]

wow these Swiss know how to party.

[@generalmailbox3174]

I wonder if John and Kenny regretted leaving the group. Siouxsie and Steve went on to have a long successful career while John and Kenny faded away.

[@innocentoctave]

If you want to know how the band that recorded 'The Scream' worked, you won't do better than this.

[@FranciscoJavierEspinosaRomero]

No hacía falta ir de harapos para q se notará q eran postpunk,; la actitud es dar bofetadas sin manos a todo lo q se tercie; eternamente Siouxsie 🤘

[@natividadsalas5416]

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