The History of: Siouxsie & the Banshees

Nearly 30 years ago, The Banshees split up for good. What happened in the 20 years that they were together though?
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[@bluecat798]

I bought Juju in 1982 and it blew my mind! I still do my makeup like her and im 63 now! 😂 RIP John McGeoch, my all time favourite guitarist! 🙏❤❤❤

[@darreneffle4118]

now 54 yrs old and still listen to siouxsie daily. absolute best

[@bobdobalina838]

Cities in Dust is a masterpiece. Love these guys since the early 80s.

[@supergristmill6195]

Yes! Her vocal performance on this song is a masterpiece.

[@JRStephens5005]

One of my all-time favorite bands. They are absolutely amazing.

[@jdog2112rush]

Always a great show no matter her lineup. Had the privilege to see her perform several times in the 80’s, and she’s still on my playlists…

[@hughzapretti-boyden9187]

They were exceptional when i saw them in 77/78/79. Siouxsie had presence & sang with attack & venom. Now she rocks the Skechers on stage.😢

[@billchief397]

I do love the punk goth queen but I did watch her recent stage doing spellbound... unfortunately I wasn't spellbound. But we all change as we age. Cheers Heck I'm almost 50 and have several siouxsie shirts they are the best band

[@derin111]

I was lucky enough to see the original line up live in 1978 as a 15 year old. It was the only time I saw them live.

[@alanthompson7859]

You didn’t see the original line up, that only lasted for their debut gig

[@West4ea]

Never really got them until recently I heard “Spellbound” and wow what a track I am now totally hooked

[@arichison]

This band changed things, made it better, incredible sound. Never gets old.

[@Cvfdsx]

I just want to say thank you Siouxsie & the Banshees🙏 You helped me thru a lot. A lot! ❤

[@PhancyPants99]

You could have mentioned the one solo album Siouxsie did post Banshees. She launched a major tour with the album Mantaray.

[@dEFT07Itd]

with Budgie

[@donger007]

This video was about Siouxsie and the Banshees....not Siouxsie the solo artist.

[@Mitch-6-Strings]

As interesting as that is, it’s out of the scope of the content and title of this film.

[@Just-a-guy926]

and Budgie has a podcast…

[@rapidonthemove]

Why is it out of scope? They mention the Creatures and the Cure

[@ChrisDutch]

Kiss them for me is a great song.

[@SuzanneO707]

What a band. Still playing them tunes. Over the airwaves in my happy house. Siouxsie screaming at the neighbours and my rebellious teenage daughter doing her makeup.

[@jamescaron6465]

Juju was great from top to bottom. Great songs all the way through one of my all time favorites

[@leonardogomezarvea1433]

Siuoxsie at cruel world was life changing!

[@Nova-jj6ov]

I what I would have done to be able to go!

[@higgs923]

We caught them at the Roxy with Talking Heads and X back in - I think - 1978. Fantastic evening.

[@christinel.4827]

It was great to hear the history of this iconic band. I first heard them on the legendary WLIR radio on Long Island, and immediately fell in love with their style and Siouxsie’s voice. She was such an influence on me as a vocalist. I regret only seeing them once in concert! Next to The Smiths they are my favorite 80’s band. 🖤

[@alscousin8936]

I became aware of SATB in '83, but didn't see them live til '85. The music itself sold me, but seeing Siouxsie live on stage...it was beautiful, it was chilling, her command and presence was sexy and intimidating all at the same time. Lifetime, with the Banshees, Creatures and her solo work, I've seen her perform around 7 or 8 times, and even to the last performance, Siouxsie always had that same effect on me. Siouxsie, if you're reading this....thank you, thank you for all of it 🖤

[@philipshirk2228]

I first heard Siouxsie and the Banshees when I was in rehab. We were able to bring music for the rec room, and that's when I heard Happy House. I've been a huge fan ever since. That's also when I was introduced to the Cure with Killing An Arab.

[@JeanineLugo-ib5sx]

That's so dope

[@jamiehanley3419]

The banshees are my favourite ever band

[@coffeeabuse]

Very thorough and enjoyable history of the band! The Peepshow release coincided with a big turning point for the better in my life. Thanks for putting this together and publishing it!

[@sonichedgebush]

Incredible how many breakthrough fresh albums they had.

[@simonrobson7468]

I still have every LP and play them today . When I was a kid siouxsie the damned and crass were 3 of my favourite punk bands 👍

[@coventrypunx1014]

Crass

[@simonrobson7468]

@@coventrypunx1014 yer still got all my records by crass poison girls dirt conflict alternative flux of pink Indians sub humans etc love my records there my memories of my youth as I’m now in my 50s

[@simonrobson7468]

@@coventrypunx1014 oh and they all still have there poster covers shaved women big a little a etc and I even have sheep farming with its poster of Margret thatcher holding a turd in No10 lol 😂

[@laurentmeiller5171]

wonderfull voice, dark landscapes strong rythmic and sound variations Susan forerver in rock history !

[@lordjarvis]

I've sometimes called Siouxsie and the Banshees my all time favorite band. The first time I heard them was in the movie "Out of Bounds", where they were performing Cities in dust. I found them haunting and intriguing and I had to get my hands on more

[@curly_wyn]

Ahh, Out of Bounds. A movie starring Anthony Michael Hall with 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. His follow-up, Johnny Be Good, also has 0%. This all served to prove that Anthony Michael Hall was ABSOLUTELY NOT leading star material at all. Without an ensemble cast supporting him, he cannot act for shit, unfortunately. But yeah, awesome song!

[@nicolesgourou528]

I saw them in Athens at 89. Many people and nice situation.....

[@user-xv5hs3hv3r]

Saw them in1978andlast year still gotit😊

[@marcusbrothers5221]

Did you forget to mention that Steve Jones played on three songs for kaleidoscope?

[@gentillygirl545]

Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed this!😊

[@STR8L8CED]

Peek a boo still scares me to this day and I have no idea why this song does that to me.

[@nor-wayking6757]

It's a strong statement about the objectification of women.

[@leechurchill1965]

Golly jeepers.

[@radioclash8175]

They never released a bad album

[@RandomButBeautiful]

Loved this. Great crisp documentary style. Very underrated channel

[@joethelion6016]

Love her, unique, strange and wonderful 🖤💙🖤

[@andygray7478]

Yeah, the banshees decided to split and have their fall out the night before I was due to go and see them on the 9th September 1979 at the kinema ballroom in Dunfermline, I’m still pissed off about it 😂

[@richmom]

wow I could imagine! did they cancel that show?

[@andygray7478]

@@richmom yes they did, and Robert Smith (the Cure) joined them very soon after and they continued with the tour 😂😂

[@richmom]

@@andygray7478 ooooh I can definitely understand still being pissed 🤝

[@BeyondPostal]

Just wanted to thank you for this video so well done, so much information packed in a quick video A+++++++

[@lushkitty734]

I watched this vid with the track, "Kiss Them For Me" playing in my head (not actually listening to the song itself... just that I started thinking of this for some weird reason). My two most FAVOURITE Siouxsie tracks of all time are "Song From The Edge of the World" and "Scarecrow". I dunno why. I just... Do.

[@zacharyferreira2469]

As great as a SATB history video is, I cannot believe you completely skipped the Nocturne live album and video. The band was defined by its live intensity, and Nocturne was a spectacular tour-de-force of that energy, with Smith on guitar. But not a word. This video just jumped straight from Hyena to Tinderbox.

[@j.c.9784]

That just means you are an old person I am old too. ❤

[@zacharyferreira2469]

@@robinlarge1630 mine too!

[@ekim1451]

I bought the Nocturne Album its still one of my favorite LP's I even bought the Creatures ep's and Albums

[@shawnweaver7797]

was the best time to hear music on the radio, pure magic....end

[@JayTyrus]

juju to this day is the ultimate masterpiece of post punk

[@matthewbeumer3168]

What can be said about Siouxsie and all her Banshees is that they were never afraid to experiment the breadth of their music is huge . The constant through it all is Siouxsie a face and voice along with Kate Bush in the UK the most important female singers of the 70s who have influenced all alternative artists in some shape or form. Matt the Siouxsie fan

[@michaelrawson6261]

What a band! Just brilliant! And I could not take my eyes off Siouxie on stage!!!

[@wkc2]

I first saw them in 1977 in Camden Town at the Music Machine, awesome...

[@michaelreid5307]

Kaleidoscope, Juju & Kiss in a Dreamhouse are fantastic albums.

[@milesmcmillan-kr6ti]

John McGeoch was fantastic.

[@monstermess]

Such a great video i love it :)

[@richmom]

thank you so much!!!

[@marca7430]

Souixsie was the most captivating front woman I have ever seen perform

[@bernardofilho1180]

Yeah keep on going with the good job🎉

[@nodtripRS]

What a top band the Banshees. Many many Iconic tunes.

[@bananasplitsable]

First band I saw live at the Chelmsford odeon in 78 or 79! Went to the Dreamshow and it was great

[@DavidDatura]

One of my top bands of all time!

[@MoMo-sf5tj]

very informative, thanks

[@richmom]

thank you!!

[@berlinsneakerz]

Siouxsie is an Icon as relevant as Bowie. We are lucky to have her back for a few dates. Her show at Cruel World was beyond significant and triumphant.

[@Zenxith]

🤣

[@berlinsneakerz]

@@Zenxith "Daniel McGee aka “Zenxith” is a 21 year old independent D.I.Y. lofi post punk & indie pop songwriter/musician" 😆🤣🤣 Tell us more!

[@Zenxith]

@@berlinsneakerz well that’s about it, She could never sing but it worked with the music there were so many other female fronted post punk bands for example Delta 5, Rubella Ballet, Au Pairs all better than the banshees she’s no icon at all but the banshees were half decent.

[@berlinsneakerz]

@@Zenxith She may not be an icon in your eyes, but you're also 21 and your impression is not learned from experience; not actual nor temporal. No need to dis any of the bands you mentioned. There just is little comparison. Sorry.

[@Zenxith]

@@berlinsneakerz it’s just the banshees were more popular that’s all, being popular doesn’t mean you are good, she’s a commercial sell out she used to wear swastika logos on her arms, she’s no icon she’s just famous

[@philhitchings]

You missed Nocturne!

[@marcusbrothers5221]

Superstition was the death of my favorite band RIP BANSHEES. I MISS YOU

[@TheRobman]

I would go one earlier with Peepshow.

[@craigathonian]

What really blew my mind was learning the mental attitude and predetermined goal, which fed their ambitious creativity. Paraphrased - 'Bowie and Roxy Music are dead; nobody is doing anything creative anymore'....and history was made by these untrained geniuses ! One can see how their "Fu%k you attitude" was a key forming and strengthening gift from the SexPistols energy. For me Siouxsie & The Banshees are a true tour de force that has no equal !

[@sandragrace566]

Me encanta esta banda❤

[@mrjaxthecat]

Really well done! Love Siouxsie. RICH MOM...would really appreciate some cash! Love, Greg.

[@mariotreglia4066]

Siouxsiely underrated!

[@luismarcospereira5762]

A maior e mais original de todas as bandas de pós punk....amooooo❤❤❤❤

[@gmantramp404]

Really? I think Wire would like a word

[@octagonseventynine1253]

Their second album, Join Hands, is mind blowing.

[@shanekreissl2226]

still one of my favourites ,along with born to run, ziggy and berlin

[@sttela3179]

i cant wait to see her live this week

[@user-no9xk8mg1x]

Awesome 👍 well done... You have to give them their props , they have to navigate during a industry musical roller coaster, every summer their was a new thing, once the John's where out, I was out, it was like sitting Thur the second movie in a double fetcher 😂they did pick up the Furs guitars in the end... Sorry I missed that 😭

[@EYEH8UALL89]

I just recently sold a Vintage Siouxsie & the banshees tour shirt from the early 90s. I got good $ for it but I know how rare her vintage stuff is and I instantly regretted selling it. It's ok tho cuz I got another vintage SATB tee,but it's not a tour shirt

[@j.c.9784]

Hit me up

[@EYEH8UALL89]

@@j.c.9784 what's up?

[@davemitchell7330]

The split up in Aberdeen in a record shop there was an argument wile they were having a meet and greet just across the road from the Capitol theatre the support acts played the scars and the Cure the banshees or what was left of them played the lords prayer with Robert Smith and others i remember it so well because I was there at the gig and in the shop I seem to remember one of the band took there album of and started playing the Slits just before all hell broke lose

[@hughzapretti-boyden9187]

And the day you missed the punctuation class at school.

[@davemitchell7330]

@@hughzapretti-boyden9187 I have suffered badly through out my life with quite bad dyslexia but it doesn't mean I can't have my say

[@CMZIEBARTH]

Great hearing from someone that was there.

[@vintagebilly.uk..9005]

Love her 👍🇬🇧

[@angelo8424]

I love the band and a lot of their songs- But the one I listen to most- and so relevant for today- is Cities In Dust.

[@jonfletcher147]

Fantastic

[@bababuyiekaban7942]

They were great in my opinion!

[@timmadone8930]

It's great to see Siouxsie back on stage at 65 (in 3 days). Hopefully a new album is on the way later this year. Not sure if "Suzie & The Banshees" were only added to the 100 CLUB punk festival two days before the show. Posters for the event were displayed at least a week or two in advance & the band is listed as one of the acts. "We're calling it quits!" was posted in the 1995 August/September issue of Pulse magazine in the U.S. Not sure why the press in the U.K. didn't announce the breakup of the band until much later in 1996.

[@richmom]

ahhh that's cool, i didn't know that! 🤝

[@hughzapretti-boyden9187]

Don't believe everything you read in american garbage publications.

[@paull4733]

from the picture looks like they replaced the Jam for their first gig

[@eancurtis9333]

Legends

[@carlosalenduran4630]

Peekshow is my favorite

[@Ethericrose]

You forgot how Suzie and Budgie married, and, went on to divorce. You missed out quite a lot. Not so much a history, more a list of Albums and one of session artists joining the band over 20 years.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

More of a "Let's get to the songs I remember from the radio and don't care about the early albums."

[@RoryLynott]

The first 5 albums, at least for me.

[@carolynrebeccadick3907]

My favourite

[@Malte-Micha]

The last album The rapture had the son Oh Baby on it and it hit the radio here. What a weird but good song!!

[@MrBlaugeist]

I met siouxsie in a shop in Maida Vale , buying an ice cream

[@saint999ish]

My favorite Lady

[@davidcross701]

In England Siouxsie is POP, Like the Cure. Here in America, she's Goth underground. British Goth bands hate the label. Even though we are loyal and patronize their concerts the most. When they come to America, they know they are not pop.

[@chynadole7300]

Thanks this video was Brilliantly DONE!!!!! . **""SS is a true Goddess!!"'!*"""*

[@nedabagheri5764]

Jenna Ortega?! Who knew? My kid will get a kick out of that. I think Siouxsie is so underrated. She should be just as known as Michael Jackson and Madonna. I think she prefers things this way though. There is a level of discernment her fans have.

[@kalevala29]

she said jokingly once that the only thing she can say about Madonna is that she wouldn't mind having that kind of money. 😄

[@paulwhitehouse8911]

And she is still beautiful

[@toughbutsweet1]

My all-time favorite band. Siouxsie is the prettiest by far.

[@Josh-os7vn]

Crazy quality for less than 1k views - great brief history and editing!

[@richmom]

thank you!

[@sampston]

my thoughts exactly, was so dissapointed to not see more content like this on his channel.

[@richmom]

@@sampston more is coming soon!

[@netgen1092]

What the name of the song at the beginning ?

[@mungox1]

She is touring again in 2023. The only US performance was canceled because of thunderstorm warnings.

[@TheSilvercue]

Love Siouxsie

[@martinedwards3082]

i worked with sid bailey at the daily express' library - steve's dad.

[@kimwieslaw8339]

Brilliant band I was lucky to see SS in London a few times ..🇦🇺come to Perth 😅

[@brianmorecombe2726]

Siouxsie,she was effing fit.Our punk Queen with the slinky sexy looks.More that can be said than Patti Smith.Saw her in 1985 Liverpool Royal Court Theatre.She had to sit on a stool because she hurt her leg at another gig.A band called The Scientists were in support

[@Sam9wilson9]

❤

[@garychopping2184]

Now 64 y/old ...i hope there will be a SATB museum having 8 framed posters in mint condition. Every lp and cd release all 29 picture sleeve 45s. Video's and dvds . Eventually

[@angelo8424]

Yeah I'm old af- I saw them at the first Lollapalooza in 1990 or '91. They were the only reason i went as I didn't know anything about Jane's Addiction nor Nine Inch Nails.

[@aaof-d-mio-fv2fb]

Uh old is 100 You just act old

[@neilwelsh6882]

What about the scream album total brilliant and unique.

[@melbjohn]

Sid Vicious was not in the Sex Pistols until long after he played with S&TB. So saying "Sex Pistol, Sid Vicious" is misleading. Also Marco Pironni was later in Adam & The Ants.

[@vladdrakul7851]

I want to live in 'The Happy House' and have Siouxsie 'Kiss them for Me'. She leaves me 'Spellbound'. Too bad people have forgotten her 'God mother' Lene Lovitch! Her influence on Siouxsie was huge as well as on others (Nina Hagen and her 'Bird Song video inspired Francis Ford Cappola's 'Bram Stoker's Drakula') but she has been 'painted out' of music history. Despite bangers like 'New Toy', 'Lucky #1' and many more.

[@ffemto4]

When peekaboo came out, I had the hots for Siouxsie so bad I could taste it.

[@sidviscus]

I don't think enough mentions were given to the bands later albums, rather than just the dates they were released. The Rapture, while being their last album, was a unique work that I think is underappreciated in their discography. It's romantic and sensual, showing a lot of maturity and growth. But overall a good video. Plus, the band is currently touring! Siouxsie is still great.

[@aaof-d-mio-fv2fb]

Gawd This styled like how we grew up everywhere ugh

[@brianjones7521]

Siouxsie Sioux was a big influence for Perry Farrell, Perry Says.

[@andreasegerland2368]

Correction of sub-writing at 1`39``: Their debut THE SCREAM was released in 1978, not in 1970.