"for Me"". During their career, Siouxsie and the Banshees released 11 studio albums and 30 singles. The band experienced several line-up changes, with Siouxsie and Severin being the only constant members. They disbanded in 1996, with Siouxsie and drummer Budgie continuing to record music as the Creatures, a second band they had formed in the early 1980s. In 2004, Siouxsie began a solo career. Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin met at a Roxy Music concert in September 1975, at a time when glam rock had faded and there was nothing new coming through with which they could identify. From February"
"the Banshees at the Music Machine in London, before the 3 January 1979 date with The Clash, which was added due to an overbooking of the ""Sid Vicious Defense Fund"" benefit show. After the tour, Sarah Hall quit the band and was replaced on bass by Jo Hurst. Greg Van Cook joined Front and then The Vibrators, but continued to perform with The Innocents as well, except at the Marquee when The Innocents opened for The Vibrators and Henry Silver played guitar with The Innocents. Terry Smith took over as drummer. The band ended in 1980. Terry Smith was approached"
"Steps"". When not performing, she teaches singing, songwriting, and composition. Dickinson died in January 2018 from brain cancer. Suzie Dickinson Suzie Dickinson (4 June 1955 – 12 January 2018) was an Australian musician and songwriter. Originating from Melbourne, she was the lead singer and guitarist in the folk band Banshee, which was critically acclaimed for its original arrangements of American, Irish, English and Australian folk music and lilting, imaginative vocal harmonies. During this time Dickinson won two of Melbourne's ""Free Entertainment in the Parks"" awards for Most Popular Female Vocalist and Most Popular Female Folk Musician. Banshee was a regular"
"Jolyon Dixon Jolyon Keith Dixon (born 6 December 1973) is an English guitarist and a member of Rachel Fuller's band, and played some guitar on The Who's 2006 album ""Endless Wire"". Dixon was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and began playing guitar at the age of nine and enjoyet it. He has been a professional guitarist since 1993, playing for artists such as Toyah Willcox (""Take the Leap"", 1993 and subsequent tours), Voice of the Beehive (""Sex and Misery"", 1995), Scarlet (""Naked"", 1995 and ""Chemistry"", 1996, including hit single ""Independent Love Song""), Judie Tzuke (""Under the Angels"", 1996 and ""Songs 2"","
"Suzie Dickinson Suzie Dickinson (4 June 1955 – 12 January 2018) was an Australian musician and songwriter. Originating from Melbourne, she was the lead singer and guitarist in the folk band Banshee, which was critically acclaimed for its original arrangements of American, Irish, English and Australian folk music and lilting, imaginative vocal harmonies. During this time Dickinson won two of Melbourne's ""Free Entertainment in the Parks"" awards for Most Popular Female Vocalist and Most Popular Female Folk Musician. Banshee was a regular guest on Shirley Strachan's TV show ""Shirl's Neighbourhood"". Dickinson was then invited to join PC and The Pickups,"
"Robert Smith (musician) Robert James Smith (born 21 April 1959) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, principal songwriter and only consistent member of the rock band the Cure, which he co-founded in 1976. He was also the lead guitarist for the band Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1982 to 1984 and was part of the short-lived group the Glove in 1983. Smith is known for his distinctive voice and guitar style and his unique stage look, the latter two of which were influential on the goth subculture that rose to prominence"
"music. Martin McCarrick Martin McCarrick (born 29 July 1962, in Luton, Bedfordshire) is an English cellist, keyboardist, guitarist and composer. He is best known for his work with Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1987 until 1995. He was featured on their 1987 album ""Through the Looking Glass"" and afterwards recorded three full studio albums: ""Peepshow"", ""Superstition"" and ""The Rapture"". His biggest hit with the band was in 1991 with the single ""Kiss Them For Me"" which reached Number 23 in the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. With Siouxsie and the Banshees he also contributed to the films Batman Returns and Showgirls. McCarrick"
"the Banshees. In late 1982, when guitarist John McGeoch left the band prior to the ""A Kiss in the Dreamhouse"" tour, Steven Severin asked Smith to join the band for the British and European tour. In 1983, the band toured in Japan for the second time in less than a year and also visited Australia and New Zealand. With the September 1983 release of the ""Dear Prudence"" single, Smith became an official member of the Banshees; a few weeks later, they recorded ""Nocturne"" in London. Live performances of ""Head Cut"" and ""Running Town"" from the 1 October show were not"
"surrounded with sunflowers. In 1990, she toured for the first time with the Creatures, in Europe and North America. On 1991's dance-oriented ""Kiss Them for Me"" single, Siouxsie and the Banshees used South Asian instrumentation, which had become popular in the UK club scene with the growth of bhangra. Indian tabla player Talvin Singh (who was later Björk's percussionist on her 1993 ""Debut"" album) took part in the session and provided vocals for the bridge. With ""Kiss Them for Me"", the Banshees scored a hit on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 peaking at number 23. After the release of ""Superstition"""
"who was later replaced by John Dee, formerly of Southend band The Machines. They were mainly active in 1978 and some notable gigs included Leigh-on-Sea's Grand Hotel, Woodlands Youth Centre, Basildon and ""Upstairs at Turkans"" at the Van Gogh in Basildon. They also made an unscheduled appearance at the 1st Rock Festival held at Gloucester Park, Basildon in August 1978. https://www.facebook.com/The-Vandals-Basildon-163635273703879/ http://www.southendpunk.com/html/vandals1.html The Vandals (UK band) The Vandals were a late 1970s English rock band from Basildon in South East Essex. Playing in the punk rock style, they are mainly notable for featuring vocalist Alison Moyet; 'Alf' as she was"
"Banshees' debut live appearance at the 100 Club Punk Festival in 1976 and regularly socializing with the group. In a 1977 interview for BBC Wales, Vicious claimed to have invented the Pogo as a means to knock them over at the 100 Club, though subsequent books have said it came about as a result of others copying him when he was attempting to see an early Sex Pistols concert from the back of the room. Many of the Bromley Contingent went on to form bands themselves including Siouxsie and the Banshees and Generation X. The fashion statements made by Siouxsie,"
"Martin McCarrick Martin McCarrick (born 29 July 1962, in Luton, Bedfordshire) is an English cellist, keyboardist, guitarist and composer. He is best known for his work with Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1987 until 1995. He was featured on their 1987 album ""Through the Looking Glass"" and afterwards recorded three full studio albums: ""Peepshow"", ""Superstition"" and ""The Rapture"". His biggest hit with the band was in 1991 with the single ""Kiss Them For Me"" which reached Number 23 in the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. With Siouxsie and the Banshees he also contributed to the films Batman Returns and Showgirls. McCarrick is"
"the Banshees playing ""Voodoo Dolly"" and ""Helter Skelter"" live at the Royal Albert Hall. Meanwhile, both the Glove's second single, ""Punish Me With Kisses"", and the Banshees' live double album and companion video, ""Nocturne"" from the Albert Hall shows, appeared in November. In March 1984, the next Banshees single to feature Robert Smith on guitar, ""Swimming Horses"" was released, followed by ""Dazzle"" in May, and finally the album ""Hyæna"" in June – Smith having left the Banshees the month prior to release, citing health issues due to his overloaded schedule. Meanwhile, in between commitments to the Cure, the Glove and"
"band, with Chris Wilkie playing guitar and Steve Hillier singing and playing keyboards. Gavin Lee joined The Joans in the autumn of 1992 and played drums and, later, bass guitar before leaving to pursue a career at British Airways the following year. Performance artist and musician Mark Greenwood also played bass in The Joans for a number gigs in the summer of 1992. Sarah Blackwood was invited to join the band in August 1993 after her boyfriend accidentally left a cassette tape of her singing in Steve Hillier's flat in Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Blackwood replaced Hillier on vocals in early 1994,"
"off and on (mostly with gigs abroad) until 1974 with Sheila as the constant, before she went into session work. A couple of singles recorded by Episode Six for Pye Records have been produced by Tony Reeves, a renowned bassist and one of founder members of Colosseum. On December 6, 2015, for their 50th. anniversary, the band reunited and performed in front of an audience of family and friends in London. Episode Six Episode Six were an English rock band formed in Harrow, London in 1965. The band did not have commercial success in the UK, releasing nine singles that"
"guitar to the mix, but had trouble finding a suitable player, so Ivy temporarily filled in as the band's bassist. Fur (Jennifer Dixon) joined them on the world tour to promote the album. Their popularity in the UK was at its peak as evidenced by the six nights at Hammersmith in London, three at the Odeon (as well as many other sell out dates throughout the UK) and then three at the Palais when they returned from the continent. Each night of the tour opened with the band coming on one at a time each: Knox, Fur, Ivy and then"
"formed their own bands, including The Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Adverts, Generation X, The Slits and X-Ray Spex. Other UK bands to emerge in this milieu included The Damned (the first to release a single, the classic ""New Rose""), The Jam, The Vibrators, Buzzcocks and the appropriately named London. In December 1976, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned and Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers united for the ""Anarchy Tour"", a series of gigs throughout the UK. Many of the gigs were canceled by venue owners, after tabloid newspapers and other media seized on sensational stories regarding the"
"Banshees and X-Ray Spex and the all-female the Slits. There were female bassists Gaye Advert in the Adverts and Shanne Bradley in the Nipple Erectors. Other groups included Subway Sect, Eater, Wire, The Stranglers, the Subversives, Johnny Moped, the aptly named London, and Chelsea, which soon spun off Generation X. Farther afield, Sham 69 began practicing in the southeastern town of Hersham. In Durham, there was Penetration, with lead singer Pauline Murray. On September 20–21, the 100 Club Punk Festival in London featured the four primary British groups (London's big three and Buzzcocks), as well as Paris's female-fronted Stinky Toys,"
"the band and Mika Horiuchi (ex-Falling In Reverse and Celador) from Los Angeles, California stepped up on bass, while Vinnie E. Parma from Dallas, Texas took the role of drums. Banshee (band) Banshee is a metal band that was formed in 1986 in the American Midwest. Although they shared the image and sound with the glam/metal scene of the 80s, their music fully shares the elements of melodic power metal: catchy guitar riffs, eclectic drums and bass, powerful guitar solos, and intense vocals. Banshee, a melodic power metal band from the Midwest, was formed in the spring of 1986. Made"
"The Saturdays The Saturdays are a British-Irish girl group based in London, England. The group formed during the summer of 2007 and have been on hiatus since 2014. The line up consisted of Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes, Mollie King and Vanessa White. They were formed through Fascination Records, a sub-division of Polydor Records, who gave them an instant record deal with the label. As soon as the contract was finalised, the Saturdays went on tour with Girls Aloud during their Tangled Up Tour. The group's music style is pop, however throughout their career their management have experimented with"
"Jon Poole Jonathan ""Jon"" Charles Poole (born 16 October 1969 in Hemel Hempstead - also known as Random Jon Poole) is an English multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as guitarist for Cardiacs (1991–2004) and as bass player for The Wildhearts (2003–2004, 2012–2013, 2014-2017) and Lifesigns (2014-present). Poole is the frontman and main performer of God Damn Whores, and has also worked with the bands Ablemesh, Dr Brighton and Celebricide. He is currently the live bass player for The Lotus Eaters and has joined the Brighton band La Momo' as drummer. He also fronts The"
"Are The Suffrajets"". Their fans include Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. The band signed their first record contract with Poolside Records via Sony when the girls were 17 years old. After signing with Sony, the band toured Los Angeles and recorded their debut album with producer Greg Hampton. For 6 months they toured the UK and the first line-up change came in October 2002 when their tour bus crashed on the M25. Hall sustained a broken collarbone and ultimately left the band. She was replaced by sisters Sam (bass/vocals) and Shelley Walker (lead guitar) who were in the band for"
"the headline ""Siouxsie's a Punk Shocker"". This event had a major impact on Sex Pistols' subsequent career, and overnight, they became a household name. Not liking the cliches put forward by the press, Siouxsie distanced herself from that scene and stopped seeing Sex Pistols shows. She decided to focus all her energy on her own band, Siouxsie and the Banshees. In 1977, Siouxsie began touring in England as Siouxsie and the Banshees. One year later, their first single, ""Hong Kong Garden"", reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart; it was pop and catchy. With its oriental-inflected xylophone motif, ""Melody"
"acoustic instruments. Tony Beet Tony Beet (born November 24, 1962) is an English musician best known for being the lead singer of The International Beat (1988–1993). The band included members of The Beat (Saxa, Everett Morton) and General Public and Dexys Midnight Runners (Mickey Billingham), and poet Louie Campbell. Their ""The Hitting Line"" album was produced by Ranking Roger and Mickey Billingham. Beet wrote and co-wrote many songs for The International Beat. They performed live around the world, including tours in the U.S. and Europe, alongside Bad Manners, The Selecter, The Toasters, and original English Beat members Dave Wakeling and"
"Rob Townsend (drums), Charlie McCracken (bass) and Derek Beauchemin (keyboards). In the 1980s Lewis took a sabbatical from performing and touring and went travelling, on his return to London he reinvented himself as a singer-pianist after winning a competition run by the London Evening Standard to find a resident entertainer for new West End restaurant and cocktail bar Smollenskys Balloon. He went on to play for over 14 years at Smollensky's Balloon and Smollensky's on the Strand. In recent years Lewis has performed at venues all over the world including Ireland, Spain, the Caribbean and Japan where he has a"
"John McGeoch John Alexander McGeoch (25 August 1955 – 4 March 2004) was a Scottish guitarist who played with several bands and artists of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage, the Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd. He was described as ""one of the most influential guitarists of his generation"" and he was also considered ""the new wave Jimmy Page"". In 1996, he was listed by ""Mojo"" in their ""100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"" for his work on the Siouxsie and the Banshees song ""Spellbound"". McGeoch was born and brought up in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland,"
"John McGeoch John Alexander McGeoch (25 August 1955 – 4 March 2004) was a Scottish guitarist who played with several bands and artists of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage, the Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd. He was described as ""one of the most influential guitarists of his generation"" and he was also considered ""the new wave Jimmy Page"". In 1996, he was listed by ""Mojo"" in their ""100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"" for his work on the Siouxsie and the Banshees song ""Spellbound"". McGeoch was born and brought up in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland,"
"bar to play at a Crass/Poison Girls/Epileptics gig that was happening in the main hall. Several other gigs followed throughout the summer of 1979, until Annie, Womble and It left, to be replaced by vocalist Zillah Minx (born Zillah Elaine Ashworth, 31 March 1961, Birkenhead)[1] towards the end of the year. Zillah's first performance was when they took to the stage at the end of a Crass/Poison Girls concert at Conway Hall, Holborn.[1] The new band's first proper gig was a fundraiser for the Theatre Royal in Stratford on 28 October 1979 supporting Poison Girls, which ended in a riot"
"Supporting Guest act The Saturdays The Saturdays are a British-Irish girl group based in London, England. The group formed during the summer of 2007 and have been on hiatus since 2014. The line up consisted of Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes, Mollie King and Vanessa White. They were formed through Fascination Records, a sub-division of Polydor Records, who gave them an instant record deal with the label. As soon as the contract was finalised, the Saturdays went on tour with Girls Aloud during their Tangled Up Tour. The group's music style is pop, however throughout their career their management"
"The Vandals (UK band) The Vandals were a late 1970s English rock band from Basildon in South East Essex. Playing in the punk rock style, they are mainly notable for featuring vocalist Alison Moyet; 'Alf' as she was then known, who later found fame as one half of 1980s synthpop act Yazoo. The other members were Robert Marlow, who during his tenure with the band was known as 'the guitarist with no name', two other female backing singers, Kim Forey and Sue Paget (Susan Ryder Paget), who also played bass at the band's later gigs, and Simon Kirk on drums,"
"Shop Boys. Mason-James has also toured extensively with the Pet Shop Boys, including Glastonbury 2000 where they played second billing to Travis on the Pyramid stage. Live 8 in 2005, their extensive 2006/2007 Fundamental World Tour as well as their month-long residency at the Savoy Theatre in 1997, their 2006 BBC Radio Theatre & Radio 2 concerts, and their iconic 1991 Performance World Tour. Mason-James performed backing vocals for Roger Waters on the seventh and last leg of his The Dark Side of the Moon Live world tour between 27 April and 18 May 2008, replacing Katie Kissoon. Sylvia Mason-James"
"Banshee (band) Banshee is a metal band that was formed in 1986 in the American Midwest. Although they shared the image and sound with the glam/metal scene of the 80s, their music fully shares the elements of melodic power metal: catchy guitar riffs, eclectic drums and bass, powerful guitar solos, and intense vocals. Banshee, a melodic power metal band from the Midwest, was formed in the spring of 1986. Made up of members from the popular Mid-West touring act LICK (Tommy Lee & Chuck Hopkins), Terry Dunn of Kansas City-based FRODO, GRANMAX, and Kent Burnham from Kansas City-based CRYPT KEEPER."
"Lauren Laverne Lauren Cecilia Fisher (née Gofton, born 28 April 1978), known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, model, television presenter, author, singer and comedian. Laverne was lead singer and additional guitarist in the rock band Kenickie, although her greatest chart success came when she performed vocals on Mint Royale's single ""Don't Falter"". She has presented television programmes including ""10 O'Clock Live"" for Channel 4, and ""The Culture Show"" and coverage of the Glastonbury Festival for the BBC. Laverne has written a published novel entitled ""Candypop: Candy and the Broken Biscuits"". She presents a radio show on"