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The band intended to split up after the gig, but they were asked to play again. With two borrowed musicians at their side, Marco Pirroni on guitar and John Simon Ritchie (already commonly known as Sid Vicious) on drums, their set consisted of a 20-minute improvisation based on ' The Lord's Prayer'. Two days later, the pair appeared at the festival held in London on 20 September 1976. When they learned that one of the bands scheduled to play the 100 Club Punk Festival, organised by Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, was pulling out from the bill at the last minute, Siouxsie suggested that she and Severin play, even though they had no band name or additional members. They were all inspired by the Sex Pistols and their uncompromising attitude. 'There was no such thing, it was just a bunch of people drawn together by the way they felt and they looked'. Journalist Caroline Coon dubbed them the ' Bromley Contingent', as most of them came from the Bromley area in south east London, a label Severin came to despise. From February 1976, Siouxsie, Severin and some friends began to follow an unsigned band, the Sex Pistols. 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. 1.6 Superstition, The Rapture and break-up (1991–1999).1.4 Hyæna, Tinderbox and Through the Looking Glass (1983–1987).1.3 Kaleidoscope, Juju and A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1980–1982).They disbanded in 1996, with Siouxsie and Budgie continuing to record music as the Creatures, a second band they had formed in the early 1980s. The band experienced several line-up changes, with Siouxsie and Severin being the only constant members. With substantial support from alternative rock radio stations, they achieved a mainstream hit in the US in 1991 with the single ' Kiss Them for Me'.ĭuring their career, Siouxsie and the Banshees released 11 studio albums and 30 singles. In 1988, the band made a breakthrough in North America with the multifaceted album Peepshow, which received critical praise. With Juju (1981) which also reached the top 10, they became an influence on the emerging gothic scene. Their third album Kaleidoscope (1980) peaked at number 5 in the UK Albums Chart. Following membership changes, including the addition of guitarist McGeogh and drummer Budgie, they radically changed their musical direction and became one of the most successful alternative pop groups of the 1980s. Their debut album The Scream was released in 1978 to widespread critical acclaim.

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Initially associated with the punk scene, the band rapidly evolved to create 'a form of post-punk discord full of daring rhythmic and sonic experimentation'. The Times called the group “one of the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era'. Q magazine included John McKay's guitar playing on ' Hong Kong Garden' in their list of '100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever', while Mojo rated guitarist John McGeoch in their list of '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time' for his work on ' Spellbound'. They have been widely influential, both over their contemporaries and with later acts. Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.