Siouxsie and the Banshees
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Released Their Post-Punk Landmark Album ‘JUJU’ Today 45 Years Ago
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
19 June 2026
London‘s post-punk pioneers SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES (1976–1996)
released their 4th LP, named JUJU on 19 June 1981, today 45 years ago.
Steve Severin (guitarist/producer): “Juju was the first time we’d made a “concept”
album that drew on darker elements. It wasn’t pre-planned, but, as we were writing,
we saw a definite thread running through the songs, almost a narrative to the album
as a whole”.
It was acclaimed by critics upon its release, with praise given particularly to
John McGeoch‘s unconventional guitar playing and Siouxsie‘s vocal performances.
It remains a critical favourite and is seen as a landmark album of post-punk.
Sounds (legendary British music weekly) wrote at the time: “Siouxsie’s voice
seems to have acquired a new fullness of melody with a rich, dark smoothness.
The way this unit operates is impressively cohesive, like one brain the inventive
musical talents of guitarist McGeoch, drummer Budgie and bassist Severin mesh
perfectly with Siouxsie”.
Singles.
– SPELLBOUND –
– ARABIAN KNIGHTS –
ALBUM
Image Of The Day – SIOUXSIE In BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
THE GLOVE (Robert Smith And Steve Severin) – 1983
45prm singles on vinyl
25 June 2025
Band: THE GLOVE
Who: A short-lived project conceived by Robert Smith (The Cure‘s
frontman and Steven Severin (guitarist from Siouxsie and the Banshees)
with Jeanette Landray on vocals.
They recorded one LP, named Blue Sunshine in 1983.
PUNISH ME WITH KISSES was one of the two singles.
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SIOUXSIE SIOUX Who Celebrates Her 68th Birthday Today About (Her) Make-Up
27 May 2025
SS was born Susan Janet Ballion on 27 May 1957 in London. Happy 68!
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Celebrate The Birth Of JC In French – ‘IL EST NÉ, LE DIVIN ENFANT’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
25 December 2025
In the early eighties Goth icons SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, with
The Cure‘s Robert Smith as temporary member, covered classic French
Christmas lullaby I’l Est Né Le Divin Enfant. ‘He is born, the divine child’.
The song was published for the first time in 1874 by the organist
of the cathédrale de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in France.
The Banshees released their version as the B-side of the single Melt.
A great piece from their excellent 1982 LP A Kiss In The Dreamhouse.
Siouxsie in French. Fantastique!
Hallelujah! Let’s all sing for peace,
tolerance, equality, love, unity and
lots of rawk ‘n roll.
Picture This – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
8 August 2024
This was the single sleeve for Japan, of SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES‘
imperishable debut single HONG KONG GARDEN, that came out in 1978.
素晴らしいアートワーク、素晴らしい歌
Poster This! SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES 1978
Great concert posters from the past
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES
Plymouth UK – 1978
Stunning debut single.
SIOUXSIE SIOUX Who Celebrates Her 67th Birthday Today Remembers The Very First BANSHEES Rehearsal
27 May 2024
Lesson one.
Siouxsie Sioux was born named Susan Janet Ballion in Southwark, London on 27 May 1957. Happy 67, Suzy!
(Image: Cover of her solo LP ‘Mantaray‘)
IGGY POP And SIOUXSIE Do ‘THE PASSENGER’ Together For Ice Cream Commercial
Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant
The punk Godfather IGGY POP scored a timeless classic with
THE PASSENGER from his superb 1977 LP Lust For Life .
Over the years it was covered multiple times. One of the best is
by Siouxsie And The Banshees who covered it for their greatest
hits album Through The Looking Glass in 1987.
Now Pop and Siouxsie recorded a new version of the song together for an ice cream commercial. They slowed it down and gave it an extra glammy and glittery treatment.
It’ll make them a lot of money, but it’s a pretty lukewarm version. The original and
the Banshees 1987 take are untouchable. I rather wake up with those versions
on my headphones than this MAGNUM one.
ICE CREAM VERSION
IGGY POP (1977)
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES (1987)