Siouxsie Sioux

Siouxsie Sioux ( born May 27, 1957 in Southwark, London; actually Susan Janet Ballion ) is a British musician, who is best known as the singer and songwriter of the group Siouxsie and the Banshees.

In 2007, she released her first solo album, " Mantaray ". In June 2013, it gave them two concerts in London.

Career

Ballion founded at the age of 19 years, the group " Siouxsie and the Banshees ," with which they 1978 debut album The Scream and then a number of other recordings published. 1981 also the project The Creatures was launched, in which she also acted as a singer and has grossed over a period of more than 20 years at irregular intervals albums and EPs.

In 1996, Siouxsie and the Banshees disbanded due to a variety of reasons, whereupon The Creatures were declared a major project of Siouxsie and her drummer / partner Budgie. The album Anima Animus one published in 1999 on their own label Sioux Records, as was the Eraser Cut EP a year earlier.

2002, a short -ending comeback of the Banshees was organized surprising nonetheless. This did not survive the international Seven -Year- Itch- reunion tour. The personal relationship of the two founding members Siouxsie Sioux and Steve Severin was too much strain for further cooperation.

The Creatures too, were dissolved in 2004 and then Siouxsie now officially dedicated her solo career. This took already with the " An Evening with Siouxsie ... " tour in 2004, began. The tour was completed successfully with the concert " Siouxsie Dream Show" at the Royal Festival Hall. From this final concert, a live recording was created. This was released as the first official solo release by the singer under the title " Siouxsie Dream Show" as a DVD concert film.

In summer 2006, Siouxsie signed a contract with the label " W14 " (part of Universal Records ), which is headed by John Williams, with whom she already collaborated end of the 1980s by Polydor. End of June 2007 was Siouxsie in a BBC2 radio interview, surprising the separation of Budgie known, the two are now divorced.

In 2007, she then published for the first time a solo album with a completely new band. The MantaRay titled work was brought out on a sub-label of Universal Music Group and has been rated by critics overwhelmingly positive. Content, processes the singer is current experiences and feelings after her prolonged illness and separation / divorce in a poetic way. Musically, the course, which has already been trodden with the concerts as part of An Evening with ... Siouxsie Siouxsie Dream Tour and the show continued. A fusion of unusual arrangements of the dark, experimental sounds of the Banshees and Creatures with classical, jazz and big band influences.

In August 2007, a pre - single was released on the album titled Into a Swan, you musically most likely be defined as a kind of " industrial glam-rock ". An international tour through Europe and the United States joined to this publication, which was often played in small clubs. It further with Here Comes That Day and About to Happen published two more singles. At a concert at the Paris Eiffel Tower a live recording was created, the bite is now available as a live EP titled Le Tour Eiffel as a download, as well as in parts as bonus tracks on the Single About to.

Besides her work with Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Creatures Sioux also worked with artists such as Morrissey on the song Interlude (1994 ), Hector Zazou on the song The Lighthouse (1995 ), John Cale of the song Murdering Mouth ( 1998), Marc Almond on the song Threat of Love ( 1999), and the Basement Jaxx on the song CISH Cash ( 2003) together. Last Siouxsie collaborated with film composer Angelo Badalamenti ( including David Lynch strain Composer) on the song Careless Love for the soundtrack to the John Maybury film The Edge of Love (2008).

On 15 and 17 June 2013 were Siouxsie two concerts at Meltdown Festival at London's Royal Festival Hall. This was their first concerts after five years.

Discography

Solo albums

  • 2007 - MantaRay

Singles

  • 2007 - Into a Swan
  • 2007 - Here Comes That Day
  • 2008 - About to Happen

Features

  • 2003 - CISH Cash ( by Basement Jaxx )
  • 2005 - Siouxsie Dream Show ( Live), London in 2004 with the Millenia Ensemble Orchestra
  • 2009 - Finale: The Last Mantaray and More Show ( Live), London 2008
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