Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Siouxis an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. She is best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Siouxsie and the Bansheesand the drums-and-voice duo The Creatures. Siouxsie and the Banshees released 11 studio albums and several UK Top 20 singles including "Hong Kong Garden", "Happy House", "Peek-a-Boo" plus a US Billboard Top 25 hit "Kiss Them for Me". With The Creatures, Siouxsie recorded four studio albums and the hit single "Right Now". She has also...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth27 May 1957
I don't care about champagne backstage or anything else - the one thing I need to specify is that I can't have any Arctic drafts on stage.
I've never been anti-sex or anti-sexuality. I'm just anti-hypocrisy.
So of course I found that 'Goth' tag very limiting and, rightly so, I didn't go along with it. Why would I go along with having two arms and a leg cut off? Why would I allow myself to be like Boxing Helena?
It was trying to break down the stereotypes and it was the kind of thing where, for the first time, women were on a par and not seen as just objects. Though girls were objectified still.
I was never attracted to being a very proficient singer or player. I suppose I was interested in creating a vision; in the same way I was very drawn to tension within cinema.
Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.
I love the ocean. I've always liked the blue, so tranquil and peaceful and gliding. And the fear of it.
What I really resent most about people sticking labels on you is that it cuts off all the other elements of what you are because it can only deal with black and white; the cartoon.
There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone completely the other way, back to almost the 60s, early 70s.
I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft.
I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine, if you want - but also some sort of sadness, and plain mischief, of course.
I like a bit of eye candy like anyone but to have it solely about the eye candy and have it fall into a category so rigidly as well is wrong.
My dreams are of water. And my nightmares.
What people don't understand is when punk started it was so innocent and not aware of being looked at or being a phenomenon and that's what everyone gets wrong. You can't consciously create something that's important, it's a combination of chemistry, conditions, the environment, everything.