1. Siouxsie Sioux's songs have been covered by Jeff Buckley, Tricky and LCD Soundsystem and sampled by Massive Attack and the Weeknd.
33 Facts About Siouxsie Sioux
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Siouxsie Sioux is ten years younger than her two siblings.
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Siouxsie Sioux's sister and brother were born while the family was in the Belgian Congo.
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Siouxsie Sioux's parents met in that colony and worked there for a few years.
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Siouxsie Sioux's mother, Betty, was of Scottish and English descent and was a secretary who spoke both French and English.
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Siouxsie Sioux's father was a bacteriologist who milked venom from snakes, and came from Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium.
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Siouxsie Sioux's father died of alcoholism-related illness when Siouxsie was 14 years old, resulting in a decline in her health.
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Siouxsie Sioux later introduced her own friends to that scene.
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Siouxsie Sioux claimed her intent was to shock the older generation, not to make a political statement.
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Siouxsie Sioux later wrote the song "Metal Postcard ".
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On 20 September 1976, the band improvised 20 minutes of music while Siouxsie sang the "Lord's Prayer".
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For critic Jon Savage, Siouxsie was "unlike any female singer before or since, commanding yet aloof, entirely modern".
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In 1983, Siouxsie went to Hawaii to record the Creatures' first album, Feast, which included the hit single "Miss the Girl".
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Anton Corbijn visited the group during the recording near Jerez de la Frontera, and Siouxsie convinced him to take photographs in colour, unlike his prior work which was in black-and-white: the photos used for the promotion showed Siouxsie and Budgie in fields surrounded with sunflowers.
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Also in 1999, Siouxsie collaborated with Marc Almond on the track "Threat of Love".
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In 2004 Siouxsie toured for the first time as a solo act, playing Banshees and Creatures songs.
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In 2008, Siouxsie recorded vocals for the track "Careless Love" on The Edge of Love soundtrack by composer Angelo Badalamenti.
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Siouxsie Sioux performed it with another Badalamenti number, "Who Will Take My Dreams Away", at the annual edition of the World Soundtrack Awards.
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In June 2013, after a hiatus of five years, Siouxsie played two nights at the Royal Festival Hall in London during Yoko Ono's Meltdown festival.
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Siouxsie Sioux performed 1980's Kaleidoscope album live in its entirety, along with other works from her back catalogue, and her performance was praised by the press.
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Siouxsie Sioux appeared at Ono's Double Fantasy concert, to sing the final song, "Walking on Thin Ice".
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In 2023 Siouxsie headlined the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California in May, and the Release Athens 2023 festival in June.
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In early 2024 Siouxsie collaborated with Iggy Pop to record a new rendition of "The Passenger" for an advert.
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Siouxsie Sioux's voice is, in its own right, the common thread through all of it.
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Siouxsie Sioux's technique is a thread between the really far-out stuff and opera and pop music.
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Siouxsie Sioux had a strong impact on two trip-hop acts.
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Siouxsie Sioux is revered by Damon Albarn and Dave Grohl.
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Sinead O'Connor said that when she started, Siouxsie was one of her main influences.
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Tracey Thorn of Everything but the Girl wrote in her autobiography that Siouxsie was one of her heroines.
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Manson declared that Siouxsie embodied everything she wanted to be as a young woman.
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Kate Jackson of the Long Blondes said that Siouxsie was a part of her musical background, thanks to her "sharp lyrics" on Creatures' tracks like "So Unreal".
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Courtney Love of Hole wrote Siouxsie in her favourite records' list when she was a teenager in her diary.
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Roisin Murphy named Siouxsie when asked who were her biggest influences.