Susan Janet Ballion was born on 27 May 1957, and known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
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32 Facts About Siouxsie
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Siouxsie was the lead singer of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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Siouxsie's songs have been covered by Jeff Buckley, Tricky and LCD Soundsystem.
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Siouxsie's records have been praised by artists such as PJ Harvey and TV on the Radio.
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Siouxsie's brother and sister were born while the family was in the Belgian Congo.
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Siouxsie's parents met in that colony and worked there for a few years.
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Siouxsie's mother, Betty, was of Scottish and English descent and was a secretary who spoke both French and English.
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Siouxsie was an isolated child, being unable to invite friends to her house because of her alcoholic, unemployed father.
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Siouxsie'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 lost a great deal of weight and failed to attend school.
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Siouxsie did not attend, but one of her friends told her how they sounded like the Stooges, and that singer Johnny Rotten had threatened students attending the gig.
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Siouxsie became well known in the London club scene for her glam, fetish- and bondage-inspired attire, which later became part of punk fashion.
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Siouxsie claimed her intent was to shock the bourgeoisie, not to make a political statement.
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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 color, 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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Siouxsie toured for the first time as a solo act combining Banshees and Creatures songs.
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In 2008, Siouxsie performed vocals for the track "Careless Love" on The Edge of Love soundtrack by composer Angelo Badalamenti, a frequent collaborator with director David Lynch.
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Siouxsie performed 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 performed 1980's Kaleidoscope album live in its entirety, along with other works from her back catalogue, and her performance was hailed by the press.
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Siouxsie appeared at Ono's Double Fantasy concert, to sing the final song, "Walking on Thin Ice".
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Siouxsie's voice is, in its own right, the common thread through all of it.
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Siouxsie's technique is a thread between the really far-out stuff and opera and pop music.
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Siouxsie has influenced other bands ranging from contemporaries Joy Division, U2, and the Cure, to later acts like the Jesus and Mary Chain, Jane's Addiction and TV on the Radio.
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Manson declared that Siouxsie embodied everything she wanted to be as a young woman.
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Siouxsie was hailed by Romy Madley Croft of the XX, Kim Deal of the Pixies and the Breeders, and by Josephine Wiggs of the Breeders, and namechecked by Karin Dreijer Andersson of the Knife.
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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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