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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Siouxsie Sioux
| image             = Sioux-edinburgh80.jpg
| caption           = Siouxsie Sioux performing in 1980
| birth_name        = Susan Janet Ballion
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|05|27}}
| birth_place       = [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark]], London, England
| death_place       = 
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Post-punk]]|[[new wave music|new wave]]|[[gothic rock]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[exotica]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician|record producer}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}
| years_active      = 1976–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Polydor]]|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|Sioux Records|W14|Universal|Decca}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]|[[The Creatures]]}}
| website           = {{URL|https://www.musicglue.com/siouxsie|siouxsie.com}}
| spouse            = {{Marriage|[[Budgie (musician)|Budgie]]|1991|2006|end=div}}
}}

'''Susan Janet Ballion''' (born 27 May 1957), better known by her stage name '''Siouxsie Sioux''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|uː|z|i|_|ˈ|s|uː}}, {{respell|soo|zee|SOO}}), is an English singer and songwriter. She came to prominence as the leader and main lyricist of the&nbsp;rock&nbsp;band [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], who were active from 1976 to 1996. They released 11 studio albums, and had several UK Top 20 singles including "[[Hong Kong Garden (song)|Hong Kong Garden]]", "[[Happy House]]" and "[[Peek-a-Boo (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Peek-a-Boo]]", plus a US Top 25 single in the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], with "[[Kiss Them for Me (song)|Kiss Them for Me]]".

Siouxsie also formed a second group, [[the Creatures]], in 1981. With the Creatures, she released four studio albums and singles such as "[[Right Now (Herbie Mann song)#The Creatures version|Right Now]]". After disbanding the Creatures in the mid-2000s, she has continued as a solo artist, using just the name Siouxsie, and released the album ''[[Mantaray (album)|Mantaray]]'' to critical acclaim in 2007.

[[AllMusic]] named Siouxsie as "one of the most influential British singers of the rock era".<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Stone |first=Doug |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/siouxsie-sioux-mn0000723412 |title=Siouxsie Biography|website=Allmusicguide.com |access-date=21 January 2012 |quote=One of the most influential British females in rock|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018083308/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/siouxsie-sioux-mn0000723412|archive-date=18 October 2012}}</ref> Her songs have been covered by [[Jeff Buckley]] ("Killing Time"), [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] ("[[Tattoo (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Tattoo]]") and [[LCD Soundsystem]] ("[[Slowdive (song)|Slowdive]]") and sampled by [[Massive Attack]] ("Metal Postcard") and [[the Weeknd]] ("Happy House"). In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Music at the [[Q Awards]]<ref name="q">{{cite news |url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2011/10/siousie_soux_there_plenty_more.html |title=Siouxsie Sioux: 'There plenty more new material to come from me |publisher=Qthemusic.com |date=25 October 2011 |access-date=2 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203084339/http://news.qthemusic.com/2011/10/siousie_soux_there_plenty_more.html |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> and in 2012, she received the Inspiration Award at the [[Ivor Novello Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/adele/63846 |title=The Ivor Novello Awards |work=NME |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=18 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101454/http://www.nme.com/news/adele/63846 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Biography ==
===Early life (1957–1976)===
Siouxsie was born Susan Janet Ballion<ref name="paytress">Paytress, Mark. p.3</ref> on 27 May 1957 at [[Guy's Hospital]] in [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark]], England.<ref name="Johns, Brian. P.8">Johns, Brian. p.&nbsp;8</ref> She is ten years younger than her two siblings. Her sister and brother were born while the family was in the [[Belgian Congo]].<ref name="Johns, Brian. P.8"/> Her parents met in that colony and worked there for a few years. Her mother, Elizabeth, was of Scottish and English descent and was a secretary who spoke both French and English.<ref>{{citation |title=Anarchy no more |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/anarchy-no-more-1-610587 |work=Scotsman.com |date=28 June 2002 |access-date=1 June 2016 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230402043301/https://www.scotsman.com/news/anarchy-no-more-2465274 |url-status=unfit}}</ref> Her father, Marc, was a [[bacteriologist]] who milked [[venom]] from snakes, and came from [[Wallonia]], the French-speaking part of Belgium. In the mid-1950s, before Siouxsie's birth, the family moved to England.

The Ballions lived in a suburban district in [[Chislehurst]], [[Kent]]. Siouxsie was an isolated child, being unable to invite friends to her house because of her alcoholic, unemployed father.<ref>Paytress, Mark. P.19</ref> Despite his issues, Siouxsie regarded him as intelligent and well-read, and sympathised with his inability to fit in with a "rigid, middle-class society".<ref name=nineteen>Paytress, Mark. P.19</ref> During moments of sobriety, her father shared with her his love for books. Siouxsie was aware that her family was different;<ref name="guardian">{{cite journal |author=Bracewell, Michael |title=Her Dark Materials |journal=The Guardian Weekend Magazine |date=19 August 2005}}</ref> the Ballions were not involved in the local community and Siouxsie, aware that her family's house differed from the neighbours', would later state that "the suburbs inspired intense hatred."<ref name="guardian" />

At the age of nine, she and a friend were sexually assaulted by a stranger in a park. The assault was ignored by both her parents and the police,<ref>Paytress, Mark. P.20</ref> and was not spoken of in the family. The incident and the way it was treated led Siouxsie to distrust adults.<ref name="word">{{cite magazine |first=William |last=Shaw |title=In at the Deep End |magazine=Word |date=September 2005}}</ref> Years later, she stated: <blockquote>I grew up having no faith in adults as responsible people. And being the youngest in the family I was isolated – I had no one to confide in. So I invented my own world, my own reality. It was my own way of defending myself – protecting myself from the outside world. The only way I could deal with how to survive was to get some strong armour.<ref name="word" /></blockquote>

Her father died of alcoholism-related illness when Siouxsie was 14 years old, resulting in a decline in her health. Siouxsie lost a great deal of weight and failed to attend school. After several misdiagnoses, she was operated on and survived a bout of [[ulcerative colitis]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/07/popandrock2|title=I get the voodoo thing. My dad milked snakes|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date=7 September 2007|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806115258/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/07/popandrock2|url-status=live}}</ref> During the weeks of recovery in mid-1972, she watched television in the hospital and saw [[David Bowie]] on ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref name="word" />

At 17, she left school. During this period she began visiting the local gay discos frequented by her sister's friends.<ref>Paytress, Mark. P.23</ref> She later introduced her own friends to that scene. In November 1975, the [[Sex Pistols]] performed at the local art college in Chislehurst. Siouxsie did not attend, but one of her friends told her they sounded like [[the Stooges]], and that singer [[Johnny Rotten]] had threatened students attending the gig. In February 1976, Siouxsie and her friend [[Steven Severin]] went to see the Sex Pistols play in London. After chatting with members of the band, Siouxsie and Severin decided to follow them regularly.<ref>Paytress, Mark. P.30</ref> In the following months, journalist [[Caroline Coon]] coined the term "[[Bromley Contingent]]" to describe this group of eccentric teenagers devoted to the Sex Pistols.<ref>Paytress, Mark. P.42</ref>

Siouxsie became well known in the London club scene for her glam, [[Fetish clothes|fetish]]- and [[bondage (BDSM)|bondage]]-inspired attire, which later became part of [[punk fashion]].<ref name=word/> She would also heavily influence the later development of [[gothic fashion]] with her signature cat-eye makeup, deep red lipstick, spiky dyed-black hair, and black clothing.<ref name=word/> In early September 1976, the Bromley Contingent followed the Sex Pistols to France, where Siouxsie was beaten up for wearing a [[cupless bra]] and a black armband with a [[swastika]] on it. She claimed her intent was to shock the older generation, not to make a political statement.<ref>Paytress, p.&nbsp;32</ref> She later wrote the song "[[Mittageisen|Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)]]" (in memory of the [[anti-Nazi]] artist [[John Heartfield]]).<ref>Paytress, p.&nbsp;104</ref>

Following the [[DIY]] ethos and the idea that the people in the audience could be the people on stage, Siouxsie and Severin decided to form a band. When a support slot at the [[100 Club Punk Festival]] (organised by [[Malcolm McLaren]]) opened up, they decided to make an attempt at performing, although at that time they did not know how to play any songs. On 20 September 1976, the band improvised 20 minutes of music while Siouxsie sang the "Lord's Prayer".<ref>Paytress, pp 49, 53-54</ref>

For critic [[Jon Savage]], Siouxsie was "unlike any female singer before or since, commanding yet aloof, entirely modern".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Savage |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Savage |title=High Priestess |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOtx9nPM4ncC&q=jon+savage+siouxsie+spin&pg=PA64 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |location=Los Angeles |date=June 1986 |page=66 |access-date=5 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110032048/https://books.google.com/books?id=rOtx9nPM4ncC&q=jon+savage+siouxsie+spin&pg=PA64 |archive-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> [[Viv Albertine]] from [[the Slits]] said: <blockquote>Siouxsie just appeared fully made, fully in control, utterly confident. It totally blew me away. There she was doing something that I dared to dream but she took it and did it and it wiped the rest of the festival for me, that was it. I can't even remember everything else about it except that one performance.<ref>''Queens of British Pop''. BBC One. Air Date: 1 April 2009.</ref></blockquote>

One of Siouxsie's first public appearances was with the Sex Pistols on [[Bill Grundy]]'s television show, on [[Thames Television]] in December 1976.<ref name=payone /> Standing next to the band, Siouxsie made fun of the presenter when he asked her how she was doing. She responded: "I've always wanted to meet you, Bill." Grundy, who later claimed he was drunk, suggested a meeting after the show, which provoked guitarist [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]] to respond with a series of expletives inappropriate for prime-time television.<ref name=payone>Paytress, Mark. pp&nbsp;45–46</ref> This episode created a media furore on the front covers of several tabloids, including the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', which published the headline "Siouxsie's a Punk Shocker". The event had a major impact on the Sex Pistols' subsequent career, and they became a household name overnight.<ref>{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Macia|url=https://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/read-our-interview-with-ari-up-from-the-siouxsie-siouxshabba-ranks-icon-issue|title=Read Our Interview With Ari Up from the Siouxsie Sioux/Shabba Ranks Icon Issue|publisher=The Fader|date=21 October 2010|access-date=21 September 2019|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181226153301/https://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/read-our-interview-with-ari-up-from-the-siouxsie-siouxshabba-ranks-icon-issue|url-status=live}}</ref>

Aware of the press surrounding both herself and the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie began to distance herself from the scene and stopped seeing the Sex Pistols after the 15 December 1976 gig at Notre Dame Hall. From then, she focused her energy on her own band, Siouxsie and the Banshees.<ref>Paytress, Mark. pp&nbsp;47–48</ref>

===Siouxsie and the Banshees, and the Creatures (1977–2003)===
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[[File:Siouxsie sioux.jpg|thumb|upright|Siouxsie Sioux in November 1980 in NYC]]
In 1977, Siouxsie and the Banshees toured the UK, with Severin on bass, [[Kenny Morris (musician)|Kenny Morris]] on drums and [[John McKay (guitarist)|John McKay]] on guitar.<ref>Paytress, Mark. p 56</ref> One year later, their first single, "[[Hong Kong Garden (song)|Hong Kong Garden]]" reached number 7 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>Johns, Brian. p.&nbsp;94</ref> With its oriental-inflected [[xylophone]] motif, ''[[Melody Maker]]'' deemed it "a glorious debut [...] All the elements come together with remarkable effect. The song is strident and powerful with tantalising [[oriental]] [[guitar riff]]s plus words and vocals that are the result of anger, disdain and isolation. No-one will be singled out because everyone is part and parcel of the whole. It might even be a hit".<ref name="Birch">{{cite journal|first= Ian |last= Birch |date= 19 August 1978 |title= Single of the Week: Hong Kong Garden |journal= [[Melody Maker]]}}</ref>

Their debut album, ''[[The Scream (album)|The Scream]]'', was one of the first [[post-punk]] records released. It received 5-star reviews in ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''<ref name="Sounds">{{cite journal |author=Pete Silverton |date=14 October 1978 |title=If Screams could kill [''The Scream'' – review] |journal=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |page=33}}</ref> and ''[[Record Mirror]]''.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite journal |author=Chris Westwood|author-link=Chris Westwood (author) |date=14 October 1978 |title= Siouxsie's Stampede [''The Scream'' – review]|journal=[[Record Mirror]]|page=16}}</ref> The latter said that the record "points to the future, real music for the [[new age]]".<ref name="Mirror" /> The music was different from the single; it was angular, dark and jagged. ''The Scream'' was later hailed by ''[[NME]]'' as one of the best debut albums of all time along with [[Patti Smith]]'s ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]''.<ref>Watson, Don. "Siouxsie's Sombrero Bolero". ''NME''. 15 December 1984. "After Patti Smith's 'Horses', 'The Scream' is the best debut LP of all time.  Was it 1978 or ten years on?  From the underwater claustrophobia of its cover, through the fractured [[monochrome]] scenarios to the morbid fascination of 'Switch's' final flickers, its poetry in sound and splinters."</ref> ''[[Join Hands]]'' followed in 1979 with war as the lyrical theme.<ref name="Melody Maker">{{cite journal |last=Savage |first=Jon |authorlink=Jon Savage |title=A Scream in a Vacuum [''Join Hands'' – review] |journal=[[Melody Maker]] |date=1 September 1979}}</ref>

The 1980 album ''[[Kaleidoscope (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Kaleidoscope]]'' marked the arrival of [[John McGeoch]], considered "one of the most innovative and influential guitarists" by ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{cite journal  | last = Simpson | first = Dave | title= Obituary – John McGeoch: Innovative and influential guitarist of the post-punk era | newspaper=The Guardian | date= 12 March 2004 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/mar/12/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130504100128/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/mar/12/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries | archive-date = 4 May 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> and drummer [[Budgie (drummer)|Budgie]], who continued to perform and record with Siouxsie  until 2004. The hit single "[[Happy House]]" was qualified as "great Pop" with "liquid guitar"<ref>{{cite web |author=Paulo Hewitt |url=http://rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=15540 |title=Siouxsie's sketches |work=Melody Maker |date=26 July 1980 |access-date=2 January 2012 |publisher=[[Rock's Backpages]] (subscription required)| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120627202303/http://rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=15540 | archive-date = 27 June 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref> and other songs like "[[Red Light (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Red Light]]" were layered with electronic sounds. ''Kaleidoscope'' widened Siouxsie's audience, reaching the top 5 in the [[UK Albums Chart]]. ''[[Juju (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Juju]]'' followed in 1981, reaching number 7; the singles "[[Spellbound (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Spellbound]]" and "[[Arabian Knights (song)|Arabian Knights]]" were described as "pop marvels" by ''The Guardian''.<ref>Petridis, Alexis. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/21/1000tohearbeforeyoudie5 "The Guardian, 1000 albums to hear before you die"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040200/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/21/1000tohearbeforeyoudie5 |date=5 March 2017 }}. Guardian.co.uk.21 November 2007. "Perennial masters of brooding suspense, the Banshees honed their trademark aloof art-rock to its hardest and darkest pitch on Juju. With their musical [[alchemy]] at its peak and Siouxsie at her most imperious, pop marvels such as Spellbound and Arabian Knights were poised, peerless exercises in [[magic realism]] that you could dance to." {{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/nov/21/1000tohearbeforeyoudie5 |title=Artists beginning with S |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 November 2007 |access-date=4 July 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113100624/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/nov/21/1000tohearbeforeyoudie5 |archive-date=13 November 2012 }}</ref> During recording sessions for ''Juju'', Siouxsie and Budgie formed a second band [[the Creatures]], a duo characterized by a stripped-down sound focused on vocals and drums; their first record, the [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Wild Things (Creatures EP)|Wild Things]]'', was a commercial success. ''[[Record Mirror]]''
reviewed it as an "astonishingly successful exercise. Several Siouxsie voices over Budgie's quite magnificent drums and percussion make up the entire fabric but it never sounds sparse... A surprise and a triumph."<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Creatures ''Wild Things'' [Single review]|journal=Record Mirror |date=1981-09-26}}</ref>

In 1982, the Siouxsie and the Banshees' album ''[[A Kiss in the Dreamhouse]]'' was widely acclaimed by critics.<ref>Sutherland, Steve. "Awakening Dreams" [''A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'' review]. ''Melody Maker''. 6 November 1982. "The Banshees achieve an awesome, effective new pop without so much as a theory or qualm. "Dreamhouse" is an intoxicating achievement."</ref> Richard Cook of ''NME'' depicted it as "a feat of imagination scarcely ever recorded".<ref name="Cook">{{cite web |last=Cook |first=Richard |url=http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=123 |title=A kiss in the Dreamhouse review |date=6 November 1982 |access-date=1 October 2012 |work=NME |publisher=[[Rock's Backpages]] (subscription required)| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111228114538/http://rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=123 | archive-date = 28 December 2011| url-status=live}}</ref> The single "[[Slowdive (song)|Slowdive]]" was "a violin-colored dance beat number".<ref name="Cleary">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-kiss-in-the-dreamhouse-mw0000318861 |title=A Kiss in the Dreamhouse – Siouxsie and the Banshees |last=Cleary |first=David |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-date=24 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824183726/http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-kiss-in-the-dreamhouse-mw0000318861 |url-status=live }}</ref> They included strings for the first time on several songs. The recording sessions took their toll, and McGeoch was forced to quit the band.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-we-were-losing-our-minds-2572|title=Siouxsie and the Banshees: "We were losing our minds" - Uncut|date=24 October 2014|work=Uncut|access-date=5 February 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105073622/http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-we-were-losing-our-minds-2572|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1983, Siouxsie went to Hawaii to record the Creatures' first album, ''[[Feast (The Creatures album)|Feast]]'', which included the hit single "[[Miss the Girl]]". It was her first incursion into [[exotica]], incorporating sounds of waves, local Hawaiian choirs and local percussion. Later that year, Siouxsie and Budgie released "[[Right Now (Herbie Mann song)#The Creatures version|Right Now]]", a song from [[Mel Tormé]]'s repertoire that the Creatures re-orchestrated with brass arrangements;<ref>"Right Now" was remastered in 1997 for ''The Bestiary of the Creatures''</ref> "Right Now" soon became a top 20 hit single in the UK. Then, with the Banshees (including guitarist [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[the Cure]]), she covered [[the Beatles]]' "[[Dear Prudence#Cover versions|Dear Prudence]]", which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>Paytress, pp 137, 143</ref> Two albums followed with Smith: ''[[Nocturne (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Nocturne]]'', recorded live in London in 1983, and 1984's ''[[Hyæna]]''.  In 1985, the single "[[Cities in Dust]]" was recorded with sequencers; it climbed to number 21 in the UK charts. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' noted that it was the first of a handful of [[Alternative rock]] radio hits in the US.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=17 December 2004 |title=Sioux City; New-wave goddess Siouxsie Sioux led the way for kick-ass frontwomen with bold style. And the Queen Banshee is still wailing |first=Missy |last=Schwartz |quote="Cities in Dust" (1985) was the first of a handful of Alternative rock radio hits in the U.S.}}</ref> 1986's ''[[Tinderbox (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Tinderbox]]'' and the 1987 [[cover version|covers]] album ''[[Through the Looking Glass (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Through the Looking Glass]]'' both reached the top 15 in the UK.<ref>Johns, Brian. p.&nbsp;95</ref>

In 1988, the single "[[Peek-a-Boo (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Peek-a-Boo]]" marked a musical departure from her previous work,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=siouxsie_and_the_banshees|title=TrouserPress.com :: Siouxsie and the Banshees |website=www.trouserpress.com|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-date=26 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826063251/http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=siouxsie_and_the_banshees|url-status=live}}</ref> anticipating [[hip hop music|hip hop]]-inspired rock with the use of [[Sampling (music)|samples]]. ''NME'' called it an "oriental marching band hip hop with farting horns and catchy accordion"<ref>Quantick, David. "Peek-A-Boo" review. ''NME''. 23 July 1988.</ref> and ''Melody Maker'' "a brightly unexpected mixture of black steel and pop disturbance".<ref>Mathur, Paul. "Born Again Savages". ''Melody Maker''. 9 July 1988.</ref> The ''[[Peepshow (album)|Peepshow]]'' album received a five star review in [[Q Magazine|''Q'' magazine]].<ref>Cooper, Mark. "Peepshow" review. ''Q Magazine''. September 1988. "Peepshow takes place in some distorted fairground of the mind where weird and wonderful shapes loom."</ref> The ballad "[[The Last Beat of My Heart]]" issued as a single, saw her using accordion and strings.<ref>Murphy, Kevin. ''Peepshow'' review. ''Record Mirror''. 10 September 1988</ref>

Siouxsie and Budgie then went to [[Andalusia]] in Spain to record the second Creatures album, ''[[Boomerang (The Creatures album)|Boomerang]]''. The songs featured backing music ranging from [[flamenco]] to [[jazz]] and [[blues]] styles and brass on most songs. The first single was "[[Standing There]]". ''NME'' called ''Boomerang'' "a rich and unsettling landscape of exotica".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Morton |first=Roger |title=Peek-A-Boom [''Boomerang'' review] |journal=NME |issue=11 November 1989}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{citation |first=Sandra A. |last=Garcia |title=Exposed Nerve |work=B-Side |date=April 1990 |quote=Oh poor Anton! He came out and he's always worked in black and white, he's never liked colour. And we had such a shock cause he's going on 'oh yes, I want to work in colour, I've discovered colour'. And it was great, as he had started painting and had a good eye which was a surprise. We thought'd it be a shame if he dulled the colours, but instead they were almost poster-like", enthuses Siouxsie.}}</ref> In 1990, she toured for the first time with the Creatures, in Europe and North America.<ref>Paytress, pp 260, 261</ref>

On 1991's dance-oriented "[[Kiss Them for Me (song)|Kiss Them for Me]]" single, Siouxsie and the Banshees used [[South Asia]]n instrumentation, which had become popular in the UK club scene with the growth of [[Bhangra (music)|bhangra]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Ken Hunt |title=Bhangra and Giddha  |publisher=allmusic.com |url=https://allmusic.com/explore/essay/bhangra-and-giddha-t633 |access-date=2 December 2011|archive-date=25 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025191540/http://allmusic.com/explore/essay/bhangra-and-giddha-t633}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=John Bush |title=Talvin Singh |publisher=allmusic.com |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/talvin-singh-mn0000157084/biography |access-date=2 December 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128011607/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/talvin-singh-mn0000157084/biography |archive-date=28 November 2011| url-status=live}}</ref> Indian [[tabla]] player [[Talvin Singh]] (who was later [[Björk]]'s percussionist on her 1993 ''[[Debut (Björk album)|Debut]]'' album) took part in the session and provided vocals for the bridge. With "Kiss Them for Me", the Banshees scored a hit on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] peaking at number 23.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-mn0000748222/awards |title=Siouxsie and the Banshees – awards Billboard |publisher=Allmusicguide.com |access-date=3 March 2014 |archive-date=17 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217060053/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-mn0000748222/awards |url-status=live }}</ref> After the release of ''[[Superstition (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Superstition]]'' which received enthusiastic reviews,<ref>Southwell, Tim. "Superstition" review. ''NME'', 15 June 1991. "With the delicious 'Kiss Them for Me' gracing the Gallup Top 40 with a touch of real class, the release of Siouxsie and the Banshees' 10th studio LP could not have come at a better time.  'Superstition' is a giant of a record, casting a sinister shadow over the listener in true Banshee style."</ref> the group co-headlined the first [[Lollapalooza]] tour.
[[File:Siouxsie-Lollapalooza-1991 (portrait).jpg|thumb|upright |Siouxsie at the first [[Lollapalooza]] in Irvine, California, 1991]]

In 1992, film director [[Tim Burton]] requested that she write a song for ''[[Batman Returns]]'', and the Banshees composed the single "[[Face to Face (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Face to Face]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=17 December 2004 |title=Sioux City; New-wave goddess Siouxsie Sioux led the way for kick-ass frontwomen with bold style. And the Queen Banshee is still wailing |first=Missy |last=Schwartz |quote=And what better way to do so than by recording the theme song to a big Hollywood movie, Tim Burton's Batman Returns (1992). "I've always been a fan--Siouxsie is one of very few women who can create a realistic primal cat sound," quips the eccentric director, whose own striking style, not to mention that of characters like Edward Scissorhands, is arguably indebted to Sioux.}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s, Siouxsie started to do one-off collaborations with other artists. [[Suede (band)|Suede]] invited her to a benefit concert for the [[Red Hot Organization]]. With guitarist [[Bernard Butler]], she performed a version of [[Lou Reed]]'s "Caroline Says". ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' reviewed it as "haughty and stately".<ref>Craven, Art. "Suede The Grand London 12 July 1993". ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''. October 1993. page 112</ref> [[Morrissey]], ex-lead singer of [[the Smiths]], recorded a duet with Siouxsie in 1994: they both sang on the single "[[Interlude (Timi Yuro song)|Interlude]]", a track that was initially performed by [[Timi Yuro]], a female torch singer of the 1960s. "Interlude" was released under the banner "Morrissey and Siouxsie".<ref>{{cite book |first=Simon |last=Goddard |title=Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths |publisher=Ebury Press |isbn=978-0091927103 |date=September 2012 |page=393}}</ref>

The last Banshees studio album, ''[[The Rapture (album)|The Rapture]]'', was released in 1995; it was written partly in [[Toulouse]], where she had recently moved. After the accompanying tour, the Banshees announced their split during a press conference called "20 Minutes into 20 Years". The Creatures became her only band.<ref>"Split in the Dreamhouse". ''Melody Maker''. 13 April 1996.</ref> At the same time, she released the song "The Lighthouse" on French producer [[Hector Zazou]]'s album ''[[Chansons des mers froides]]'' (which translates to ''Songs from the Cold Seas''), with jazz trumpetist [[Mark Isham]]. Siouxsie and Zazou adapted the poem "Flannan Isle" by English poet [[Wilfred Wilson Gibson]].<ref>{{citation |title=Chansons des Mers Froides – Hector Zazou [CD – liner notes] |publisher=Sony France |year=1995}}</ref>

In February 1998 former [[Velvet Underground]] member [[John Cale]] invited her to a festival called "With a Little Help From My Friends" at the [[Paradiso (Amsterdam)|Paradiso]] in Amsterdam. The concert was shown on Dutch national television and featured an unreleased Creatures composition, "Murdering Mouth", sung as a duet with Cale.<ref name="mouth">Siouxsie and John Cale in duet. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxg1JXXiVo "Murdering Mouth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812110621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mxg1JXXiVo |date=12 August 2016 }}. Amsterdam, Paradiso (With the Metropole Orchestra). 25 February 1998</ref> The two toured the US from June until August, performing "Murdering Mouth", and Cale's "Gun" together as the encores of a Creatures and Cale double bill.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sandy|last=Masuo|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-16-ca-4346-story.html|title=Cale, Creatures Display Range in Inventive, Spirited Show|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 July 1998|access-date=2 July 2018}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMdZ7-YJRC8 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/MMdZ7-YJRC8?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMdZ7-YJRC8| archive-date=16 October 2021|title=Siouxsie / The Creatures With John Cale, 'Venus in Furs' (Encore of the Sacramento, Crest Theater - concert)  |date=29 June 1998 |publisher=Youtube |access-date=2 June 2015}}{{cbignore}}<br />Paytress, pp 267, 268</ref>

The following year, Siouxsie and Budgie released ''[[Anima Animus]]'', the first Creatures album since the split of the Banshees. It included the singles "[[2nd Floor (The Creatures song)|2nd Floor]]" and "[[Prettiest Thing]]". The material had an urban sound, blending [[art rock]] and [[electronica]]. ''Anima Animus'' was described by ''[[The Times]]'' as "hypnotic and inventive".<ref>"Anima Animus" review. ''The Times''. 2 February 1999.</ref> Also in 1999, Siouxsie collaborated with [[Marc Almond]] on the track "Threat of Love".

In 2002, she did a short reunion tour with the Banshees titled ''The Seven Year Itch''. That same year, Universal released ''[[The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees]]'' as the first reissue of her back catalogue.

In 2003, Siouxsie and Budgie released the last Creatures album, ''[[Hái!]]'', which was in part recorded in Japan, collaborating with [[taiko]] player Leonard Eto (previously of the [[Kodo Drummers]]). Peter Wratts wrote in ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'': "Her voice is the dominant instrument here, snaking and curling around the bouncing drumming backdrop, elegiac and inhuman as she chants, purrs and whispers her way around the album". He called the record a "spine-tingling achievement".<ref>Wratts, Peter. "Hai!" review. ''Time Out''. "Her voice is the dominant instrument here, snaking and curling around the bouncing drumming backdrop, elegiac and inhuman as she chants, purrs and whispers her way around the album.  The centrepiece is the tense, sensual, whirl of 'Tourniquet', a spellbinding nine minutes around which the rest of the album hangs, awed but not unbowed but it is presence.  'Landlocked/ wind and bind/you grind and grind', growls Siouxsie with a seductive sneer.  It's a virile, sultry salute to lust and bondage, and will cure anybody of their hangover.  A spine-tingling achievement."</ref> ''Hái!'' was preceded by the single "[[Godzilla!]]". That year, Siouxsie was featured on the track "Cish Cash" by [[Basement Jaxx]], from their album ''[[Kish Kash]]'', which won Best Electronic/Dance Album at the ''[[Grammy Awards]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/64119/47th-annual-grammy-awards-winners|title=47th Annual Grammy Awards Winners|date=13 February 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=27 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427104414/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/64119/47th-annual-grammy-awards-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Solo (2004–present)===
[[File:Siouxsie-Madrid2008.jpg|thumb|upright|Siouxsie at the [[Saturday Night Fiber]], Madrid 2008]]

In 2004 Siouxsie toured for the first time as a solo act, playing Banshees and Creatures songs. A live DVD called ''[[Dreamshow]]'' was recorded at the last London concert, in which she and her musicians were accompanied by a 16-piece orchestra, the Millennia Ensemble. Released in August 2005, this DVD reached number 1 in the UK music DVD chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecreatures.com/creatures/?view=127&offset=5&length=5 |title=Siouxsie Number One in UK Music DVD chart |access-date=28 September 2014 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508051436/http://www.thecreatures.com/creatures/?view=127&offset=5&length=5 |archive-date=8 May 2006 }}</ref>

Her debut solo album, ''[[Mantaray (album)|Mantaray]]'', was released in September 2007. [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] wrote, "She really ''is'' pop", before finishing the review by declaring, "It's a success".<ref>'{{cite web |author=Abebe, Nitsuh |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10628-mantaray/|title="Mantaray" review |publisher=Pitchforkmedia |date=4 September 2007 |access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> ''[[Mojo magazine|Mojo]]'' stated: "a thirst for sonic adventure radiates from each track".<ref>{{citation |author=Segal, Victoria |title=''Mantaray'' review |work=Mojo |date=September 2007 |page=102}}</ref> ''Mantaray'' included three singles: "[[Into a Swan]]", "[[Here Comes That Day]]" and "[[About to Happen]]". In 2008, Siouxsie recorded vocals for the track "Careless Love" on ''[[The Edge of Love#Sound track|The Edge of Love]]'' soundtrack by composer [[Angelo Badalamenti]]. She performed it with another Badalamenti number, "Who Will Take My Dreams Away", at the annual edition of the [[World Soundtrack Awards]].<ref>Siouxsie Sioux and Angelo Badalamenti. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M6pO23Tqd8 "Who will take my dreams away"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411170129/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M6pO23Tqd8 |date=11 April 2016 }} Gent, ''the World Soundtrack Awards 2008''</ref> After a year of touring, the singer played the last show of her tour in London in September 2008. A live DVD of this performance, ''[[Finale: The Last Mantaray & More Show]]'', was released in 2009.<ref>"Finale The Last Mantaray & More Show by Siouxsie" [Siouxsie interview – bonus dvd]. ''Fremantle Home Entertainment''. 2009</ref>

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)|Meltdown]] festival. She 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.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Michael |last=Bonner |title=Siouxsie, Royal Festival Hall, London, June 15, 2013 |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/siouxsie-royal-festival-hall-london-june-15-2013 |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=17 June 2013 |access-date=29 June 2013 |url-status=unfit| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234908/http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/siouxsie-royal-festival-hall-london-june-15-2013 |archive-date = 30 December 2013}}</ref> She also appeared at Ono's ''Double Fantasy'' concert, to sing the final song, "Walking on Thin Ice".<ref>{{cite news|first=Simon |last=Price |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/simon-price-on-pop-yoko-onos-meltdown-finale--oh-boy-isnt-it-time-we-all-forgave-yoko-8679765.html|title=Yoko Ono's Meltdown finale |work=TheIndependent|date=29 June 2013 |access-date=29 June 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140123061441/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/simon-price-on-pop-yoko-onos-meltdown-finale--oh-boy-isnt-it-time-we-all-forgave-yoko-8679765.html |archive-date = 23 January 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2014, she and fellow Banshee Steven Severin compiled a CD titled ''It's a Wonderful<!-- DO NOT CHANGE, THIS IS SPELLED WITH TWO LS -->l Life'' for the November 2014 issue of ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine, in which she appeared on the cover.<ref name="Life">{{cite web |url=http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/MOJOSiouxsie |title=Siouxsie on the cover of Mojo November |publisher=Greatmagazines.co.uk |date=25 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-date=4 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204174832/http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/MOJOSiouxsie |url-status=live }}</ref> The disc included 15 tracks that inspired the Banshees.<ref>{{citation |title=Siouxsie and the Banshees interview |work= Mojo|date= November 2014}}</ref>

"[[Love Crime (song)|Love Crime]]", her first song in eight years,<ref>Kreps, Daniel. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-siouxsie-siouxs-haunting-hannibal-finale-song-love-crime-20150831 "Hear Siouxsie Sioux's Haunting Hannibal Finale Song Love Crime"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829200303/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-siouxsie-siouxs-haunting-hannibal-finale-song-love-crime-20150831 |date=29 August 2017 }}. Rolling Stone. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015</ref> was featured in the finale of the TV series ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]'' in August 2015. Series creator [[Bryan Fuller]] called it "epic".<ref>Seghers, Christine. [https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/12/comic-con-2015-hannibal-unleashes-the-red-dragon "Hannibal unleashes the red dragon"]. Ign.com. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.</ref>

In 2022, ''Mantaray'' was remastered at [[Abbey Road Studios]] to mark its 15th anniversary. ''Mantaray'' featuring a different artwork, was reissued on translucent red vinyl, black vinyl and CD.<ref name="reissue">{{cite web|url=
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In 2023 Siouxsie headlined the [[Cruel World Festival]] in [[Pasadena, California]] in May,<ref name=nme23>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/siouxsie-sioux-announces-more-2023-european-comeback-shows-3390010 |title=Siouxsie Sioux announces more 2023 European comeback shows|publisher=Nme.com|date=2023-01-31|access-date=2023-01-31}}</ref><ref name=cruel>{{cite web|first=Pat|last=Saperstein|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/cruel-world-festival-siouxsie-iggy-pop-love-and-rockets-1235621401/|title=Cruel World Festival With Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Love and Rockets|publisher=Variety.com  |date=2023-05-22|access-date=2023-05-23}}</ref> and the Release [[Athens]] 2023 festival in June.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news247.gr/sunday-edition/eidame-ti-siouxsie-sioux-sto-release-i-ice-queen-epestrepse-kai-forese-mple-mono-gia-mas.10091431.html |title=Siouxsie in Athens at Release Festival 2023|publisher=News247.gr |date=2023-06-24|access-date=2023-06-25}}</ref> Her performance in [[Madrid]] at the Noches del Botánico was praised by ''Time Out''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sara|last=Morales|url=https://www.timeout.es/madrid/es/noticias/siouxsie-despliega-su-magia-subversiva-en-las-noches-del-botanico-063023|title=Siouxsie despliega su magia subversiva en las Noches del Botánico (Siouxsie unleashes her subversive magic at Noches del Botánico)|work=Time Out Madrid |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Time Out|access-date=2023-06-30}}</ref> 

In early 2024 Siouxsie collaborated with [[Iggy Pop]] to record a new rendition of "[[The Passenger (song)|The Passenger]]" for an advert.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-iggy-pop-and-siouxsie-siouxs-new-version-of-the-passenger-for-magnum-advert-3752165 |title=Listen to Iggy Pop and Siouxsie Sioux's new version of 'The Passenger' for Magnum advert |publisher=NME |date=30 April 2024|access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

==Songwriting==
Journalist [[Paul Morley]] noted that Siouxsie's songs topics dealt with "mental illness, medical terrors, surreal diseases, depraved urges, sinister intensity, unearthly energy, sexual abuse, childhood disturbances, sordid mysteries, unbearable nervous anxiety, fairytale fears, urban discontent and the bleak dignity of solitude". Many of her songs are about damage; her childhood marked her profoundly. She said, "Damaged lives, damaged souls, damaged relationships. Most of the damage I sing about first happened when I was younger and I am still feeding off it and working it out. Early experiences are what create a lifetime of damage. The songs you write can help you fix the damage. And just the environment you are in is so important and can waste potential and corrupt something. For me, there was neglect. An alcoholic father who is not there because the most important thing for him is just to get alcohol and your mother is trying to compensate for the non-existent second parent so she's never there because she's working all the time and when she is around she's stressed out. Being isolated and not having anyone to connect with, there was just no physical touching back then".<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Morley |title=A Song of Siouxsie |url=https://basca.org.uk/2012/06/01/a-song-of-siouxsie/ |work=Basca.org.uk |date=1 June 2012 |access-date=19 October 2016 |archive-date=19 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019192345/http://basca.org.uk/2012/06/01/a-song-of-siouxsie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Legacy==
{{blockquote|Her voice is, in its own right, the common thread through all of it. There is no one who sings like that. And I think there are a lot of people who were influenced by it, but even if you try and sing like her, you can't do that. You can't throw your voice like that. You can't throw [[harmony]] like that. That is a very distinct voice. Her technique is a thread between the really far-out stuff and [[opera]] and pop music. It's distinct. It's all her own.|[[Dave Sitek]] of [[TV on the Radio]]<ref>"Icon: Siouxsie", ''The Fader Magazine'', ''The Icon Issue 67'', April/May 2010. Page 66</ref>}}

Siouxsie has been praised by artists of many genres. She had a strong impact on two [[trip-hop]] acts. [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] [[cover version|covered]] 1983's proto trip-hop "[[Tattoo (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Tattoo]]",<ref>{{cite web|title=Tricky : Il faut laisser venir les choses|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/affaires-culturelles/tricky-est-linvite-daffaires-culturelles|publisher=franceculture.fr|date=6 October 2020|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204437/https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/affaires-culturelles/tricky-est-linvite-daffaires-culturelles|url-status=live}}</ref> to open his second album ''[[Nearly God]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/cover.html|title=Cover me – Tricky|publisher=Moon-palace.de|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=16 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316030626/http://www.moon-palace.de/tricky/cover.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Massive Attack]] sampled "Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)" on their song "Superpredators (Metal Postcard)" for the soundtrack to the film ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]].''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inflightdata.com/superpredators.html |title=Superpredators Massive Attack Discography |publisher=Inflightdata.com |access-date=28 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713030438/http://www.inflightdata.com/superpredators.html |archive-date=13 July 2011}}</ref>

Other acts have covered Siouxsie's songs. [[Jeff Buckley]] performed "Killing Time" several times;<ref>[http://www.jeffbuckley-fr.net/disco/Liste.html "JeffBuckley-fr.net"] list of songs covered by Jeff Buckley including "Killing Time" composed by Siouxsie for the Creatures. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213102129/http://www.jeffbuckley-fr.net/disco/Liste.html |date=13 February 2012}}<br />[https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/u2AUzbhWQoY "Killing Time- Jeff Buckley. 1992 WFMU version"]. ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 2 February 2021.<br />[https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/f77dd0lOFEw "Killing Time- Jeff Buckley. 1992 demo"]. ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 2 February 2021.<br />[https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/Laku8Kk5bNc "Killing Time- Jeff Buckley. January 1995 Live London Astoria"]. ghostarchive.org. Retrieved 2 February 2021.</ref> he first recorded it during a radio session for [[WFMU]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2AUzbhWQoY |title=Jeff Buckley - Killing Time (Siouxsie / the Creatures cover) (WFMU radio session 1992) |date=29 March 2010 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref>  [[LCD Soundsystem]] recorded a cover of "Slowdive" for the B-side of "[[Disco Infiltrator]]", which was also released on ''[[Introns (album)|Introns]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/music/comments.php?id=8732_0_28_20_C53 |title=LCD Soundsystem iTunes Remix Album |magazine=Jackson Free Press |access-date=4 June 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928015027/http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/music/comments.php?id=8732_0_28_20_C53 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> [[Santigold]] based her track "My Superman" on the music of "Red Light".<ref name="Icon 2010. Page 73">"Icon: Siouxsie", ''The Fader Magazine'', ''The Icon Issue 67'', April/May 2010. Page 73</ref> In 2003, [[the Beta Band]] sampled "Painted Bird" on a track titled "Liquid Bird" on their ''[[Heroes to Zeros]]'' album.<ref>Lapatine, Scott. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116150818/http://www.betaband.com/press/interviews.php "Earlash"]. April 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2012. "EL: On previous albums you've used some left-field samples as a jumping off point to do something new and original. JM: Yeah, we've got Siouxsie and the Banshees on this record. It was Robin's idea."  "Liquid Bird" featured a sample of Siouxsie and the Banshees's "Painted Bird" from the album ''[[A Kiss in the Dreamhouse]]''.</ref> [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] performed "[[Christine (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Christine]]" at the V2001 festival and introduced it to their British audience as "your national anthem".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saunalahti.fi/~tomppat/rhcp/|title="Saunalahti.fi" (Red Hot Chili Peppers' site)|publisher=Saunalahti.fi|access-date=28 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720193244/http://www.saunalahti.fi/~tomppat/rhcp/|archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> "Christine" was also revisited by [[Simple Minds]].<ref>Simple Minds - "Christine", on the ''Searching for the Lost Boys'' bonus CD on ''[[Graffiti Soul]]'' in 2009.</ref> [[Indie folk]] group [[DeVotchKa]] covered "The Last Beat of My Heart" at the suggestion of [[Arcade Fire]] singer [[Win Butler]] in 2007.<ref>Frenette, Brad. [http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/03/07/devotchka-finds-joy-in-the-sadness/ "DeVotchKa finds joy in the sadness – interview"] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20140122153054/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/03/07/devotchka-finds-joy-in-the-sadness/ |date=22 January 2014 }}. ''Nationalpost.com''. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2014. "We were playing in Montreal, and Arcade Fire stopped by, back in the earlier days. We were doing this covers album and Win [Butler] recommended that we record The Last Beat of My Heart". it was released on the ''Curse Your Little Heart'' EP.</ref> [[The Weeknd]] sampled "Happy House" on "House of Balloons" in 2011,<ref>{{cite web |last=Neyland |first=Nick |url=https://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12148-house-of-balloons |title=The Weeknd's House of Balloons |work=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=28 March 2011 |access-date=8 July 2012 |quote=So here on the title track from that mixtape, we get a more-than-generous portion of Siouxsie and the Banshees' 1980 single "Happy House." which is worked into a softly anthemic slow-burn number full of diva-ish vocals tied to a chilly beat. John McGeoch's riff remains untouched and runs throughout most of the track, giving it a filmy pop feel that periodically peaks with a generous swipe from the "Happy House" chorus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723072207/http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12148-house-of-balloons/ |archive-date=23 July 2012}}</ref> and he performed it during his [[Super Bowl halftime show]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/the-weeknd-wows-with-hit-filled-super-bowl-halftime-show-1234902948/ |title=The Weeknd Wows With Hit-Filled Super Bowl Halftime Show |work=Variety.com |date=7 February 2021 |access-date=28 January 2023|quote=During the brief interlude that segued into the final segment of the performance, dozens of millions of viewers were confronted with something that many wizening new wave fans would find almost impossible to imagine: hearing Siouxsie & the Banshees during the Super Bowl halftime performance. The Weeknd sampled the British postpunk group’s 1980 song “Happy House” for the song “High for This” on his debut mixtape, but here it was just an interlude leading into the finale, which of course was his 2019 smash, “Blinding Lights}}</ref>

Morrissey said that "Siouxsie and the Banshees were excellent. They were one of the great groups of the late 70s, early 80s".<ref>Blade, Richard. [http://www.morrissey-solo.com/content/interview/kroq/bladept4.htm  "KROQ interview"] ''Morrissey-solo''. Air date: 6 July 1997. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120175114/http://www.morrissey-solo.com/content/interview/kroq/bladept4.htm |date=20 November 2012}}</ref> In 1994, discussing modern bands, he also stated: "None of them are as good as Siouxsie and the Banshees at full pelt. That's not dusty nostalgia, that's fact".<ref>Maconie, Stuart. "Hello Cruel World". ''Q Magazine''. April 1994. "Weren't the Smiths supposed to be the reaction of beauty and charm after the snarling negativity of punk?" Yes, they were beauty and charm but if you listen to songs like Sweet And Tender Hooligan&nbsp;... well, I don't like the Smiths being categorised as folk music. It wasn't like that. The appearances were extremely, expressively violent. And I wouldn't have had it any other way. But if you study modern groups, those who gain press coverage and chart action, most of them aren't actually as good as the Angelic Upstarts, aren't as exciting as Sham 69. None of them are as good as Siouxsie and the Banshees at full pelt. That's not dusty nostalgia, that's fact. Most modern groups as far as I can see are Creedence Clearwater Revival."</ref> Another member of the Smiths, [[Johnny Marr]], said: "Really my generation was all about a guy called John McGeoch, from Siouxsie and the Banshees. He was a great player".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/Johnny-Marr-talks-about-making-his-own-music-13279599.php |title=Johnny Marr talks about making his own music |publisher=Houstonchronicle.com|first=Andrew|last=Dansby |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=4 October 2018|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-date=4 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004172854/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/Johnny-Marr-talks-about-making-his-own-music-13279599.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Marr hailed McGeoch for his work on Siouxsie's single "Spellbound". Marr qualified it as "clever" with "really good picky thing going on which is very un-rock'n'roll".<ref>Mitchell, Pete. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ0MnnF0edE "Spellbound : the story of John McGeoch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626061559/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ0MnnF0edE |date=26 June 2014 }} BBC2. February 2008. About McGeoch's contribution of the single "Spellbound", Marr states: "It's so clever. He's got this really good picky thing going on which is very un-rock'n'roll and this actual tune he's playing is really quite mysterious." Radio 2's Pete Mitchell talks to Howard Devoto, Siouxsie Sioux and Johnny Marr among others, as he shines a light on the life of this unsung guitar hero.</ref> [[Radiohead]] also cited McGeoch-era Siouxsie records when mentioning the recording of "[[There There (song)|There There]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capitolmusic.ca/artist_page.asp?artist_id=1154 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629064700/http://www.capitolmusic.ca/artist_page.asp?artist_id=1154 |archive-date=29 June 2006 |title=Radiohead Official Biography – Capitol Canada |work=MuchMcapitolmusic.ca |access-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=unfit  |quote=Colin Greenwood remembers: "The first single we're releasing is actually the longest song on the record. ("There There"). It was all recorded live in Oxford. We all got excited at the end because Nigel was trying to get Jonny to play like John McGeoch in Siouxsie and the Banshees. All the old farts in the band were in seventh heaven.}}</ref> Their singer, [[Thom Yorke]], said: "The band that really changed my life was [[R.E.M.]] and Siouxsie and the Banshees&nbsp;...". "My favourite show I ever saw then was Siouxsie and she was absolutely amazing.&nbsp;...  She's totally in command of the whole audience".<ref>{{cite web |author=Maroon, Marc |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd8SBdqDd9k&t=1411s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/Dd8SBdqDd9k?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd8SBdqDd9k| archive-date=2021-10-16|title=WTF with Marc Moroon: Thom Yorke's interview |publisher=WTf via YouTube |date=25 May 2013 |access-date=7 March 2014 |quote= the part, when Thom Yorke talks about his influences and his first Siouxsie concert, is from 23&nbsp;minutes 31&nbsp;seconds in this show }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Yorke added that she "made an especially big impression in concert, she was really sexy but absolutely terrifying."<ref>{{cite web |last= Jeff |first=Klingman |url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2013/07/22/10-bullet-points-from-the-thom-yorke-interview-on-wtf-with-marc-maron |title=10 Bullet Points from the Thom Yorke Interview on WTF with Marc Maron |work=The L Magazine |publisher=Thelmagazine.com |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=2 September 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174447/http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2013/07/22/10-bullet-points-from-the-thom-yorke-interview-on-wtf-with-marc-maron | archive-date = 14 October 2013| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sonic Youth]] singer and guitarist [[Thurston Moore]] named "Hong Kong Garden" as one of his 25 all-time favourite songs.<ref>Kaye, Ben. [https://consequence.net/2014/01/here-are-thurston-moores-favorite-songs-of-all-time/ "Here are Thurston Moore's favorite songs of all time"]. ''Consequence.net''. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201225803/https://consequence.net/2014/01/here-are-thurston-moores-favorite-songs-of-all-time/ |date=1 February 2014 }}</ref>

Siouxsie has influenced other bands ranging from contemporaries [[Joy Division]],<ref name=joy>{{cite web |url=http://www.qthemusic.com/articles/playlists/playlist-peter-hooks-field-recordings-favourite-live-tracks-stooges-rolling-stones/ |title=Playlist – Peter Hook's "Field recordings |work=Q magazine |date=23 April 2013|access-date=10 January 2017
|url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107061143/https://www.qthemusic.com/articles/playlists/playlist-peter-hooks-field-recordings-favourite-live-tracks-stooges-rolling-stones |archive-date=7 November 2017 }}</ref> [[U2]],<ref name=m/> and the Cure,<ref name="p">Paytress, (interview of Robert Smith by Alexis Petridis), p.&nbsp;95</ref> to later acts like [[the Jesus and Mary Chain]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cyrh9 |title=Jim Reid Duration: 1&nbsp;hour |publisher=BBC Radio 6 |date=4 March 2012 |access-date=28 May 2012 |quote=Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain plays some of his favourite records, including tracks by Pink Floyd, Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Monkees and Muddy Waters| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120430091843/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cyrh9 | archive-date = 30 April 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jane's Addiction]]<ref name=pa/> and TV on the Radio.<ref name=t/> Joy Division co-founder [[Peter Hook]] said that ''The Scream'' inspired them for the "really unusual way of playing" of the guitarist and the drummer and cited the Banshees as "one of our big influences".<ref name=joy/> U2 frontman [[Bono]] named her as an influence in the band's 2006 autobiography ''U2 by U2''. He was inspired by her way of singing.<ref name="m">McCormick, Neil (ed), (2006). ''U2 by U2''. HarperCollins Publishers, pp. 56, 58 and 96</ref> "I still think that I sing like Siouxsie from The Banshees on the first two U2 albums".<ref>{{cite web|first=Bjørn |last=Hammershaug |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/age-of-innocence-u2s-dublin-beginnings/1-9360|title=Age of Innocence: U2's Dublin Beginnings |publisher=Tidal|date=23 October 2014 |access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref> With his band, he selected "Christine" for a compilation made for ''[[Mojo magazine|Mojo]]''<nowiki>'s readers.</nowiki><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/odd010.html|title=''U2 Wanderer'' |publisher=U2wanderer.org|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=24 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424063339/http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/odd010.html|url-status=live}}</ref> U2 guitarist [[the Edge]] also was the presenter of an award given to Siouxsie at a ''Mojo'' ceremony in 2005.<ref name="Mojo website">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090615201929/http://blog.mojo4music.com/honours2008/history2005.shtml "The Mojo Honours List 2005"]. Mojo. 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2014.<br />{{cite web|url=http://siouxsie.trinitystreetdirect.com/news/archived_news.asp |title=The Creatures – Siouxsie Sioux Official Website. Archived News |access-date=28 September 2014 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528192946/http://siouxsie.trinitystreetdirect.com/news/archived_news.asp |archive-date=28 May 2007 }}</ref> The Cure's Robert Smith related what the ''Join Hands'' tour brought him musically: "When we supported The Banshees in 1979, we suddenly became aware of how limited our palette was. I felt constrained, so when the opportunity arose to play with them I jumped at it and juggled the two bands for a while. It taught me a lot – they had fantastic rhythm sections and this made me think, 'Why can't I have this?'."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/happy-birthday-cures-robert-smith-22812826|first=Stuart |last=Clarke |title=Feel Good Smith of the Summer |publisher=[[Hot Press]] |date=September 2012 |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> For Smith's record ''[[The Head on the Door]]'' in 1985, he stated: "It reminds me of the ''Kaleidoscope'' album, the idea of having lots of different sounding things, different colours".<ref>Sutherland, Steve. "A Suitable Case for Treatment". ''Melody Maker''. 17 August 1985.</ref> [[Dave Navarro]] of Jane's Addiction once made a parallel between his band and the Banshees: "There are so many similar threads: melody, use of sound, attitude, sex appeal. I always saw Jane's Addiction as the masculine Siouxsie and the Banshees".<ref name="pa">Paytress, p.&nbsp;199</ref> Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio hailed the poppiest Siouxsie songs, citing their arrangements: "I've always tried to make a song that begins like "Kiss Them for Me". I think songs like "I Was a Lover" or "Wash the Day Away" came from that element of surprise mode where all of a sudden this giant drum comes in and you're like, what the fuck?! That record was the first one where I was like, okay, even my friends're going to fall for this. I feel like that transition into that record was a relief for me. Really beautiful music was always considered too weird by the normal kids and that was the first example where I thought, we've got them, they're hooked! I watched people dance to that song, people who had never heard of any of the music that I listened to, they heard that music in a club and went crazy".<ref name="t">"Icon: Siouxsie", ''The Fader Magazine'', ''The Icon Issue 67'', April/May 2010. Page 74</ref> [[Dave Gahan]] of [[Depeche Mode]] said about her: "She always sounds exciting. She sings with a lot of sex–that's what I like".<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Gahan, Dave|author-link=Dave Gahan |title=Singles reviewed by Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode |magazine=Smash Hits |issue=February 1986 |access-date=11 July 2013|url=http://depechemodefile.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dm-singles1.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211405/http://depechemodefile.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dm-singles1.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> [[Mark Lanegan]] stated that he would have liked to collaborate with her: "In my wildest dreams I would love to sing with Siouxsie".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reneeruin.com/2017/10/a-life-saved-interview-with-mark-lanegan.html |title=A Life Saved An interview with Mark Lanegan |publisher=reneeruin.com |date=7 October 2017 |access-date=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171207010950/http://www.reneeruin.com/2017/10/a-life-saved-interview-with-mark-lanegan.html |archive-date=7 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> She is also revered by [[Damon Albarn]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Lane|last=Brown |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/damon-albarn-and-noel-gallagher-on-gorillazs-we-got-the-power.html|title=Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher on the Making of Gorillaz's 'We Got the Power'|publisher=Vulture.com|date=25 April 2017|access-date=25 April 2017|quote=She sounds like herself, but there are also strong echoes of Siouxsie Sioux. She's brilliant|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110032103/https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/damon-albarn-and-noel-gallagher-on-gorillazs-we-got-the-power.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Dave Grohl]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/25659/dave-grohl-hardcore-nirvana-tears-fears?rq=siouxsie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511170932/https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/25659/dave-grohl-hardcore-nirvana-tears-fears?rq=siouxsie |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 May 2018 |title=Dave Grohl: Hardcore, Nirvana And... Tears For Fears?|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|date=17 August 2017|access-date=2 March 2018|quote= my sister, Lisa, three years older, was getting seriously into new wave territory. We'd meet in the middle sometimes with Bowie and Siouxsie And The Banshees}}<br />{{cite journal |title=Dave Grohl: The Best Thing I Heard All Year |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=December 2014 |quote=Man, when those two sing! Imagine Siouxsie Sioux and Lou Reed duetting.}}</ref> [[Omar Rodríguez-López]] of [[the Mars Volta]] mentioned his liking for "the very textural side of Siouxsie".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityartsmagazine.com/going-deep-omar-rodriguez-lopez/|title=Going Deep with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez|publisher=cityartsmagazine.com|first=Jeff|last=Kirby|date=19 October 2012|access-date=19 October 2012|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217123304/https://www.cityartsmagazine.com/going-deep-omar-rodriguez-lopez/|url-status=live}}</ref> Santigold said, "I keep a Rolodex of the women that vocally inspire me. There aren't that many, but she's definitely one of them. I remember one of the first times I heard 'Red Light' it was at a party, and I remember going up to the DJ and being like, 'Who's this?'. It was that good. I kind of stopped and was like&nbsp;... wow. There's not a tremendous amount of women who are bold and forward thinking as artists. I feel like her music, at the time especially, was pretty unique in the way that it sort of matched her style. The freedom of experimenting with this dark place that doesn't have a place often in modern music".<ref name="Icon 2010. Page 73"/>

Siouxsie has inspired many female singers. When asked if there was any figure who connected with her when she was just a listener, [[PJ Harvey]] replied: "It's hard to beat Siouxsie Sioux, in terms of live performance. She is so exciting to watch, so full of energy and human raw quality".<ref name=la>{{cite web |last=Appleford|first=Steve|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-29-ca-43749-story.html |title=Checking in With . . . PJ Harvey in a New York State of Mind |work=Los Angeles Times |date=29 October 2000 |access-date= 10 May 2016|quote=Q: Was there any figure who connected with you when you were just a listener? A: It's hard to beat Siouxsie Sioux, in terms of live performance. She is so exciting to watch, so full of energy and human raw quality.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624114458/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/29/entertainment/ca-43749|archive-date=24 June 2016|url-status=unfit}}</ref> Harvey also selected in her top 10 favourite albums of 1999, the ''Anima Animus'' album by Siouxsie's second band the Creatures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjharvey.net/online/news/ |title=7th January 2000 PJ selects her Top 10 Albums of 1999 |publisher=Pjharvey.net |access-date=28 September 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010630211240/http://www.pjharvey.net/online/news/ |archive-date=30 June 2001}}</ref> [[Sinéad O'Connor]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Rememberings - Sinéad O'Connor [autobiography]|publisher=[[Sandycove]]|year=2022|isbn=978-1844885411|quote=For one reason or one reason alone, it was hell sharing that room in my father' house with her [ [her elder sister Eimear]. She was in love with Barry Manilow. So her side of the room was papered with massive posters of me while mine was all Siouxsie and the Banshees. }}</ref> said that when she started, Siouxsie was one of her main influences.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Gaisne Julien |title=Sinead O'Connor interview |magazine=Rolling Stone (French Version) |issue=42 |date=April 2012 |quote=Q: Qui étaient tes artistes préférés quand tu as commencé? A:Bob Dylan, il l'est probablement toujours. Il y avait aussi David Bowie, Bob Marley, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Pretenders. ''(Translation) Q:Who were your favourite singers when you started? A:Bob Dylan, he probably still is. There were also David Bowie, Bob Marley, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Pretenders.''}}</ref> [[Tracey Thorn]] of [[Everything but the Girl]] wrote in her autobiography that Siouxsie was one of her heroines.<ref>{{cite book |last=Thorn |first=Tracey |title=Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star |publisher=Virago |date=January 2014 |isbn=978-1-84408-868-3|quote=My Heroines were Billie Holliday, Lesley Woods, Siouxsie, Nico and Astrud Gilberto. [...] [Morrissey] reminded me more of a male version of the female singers I liked – Patti Smith and Siouxsie – than any previous male rock star}}</ref> Thorn paid homage to Siouxsie in the lyrics of her 2007 song "Hands Up to the Ceiling".<ref>{{cite book |last=Thorn |first=Tracey |title=Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star |publisher=Virago |date=January 2014 |isbn=978-1-84408-868-3 |quote=Here is the street and here is the door, same as it was before, and up the stairs and on the wall was Doisneau's kiss and Terry Hall and Siouxsie Sioux. (Hands Up to the Ceiling" from ''Out of the Woods'', 2007)}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Fraser]]<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Liz Fraser interview |magazine=Melody Maker |date=6 November 1993|quote=I've been compared a lot to Siouxsie, and I am sure it must be there}}</ref> of [[Cocteau Twins]] used to have a Siouxsie tattoo on her arm, and mentioned her liking for "Metal Postcard" to the members of Massive Attack in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Chapman |url=http://www.rob-chapman.com/pages/massive.html |title=Dark Side of the Spliff: Massive Attack |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=July 1998 |quote=Massive Attack have always looked outside the core trio for musical collaborations with kindred spirits, not just in old grooves but also in the flesh. Former Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Frazer was one: now living in Bristol, she'd previously been sounded out before Protection but hadn't responded. Did she say why? "Have you met Liz?" 3D splutters with laughter. "She's a very excitable and quite mad in the best way. She threw a million words into the air and we tried to grab a few and work out what she meant. Me and Mush met her in Sainsbury's and invited her up to the studio. There was this nerve-wracking moment before she arrived and I said, It's really sterile in here, let's light some candles in here and make it funky for her. She loved our Siouxsie and the banshees sample off 'Metal Postcard' — she'd just had this Siouxsie and the Banshees tattoo removed from her arm. |access-date=15 December 2016 |archive-date=31 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831091805/http://www.rob-chapman.com/pages/massive.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sharleen Spiteri]] of [[Texas (band)|Texas]] grew up listening to tracks such as "Hong Kong Garden" and was hooked by the Asian vibe present in the song;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434784/texas-glasgows-lone-star-band-on-the-rise-again/ |title=Texas Glasglow's Lone Star on the Rise Again |publisher=MTV.com |date=3 May 1999 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=15 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215021546/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434784/texas-glasgows-lone-star-band-on-the-rise-again/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> she stated that Texas' single "[[In Our Lifetime (Texas song)|In Our Lifetime]]" was "our tribute to Hong Kong Garden".<ref>{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Boyd |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/making-a-sexy-sound-of-hush-1.180157 |title=Making a sexy sound of hush |publisher=irishtimes.com |date=1 May 1999 |access-date=3 December 2016 |archive-date=15 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215024210/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/making-a-sexy-sound-of-hush-1.180157 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] singer [[Shirley Manson]] cited her as an influence: "I learned how to sing listening to ''The Scream'' and ''Kaleidoscope''".<ref>Paytress, (foreword by Shirley Manson), p.&nbsp;9</ref> Manson also declared that Siouxsie embodied everything she wanted to be as a young woman.<ref>Simpson, Dave. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120528194738/http://www.garbage.net/garbage/articles/@new8.htm "Rebellious Jukebox"]. "Garbage's Shirley Manson reveals what rings her bell". ''Melody Maker''. 28 March 1998. 2 Siouxsie & the Banshees "The Scream". Primal Howl from the psychotic darklands of seventies punk. "Siouxsie embodied everything I wanted to be when I was a freaky adolescent. She was really articulate and string; there's so much power in songs like 'Jigsaw Feeling'. Siouxsie was my first schoolgirl crush. I always wanted black hair and black eyebrows but I couldn't have been further from that whole look because I was ginger! I still listen to 'The Scream' to this day and it's amazing."</ref> Manson would later write the [[foreword]] to ''Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Authorised Biography''.<ref>Paytress, Mark. ''Siouxsie & the Banshees: The Authorised Biography''. Foreword by Shirley Manson, Sanctuary, 2003. {{ISBN|1-86074-375-7}}</ref> [[Beth Ditto]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Hanna |last=Hanra |date=27 January 2016 |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/beth-ditto-profile-makeup-routine-best-eyeliner |title=Beth Ditto on Why Makeup Is the Heart of Feminism |work=Vogue.com |access-date=2 July 2018 |quote=Artists I love, like Siouxsie Sioux and Patti Smith, have such radically different ways of embodying femininity, but they're both amazing punk women. |archive-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630213908/https://www.vogue.com/article/beth-ditto-profile-makeup-routine-best-eyeliner |url-status=live }}</ref> of [[Gossip (band)|Gossip]] cited her as one of their influences for their 2009 album ''Music for Men''.<ref>Fitzmaurice, Larry. [https://www.spin.com/2009/04/qa-gossip/ "Gossip Q&A"] Spin.com. 28 April 2009.
"What bands influenced the new album's sound?  Everything from the Birthday Party to house music and Siouxsie and the Banshees." {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105004349/https://www.spin.com/2009/04/qa-gossip/ |date=5 November 2013 }}</ref> [[Ana Matronic]] of [[Scissor Sisters]] named Siouxsie as a source of inspiration and the Banshees as her favourite band.<ref>Ellis, James. [http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=1082&in_page_id=11 "Ana Matronic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004211945/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/1082-ana-matronic |date=4 October 2012 }}. ''Metro.co.uk''. Monday, 2 February 2004. Ana Matronic from Scissor Sisters talked about her favourite band Siouxsie & the Banshees. "My big inspiration as far as music was concerned has always been rather scary women: Annie Lennox, Siouxsie Sioux – The Banshees were probably my favourite band ever – Debbie Harry, Lydia Lunch, Patti Smith. I dig the women who scare people." {{cite web |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=1082&in_page_id=11 |title=Ana Matronic &#124; Metro.co.uk |access-date=2 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612152808/http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=1082&in_page_id=11 |archive-date=12 June 2008 }}</ref> Siouxsie was also hailed by [[Romy Madley Croft]] of [[the xx]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Capart, Nicolas |date=9 October 2009 |title=The Smile of XX (an interview with singer Romy) (original title: Le Sourire de XX) |newspaper=La Libre Belgique |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lalibre.be%2Fculture%2Fmusique%2Fle-sourire-des-xx-51b8b11ce4b0de6db9b87d42 |access-date=21 August 2013 |quote=Des sixties, je retiens Jimi Hendrix que me faisait écouter mon père. Puis, dans les années septante, the Slits, que j'adorais, Siouxsie and the Banshees (dont elle porte le T-shirt), Joy Division Les années quatre-vingt avec Yazoo et Eurythmics New Order aussi. ''Off the 60s, I select Jimi Hendrix that my father made me discover. Then in the 1970s, the Slits that I loved, Siouxsie and the Banshees (whom she wore a T-shirt, note of the author), Joy Division. The 80s with Yazoo and Eurythmics, also New Order.'' |archive-date=24 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024133822/http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lalibre.be%2Fculture%2Fmusique%2Fle-sourire-des-xx-51b8b11ce4b0de6db9b87d42 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kim Deal]] of [[the Pixies]] and [[the Breeders]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Les Inrocks |title=The Amps – The state of a bitch – Kim Deal interview (original title: The Amps – L'état de garce) |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lesinrocks.com%2F1995%2F11%2F22%2Fmusique%2Fthe-amps-letat-de-garce-11236639%2F&sandbox=1 |publisher=Les Inrockuptibles |date=22 November 1995 |access-date=6 March 2014 |quote=Kelley had a girlfriend in California who sent us tapes of James Blood Ulmer, Undertones, Costello, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie&nbsp;... A Dayton, it was like to live in Russia, these cassettes were our most precious, the only link with civilization. (original version in french: Kelley avait une copine en Californie qui nous envoyait des cassettes de James Blood Ulmer, des Undertones, de Costello, des Sex Pistols, de Siouxsie&nbsp;... A Dayton, on avait l'impression de vivre en Russie, que ces cassettes étaient notre bien le plus précieux, le seul lien avec la civilisation) |archive-date=10 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310131958/http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lesinrocks.com%2F1995%2F11%2F22%2Fmusique%2Fthe-amps-letat-de-garce-11236639%2F&sandbox=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and also by [[Josephine Wiggs]] of the Breeders,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/05/16/josephine-wiggs-we-fall-interview/ |author=Jim Allen |title=The Breeders Bassist Josephine Wiggs Goes Ambient on "We Fall" |publisher=Daily.bandcamp.com |date=16 May 2019 |access-date=16 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520223445/https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/05/16/josephine-wiggs-we-fall-interview/ |archive-date=20 May 2019 |url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/josephinewiggs/status/967759174175281153 |title=A few more from my collection [Josephine Wiggs] |publisher=Josephine Wiggs |date=25 February 2018 |access-date=28 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313010417/https://twitter.com/josephinewiggs/status/967759174175281153 |archive-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> and namechecked by [[Karin Dreijer Andersson]] of [[the Knife]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/music/mu_knife_bio.html |title=The Knife – Swedish duo |publisher=indielondon.co.uk |date=2006 |access-date=2 July 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190149/http://www.indielondon.co.uk/music/mu_knife_bio.html|archive-date=3 March 2016 |quote=It's little surprise they think as they do, given that the pair namecheck Sonic Youth, Kate Bush, Le Tigre and Siouxsie and the Banshees (Karin) and hard techno, UK grime and southern US rap (Olof) as influences. }}</ref> [[Kate Jackson (singer)|Kate Jackson]] of [[the Long Blondes]] said that Siouxsie was a part of her musical background,<ref>{{cite web| last=Laverty| first=Chris| title=The Spray Q&A: Kate Jackson From The Long Blondes| url=http://www.hecklerspray.com/the-spray-qa-kate-jackson-from-the-long-blondes/200813121.php| website=hecklerspray.com| date=25 March 2009| access-date=20 January 2016| archive-date=1 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201180008/http://www.hecklerspray.com/the-spray-qa-kate-jackson-from-the-long-blondes/200813121.php| url-status=live}}</ref> thanks to her "sharp lyrics" on Creatures' tracks like "So Unreal".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/21/kate-jackson-the-long-blondes-playlist |title=Kate Jackson the Long Blondes playlist |work=Theguardian.com |date=21 July 2016 |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-date=26 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726020943/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/21/kate-jackson-the-long-blondes-playlist |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rachel Goswell]] mentioned her as a major influence: "From a singing point of view, I was inspired by Siouxsie Sioux, who I just adored. She's amazing. I've never seen anyone else quite like her";<ref>{{cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |date=June–July 2014 |title=Slowdive Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell on the bands that inspired them |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/slowdive_-_neil_halstead_and_rachel_goswell_on_the_bands_that_inspired_them/ |work=Undertheradar |access-date=20 January 2016 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608161501/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/slowdive_-_neil_halstead_and_rachel_goswell_on_the_bands_that_inspired_them/ |url-status=live}}</ref> her band [[Slowdive]] was named on a suggestion of Goswell, inspired by the Banshees' single of the same name.<ref>{{cite web |last=Eisenhardt |first=Asa |url=http://whenthesunhitsblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/wtsh-interviews-neil-halstead-simon.html |title=WTSH interviews with Neil Halstead and Simon Scoot of Slowdive |publisher=When the sun hits |date=1 August 2014 |access-date=20 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224640/http://whenthesunhitsblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/wtsh-interviews-neil-halstead-simon.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lush (band)|Lush]] were initially named "the Baby Machines", which the band culled from the lyrics of "Arabian Knights".<ref>{{cite web  |title=Lush interview – 4AD promo  |url=http://4ad.com/forewords/choruslines/lush-readonly.html  |publisher=4ad.com  |access-date=20 January 2016 |archive-date=22 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122223410/http://4ad.com/forewords/choruslines/lush-readonly.html  |url-status=live  }}</ref> [[Courtney Love]] of [[Hole (band)|Hole]] wrote Siouxsie in her favourite records' list when she was a teenager in her diary.<ref>{{cite book |title=Courtney Love: The Real Story |url=https://archive.org/details/courtneylovereal00brit |url-access=registration |author=Brite, Poppy Z. |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1997 |page=[https://archive.org/details/courtneylovereal00brit/page/35 35]|isbn=9780684845067 }}</ref> While talking about another band, Love also stated: "They are amazing.&nbsp;... It's kind of very Siouxsie Sioux".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/courtney-love/72276 |title=Courtney Love says |work=NME|date=26 August 2013 |access-date=2 September 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131003144204/http://www.nme.com/news/courtney-love/72276 | archive-date = 3 October 2013}}</ref> [[Kim Gordon]] of [[Sonic Youth]] said: "Initially I was really inspired by{{nbsp}}... Siouxsie, Patti Smith".<ref>{{cite web |first=Daisy |last=Woodward |url=http://www.anothermag.com/design-living/7268/kim-gordon-on-kurt-cobain-and-female-icons |title=Kim Gordon about Kurt Cobain and Female Icons |publisher=Anothermag.com |date=13 April 2015 |access-date=1 September 2015 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180826190601/http://www.anothermag.com/design-living/7268/kim-gordon-on-kurt-cobain-and-female-icons |url-status=live }}</ref> [[FKA twigs]] named her as a main influence: "Every bit of music that I made sounded like a pastiche of Siouxsie{{nbsp}}... but through that I discovered myself".<ref>{{cite web |first=Ruth |last=Saxelby |title=Interview: Young Turks' FKA twigs |url=http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/fka-twigs-interview |date=25 September 2013 |access-date=12 November 2014 |archive-date=13 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113202404/http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/fka-twigs-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Róisín Murphy]] named Siouxsie when asked who were her biggest influences.<ref>{{cite web|authorlink=Ana Matronic |url=https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2/status/1260580054188412933|title=Roísín Murphy on the women that inspired her [video interview] BBC Radio 2 |publisher=Tweeter|date=13 May 2020|access-date=13 May 2020|archive-date=14 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514095844/https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2/status/1260580054188412933|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other musicians who have stated their admiration for Siouxsie's work include [[Charli XCX]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Bosso Neil|date=14 June 2012|title=Breaking an interview with Charli XCX|url=http://www.self-titledmag.com/2012/06/14/breaking-an-interview-with-charli-xcx/|publisher=Self-titledmag.com|access-date=15 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215220516/http://www.self-titledmag.com/2012/06/14/breaking-an-interview-with-charli-xcx/|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=dead|quote=Siouxsie is my hero}}<br />{{cite web |first= James |last= Joiner |title= Charli XCX's Top 10 Influential Female Musicians |date= 12 December 2014 |magazine= [[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |url= http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a32081/charli-xcx-playlist/ |access-date= 22 November 2015 |quote= "Hong Kong Garden" It's such a classic song. I remember meeting Siouxsie once, like five years ago, and she just looked incredible. She's so magical. This song, it's almost super-pop, it still sounds so new to me. |archive-date= 5 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905163243/http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a32081/charli-xcx-playlist/ |url-status= live }}</ref> [[Hayley Williams]] of [[Paramore]],<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Camille|last=Dodero |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6363488/billboard-women-in-music-2014-trailblazer-honoree-hayley-williams |title=Billboard Women in Music Honoree Hayley Williams on Gwen Stefani, Beyonce and the Strong Female Artists Who Inspire Her |magazine=Billboard |date=5 December 2014 |access-date=15 December 2015 |quote=I love Debbie Harry and Siouxsie Sioux. |archive-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127080136/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6363488/billboard-women-in-music-2014-trailblazer-honoree-hayley-williams |url-status=live }}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/were_gonna_come_with_guns_blazing_paramores_hayley_williams_on_the_self_tit/2/|title="We're Gonna Come with Guns Blazing" Paramore's Hayley Williams on the Self-titled Tour|work=Altpress.com|first=Scott|last=Heisel|date=23 September 2013|access-date=4 November 2017|quote=I found myself, over the last year-and-a-half, in my super-Siouxsie and the Banshees moment—that's all I was listening to|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015913/https://www.altpress.com/features/were_gonna_come_with_guns_blazing_paramores_hayley_williams_on_the_self_tit/2/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dolores O'Riordan]] of [[the Cranberries]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Rachel |last=Brodsky |title=The Cranberries Talk 25th Anniversary, '90s Nostalgia and Playing "Linger" on The Bachelorette |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/the-cranberries.html |work=Pastemagazine.com |date=28 April 2017 |access-date=30 April 2017 |quote=Yodeling [...] I learned how to do it. Then over the years there were artists like Sinéad O'Connor and Siouxsie from Siouxsie and the Banshees and even Peter Harvey was doing it. It was something that you could work into The Cranberries' format because a lot of that was used in religious Irish music |archive-date=8 April 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200408165107/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-cranberries/the-cranberries/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jennifer Charles]] of [[Elysian Fields (band)|Elysian Fields]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Elysian Fields About [official biography on their website] |url=http://www.elysianmusic.com/about.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302123947/http://www.elysianmusic.com/about.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 March 2016 |publisher=elysianmusic.com |access-date=2 March 2016 |quote=Drawn together by a mutual love of The Beatles, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Iggy Pop, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Captain Beefheart, Ravi Shankar, Frederic Chopin and Olivier Messaien, founders Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow... }}<br />{{cite web |title=Interview with Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow of the band Elysian Fields |publisher=Concertandco.com |url=http://www.concertandco.com/interview/concert-interview-elysian-fields-jennifer-charles//47851.htm |date=9 March 2014 |first=Pierre |last=Andrieu|access-date=19 March 2017|quote=I was also inspired by more contemporary artists like Nick Cave, Siouxsie... (J'ai aussi été inspirée par des artistes plus contemporains qui sont apparus quand j'étais plus jeune, comme [...] Nick Cave, [...] Siouxsie et The Captain) |archive-date=18 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718170906/http://www.concertandco.com/interview/concert-interview-elysian-fields-jennifer-charles//47851.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ebony Bones]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://myspace.com/ebonybones/bio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113013855/https://myspace.com/ebonybones/bio|url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2014|title=Ebony Bones official my space|work=Myspace|access-date=12 November 2014}}<br />{{cite web |first=Stéphane |last=El Menshawi |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.froggydelight.com%2Ffroggydelight.php%3Farticle%3D14566%26theme%3Dmusique%26rubrique%3Dconcerts%26onglet%3D1&sandbox=1 |title=Ebony Bones Interview (Paris) |date=23 February 2014 |access-date=12 November 2014 |work=Froggy's Delight |quote=I like very much Siouxsie and The Banshees, Annie Lennox et Missy Elliott |archive-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224114424/http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.froggydelight.com%2Ffroggydelight.php%3Farticle%3D14566%26theme%3Dmusique%26rubrique%3Dconcerts%26onglet%3D1&sandbox=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Grimes]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Mat  |last=Diehl |url=https://www.hungertv.com/editorial/grimes-on-how-she-created-her-character-led-interactive-alt-pop/ |title=Grimes on how she created her character-led interactive alt-pop [interview] |publisher=Hungertv.com|date=18 December 2019  |access-date=11 June 2023 |quote=When I discovered Karen O at the age of 15, it was one of the first times I realised women had a place in experimental music – this was before I found out about Siouxsie and the Banshees}}</ref> [[Toni Halliday]] of [[Curve (band)|Curve]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIKjpFGAurY | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/KIKjpFGAurY?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIKjpFGAurY| archive-date=16 October 2021|title=Curve "Overground (Siouxsie and the Banshees cover) | date=12 April 2011 |publisher=youtube|access-date= 2 July 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Kathleen Hanna]] of [[Bikini Kill]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Izzy |last=Schappell-Spillman|url=https://www.teenagefilm.com/archives/izzy-says/kathleen-hanna-start-a-band-right-away/%20 |title=Kathleen Hanna: Start a Band Right Away [interview] |publisher=Teenagefilm.com |date=25 July 2011  |access-date=21 November 2021 |quote=we listened to ‘Siouxsie and the Banshees’ non-stop, but it wasn’t like they were singing about female empowerment or talking about gender in any way that helped us out.}}</ref> [[Cat Power]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/25588-cat-power-chan-marshall-interview-favourite-music-albums?page=14 |title=The Marshall Suite: Cat Power's Favourite Albums |first=Diva |last=Harris |date=1 November 2018 |access-date=12 November 2018 |publisher=TheQuietus |quote=When I was maybe about 13, I finally had a best friend. We loved The Smiths and The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees together }}</ref> [[Gillian Gilbert]] of [[New Order (band)|New Order]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Bryget|last=Chrisfield|url=https://themusic.com.au/features/gillian-gilbert-new-order-bryget-chrisfield/19TDy8rNzM8/|title=New Order Never Saw 'Blue Monday' Being A Hit: 'You Can't Even Dance To It!' [a Gillian Gilbert interview]|publisher=Themusic.com.au|date=7 October 2019|access-date=8 October 2019|quote=Seeing Siouxsie & The Banshees on TV changed Gillian Gilbert's life. "Me dad always says to us, 'You changed as soon as you saw Siouxsie & The Banshees on television'... Watching the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie & The Banshees and a group called Penetration - I just wanted to be in a band!|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008000115/https://themusic.com.au/features/gillian-gilbert-new-order-bryget-chrisfield/19TDy8rNzM8/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Amy Ray]] of [[the Indigo Girls]],<ref>[https://thehustle.podbean.com/e/episode-338-amy-ray-of-the-indigo-girlssolo/ "Episode 337 - Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls - interview]". Thehustle.podbean.com. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2024. Excerpt about Siouxsie from 1:06:45. "I am a big Siouxsie Sioux fan"</ref> [[Alison Goldfrapp]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Lauren |last=Laverne |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fwcyv |title=With Alison Goldfrapp in conversation |publisher=BBC Radio 6 |date=28 February 2017 |access-date=12 November 2018 |quote=Alison Goldfrapp selects Siouxsie's "Spellbound" while being interviewed by Lauren Laverne |archive-date=21 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921230105/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fwcyv |url-status=live }}<br />{{cite web|url=http://forum.goldfrapp.com/discussion/1716/alison-interview-with-lauren-laverne-bbc-6-music/p1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921225001/http://forum.goldfrapp.com/discussion/1716/alison-interview-with-lauren-laverne-bbc-6-music/p1|title=Alison interview with Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music|publisher=goldfrapp.com|access-date=12 November 2018|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 September 2019|quote=Then some Siouxsie and the Banshees loving - Spellbound}}</ref> [[Sarah Cracknell]] of [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Jevons|first=Rich|url=https://theculturevulture.co.uk/all/interview-with-saint-ettiennes-sarah-cracknell/|title=Interview with Saint Etienne's Sarah Cracknell|work=Theculturevulture.co.uk|date=21 June 2015|access-date=12 October 2015|quote=Siouxsie Sioux was another [good role model] and she still looks pretty amazing actually, I saw her not that long ago.|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401232307/https://theculturevulture.co.uk/all/interview-with-saint-ettiennes-sarah-cracknell/|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|last=Studarus|first=Laura |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/saint_etienne_words_music_memories_feature_sarah_cracknell/ |title=Saint Etienne Words, Music, and Memories|work=Undertheradarmag.com|date=21 November 2012|access-date=12 October 2015|quote=I went to see Siouxsie and the Banshees. When she was doing Creatures.|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017175008/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/saint_etienne_words_music_memories_feature_sarah_cracknell/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Florence Welch]] of [[Florence + the Machine]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Leonie|last=Cooper|title=And She Came To Give Her Blessing|magazine= Nylon Magazine|date= February 2016|page=8|quote=I'm lucky that there seems to be a massive revival in female performers. My icons were always women like Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks and Siouxsie Sioux. Who wouldn't be proud to carry on that tradition?}}<br />{{cite book|first= Zoe |last=Howe |title=Florence + The Machine: An Almighty Sound|publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2012|isbn=978-1780385136|quote=I loved doing the XFM 100 Club gig, [...] the Siouxsie link!}}<br />{{cite web |first=Joshua |last=Glass |url=http://www.documentjournal.com/article/john-cale-florence-welch |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205195236/http://www.documentjournal.com/article/john-cale-florence-welch |title=John Cale Muses on Poetry, Sobriety, and Hood By Air with Florence Welch |work=documentjournal.com |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=5 December 2016 }}</ref> [[Chelsea Wolfe]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Izzy|url=https://rocknwomen.avidnoise.com/2018/05/24/a-question-and-answer-with-chelsea-wolfe/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803083624/https://rocknwomen.avidnoise.com/2018/05/24/a-question-and-answer-with-chelsea-wolfe/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2018|title=A Question and Answer with Chelsea Wolfe|publisher=Rocknwomen.avidnoise.com |date=24 May 2018|access-date=12 October 2018|quote=I also really love [...] Siouxsie and the Banshees – ''Hyæna''.}}</ref> [[Brody Dalle]] of [[the Distillers]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2003/07/bands-watch-distillers/|title=Bands to Watch: The Distillers |publisher=Spin.com|date=23 July 2003|access-date=12 October 2018|quote=A lot of artists have inspired me: Wendy O. Williams, Poly Styrene, definitely Debbie Harry, and Siouxsie Sioux|archive-date=8 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208194533/https://www.spin.com/2003/07/bands-watch-distillers/|url-status=live}}<br/>{{cite web |url=https://www.silentradio.co.uk/04/24/interview-brody-dalle/|first=Chris|last=Hagues|title=Interview:Brody Dalle|publisher=silentradio.co.uk |date=24 April 2014|access-date=12 October 2018|quote=I recently turned my daughter on to Siouxsie & The Banshee's, she loves Siouxsie, she says "I want to meet her|archive-date=26 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326023737/https://www.silentradio.co.uk/04/24/interview-brody-dalle/|url-status=live}}<br/>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-CR7YG_FU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/vT-CR7YG_FU?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-CR7YG_FU| archive-date=16 October 2021|title=Brody Dalle Talks Siouxsie & the Banshees Love in Her Household|publisher=AllMusic on Youtube|date=June 2014|access-date=2 July 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Kristin Kontrol]] of the [[Dum Dum Girls]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/23/kristin-kontrol-playlist-nick-drake-siouxsie-and-the-banshees-and-more |title=Kristin Kontrol's playlist, also known as Dee Dee from the Dum Dum Girls |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 May 2016 |access-date=20 January 2016 |quote=Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Last Beat of My Heart (Live in 1991) The studio version is great, but this performance is stunning. The march is more powerful, the accordion, the guitar, the drums, and most importantly, her voice, are in their most perfect and effective places. |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602140249/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/23/kristin-kontrol-playlist-nick-drake-siouxsie-and-the-banshees-and-more |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Joan As Police Woman]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Claire|last=Stevens|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/critique-album/joan-as-police-woman-the-classic/|title=Joan As Police Woman, la panthère soul|publisher=Lesinrocks.com|date=20 March 2014|access-date=20 May 2018|quote=Pour moi, il n'y a pas tant de différences que ça entre les Bad Brains, Siouxsie, Tchaïkovski et Bartók. Ils ont tous la même force, font preuve de la même violence...|archive-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209191425/https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/critique-album/joan-as-police-woman-the-classic/|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|first=Melz|last=Durston|url=https://www.bristolinstereo.com/joan-policewoman-interview/|title=Joan As Police Woman Interview|work=BRISTOL IN STEREO |publisher=Bristolinstereo|date=19 November 2016|access-date=20 May 2018|quote=When I was a teenager, I'd listen to a radio program that happened late Sunday nights that featured music that wasn't getting played anywhere else. I would tape the shows onto a cassette and listen to them over and over. The Birthday Party, and Siouxsie Sioux.|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710041610/https://www.bristolinstereo.com/joan-policewoman-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lou Doillon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/lou-doillon-icu|title=Lou Doillon Loses Love and Finds Her Voice |work=Interviewmagazine.com|first=Emma|last=Brown|date=7 August 2012|access-date=20 May 2018|quote=I think that the first revelation was Siouxsie and the Banshees.|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522020257/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/lou-doillon-icu|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Emel Mathlouthi]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Emel reprend Siouxsie and the Banshees dans la collection Reprise|url=https://www.france.tv/spectacles-et-culture/2178805-emel-reprend-siouxie-and-the-banshees-dans-la-collection-reprise.html|publisher=France.tv|date=23 December 2020|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128201636/https://www.france.tv/spectacles-et-culture/2178805-emel-reprend-siouxie-and-the-banshees-dans-la-collection-reprise.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Girlpool]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Shaad|last=D'Souza|title=Girlpool's Fantasie mix is a romantic trip through pop history|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/07/09/girlpool-current-mood-fantasie-playlist-mix-listen-2019|publisher=Thefader.com |date=9 July 2019|access-date=23 January 2021|quote=Girlpool's Current Mood playlist — titled Fantasie deals with the idea that art transcends time, and that emotions are always the same, no matter where you look at them in history. On the Fantasie playlist, compiled by Tividad, newer songs [...] rub shoulders with [...] Siouxsie and the Banshees' 'Kiss Them For Me'.|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205085029/https://www.thefader.com/2019/07/09/girlpool-current-mood-fantasie-playlist-mix-listen-2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Liz Phair]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Simpson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/03/liz-phairs-teenage-obsessions-i-wanted-to-be-a-6000-year-old-vampire-with-style|title=Liz Phair's teenage obsessions: 'I wanted to be a 6,000-year-old vampire with style'|publisher=Theguardian.com|date=3 June 2021|access-date=4 June 2021|quote=I was listening: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tom Petty, hip-hop, the Replacements'|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604014019/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/03/liz-phairs-teenage-obsessions-i-wanted-to-be-a-6000-year-old-vampire-with-style|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Billie Ray Martin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electronicbeats.net/aerea-negrot-talks-to-billie-ray-martin/|first=Aérea|last=Negrot|title=Aérea Negrot talks to Billie Ray Martin|publisher=Electronicbeats.net|date=2 January 2012|access-date=4 June 2021|quote=Everybody has their own musical path. For me, it was always thrilling to meet, like, my musical heroes. For me it was running into Siouxsie Sioux in a bar in London. I was actually really frightened to approach her [...] But my friends were like, "Just go and tell her how much you admire her", so I did. I rolled right up on her and Budgie and was like, "Hi I'm Billie Ray Martin, and I love your music so much.|archive-date=19 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719224714/https://www.electronicbeats.net/aerea-negrot-talks-to-billie-ray-martin/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[An Pierlé]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bruzz.be/fr/culture/music-nightlife/les-nuits-pierle-2016-05-04 |title=Les Nuits: An Pierlé |date=4 May 2016 |first=Nicolas |last=Alsteen |publisher=bruzz.be |quote=D'un point de vue féminin, je me sens plus proche des premiers tubes d'Eurythmics ou de la discographie de Siouxsie and the Banshees, par exemple. (''From a female view, I feel akin to Eurythmics's early hits or Siouxsie and the Banshees' discography for instance.'') |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110032107/https://www.bruzz.be/fr/culture/music-nightlife/les-nuits-pierle-2016-05-04 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Uffie]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Mules |first=Adrian |url=http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/feature/9448/uffie-interview.html |title=Uffie interview |website=The Music Fix |date=March 16, 2010 |access-date=September 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310192850/http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/feature/9448/uffie-interview.html |archive-date=March 10, 2012|quote=Q: There is a cover of 'Hong Kong Garden' by Siouxsie & The Banshees on your forthcoming album. Have you always been a fan of Siouxsie? A:Yes, it's one of my favourite songs}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/04630-uffie-interview-ed-banger-sex-dreams-and-denim-jeans|title=Kicking Against The Pricks: Uffie On Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans|first=John |last=Doran|website=Thequietus.com|date=July 15, 2010|access-date= 21 January 2023|quote=Q: Was the inclusion of Siouxsie and the Banshees' 'Hong Kong Garden' in anyway a tribute? A: Ah... well, I love the song}}</ref> [[Lauren Mayberry]] of [[Chvrches]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/laurenevemay/status/1071535747910447105 |title=Lauren Mayberry: Siouxsie and one Banshees|publisher=Lauren Mayberry / ChVrches Official|date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607073405/https://twitter.com/laurenevemay/status/1071535747910447105|access-date=3 June 2021|archive-date=7 June 2021}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/chvrches-announce-new-hansa-session-ep |first=Robin |last=Murray |title=Chvrches announce Hansa Session ep |work=Clash magazine |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=13 November 2018 |quote=my heroes Bowie, Depeche, Iggy, Siouxsie, Tangerine Dream, Nick Cave |archive-date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113170239/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/chvrches-announce-new-hansa-session-ep |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Meshell Ndegeocello]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Knopper|first=Steve|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-meshell-ndegocello-0323-story.html|title=Meshell Ndegeocello Finds a New Voice after a Dark Period|publisher=Chicagotribune.com|date=22 March 2018|access-date=3 June 2021|quote=I'm the kind of person — whatever's touching me, I'll go out and explore. When I was making this record, and we were in the '90s, I could have went Silver Apples, Siouxsie and the Banshees.|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607233053/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-meshell-ndegocello-0323-story.html|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8232751/meshell-ndegeocello-ventriloquism |first=Ron |last=Hart |title=Meshell Ndegeocello Talks Revisiting R&B Gems |work=Billboard.com |date=6 March 2018 |access-date=13 November 2018 |quote=Nina Simone never won a Grammy. Patti Smith never won a Grammy. Siouxsie Sioux, too. The Grammys are always fun to watch, but you really gotta look elsewhere if you want to hear good music. |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918203056/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8232751/meshell-ndegeocello-ventriloquism |url-status=live }}</ref> [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/az/playlist/ep-32-st-vincents-mixtape-playlist/pl.8d272dc7d1c7470e8932c465afbdf1b3|title=St. Vincent's Mixtape Delivery Service Playlist Ep. 32 St. Vincent's Mixtape Playlist |publisher=Music Apple|access-date=2 September 2021|quote=St. Vincent selected "Kiss Them for Me" by Siouxsie and the Banshees|archive-date=7 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907071546/https://music.apple.com/az/playlist/ep-32-st-vincents-mixtape-playlist/pl.8d272dc7d1c7470e8932c465afbdf1b3|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web|date=2 March 2023|access-date=2 March 2023|first=Chris |last=Wilman|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/st-vincent-podcast-narration-history-listen-rock-audible-1235540491/|title= St. Vincent on How Her Love for Podcasts and Music Lore Led to Narrating Audible's 'History Listen: Rock' Series|publisher=Variety.com|quote=I wish we could have talked more about bands like ... Siouxsie and the Banshees... So if anybody sees this article, also go check out ... Siouxsie}}</ref>  [[Anohni]],<ref>{{cite web|date=16 June 2022|access-date=16 June 2022|first=Dean |last=Mayo Davies|url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/14157/hercules-and-love-affair-andy-butler-anohni-interview-in-amber-album-review|title= Andy Butler & Anohni In Conversation |publisher=Anothermag.com|quote=There's something so delicious about the Siouxsie catalogue and The Creatures' catalogue... The Creatures were a band that I loved so much... I don’t think anyone could ever give Siouxsie enough credit for what she’s done.}}</ref> [[Jehnny Beth]] of [[Savages (band)|Savages]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Gleeson|first=Sinead|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/savages-where-the-wild-things-are-1.1387379|title=Savages : Where the Wild Things Are|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=10 May 2013|access-date=12 October 2015|quote=We listen to a lot of different music. I like jazz, as well as listening to Joy Division and Siouxsie Sioux,|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053217/http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/savages-where-the-wild-things-are-1.1387379|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jenny Lee Lindberg]] of [[Warpaint (band)|Warpaint]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Kerr |first=David |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/under-the-influence-warpaints-jenny-lee-lindberg |title=Under the Influence: Warpaint's Jenny Lee Lindberg |work=Theskinny.co.uk |date=6 March 2015 |access-date=20 January 2016 |quote=Siouxsie and the Banshees - One of my favourite voices of all time, guy or girl. I have a lot of respect for Siouxsie and she's given me a lot of inspiration over the years |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101950/http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/under-the-influence-warpaints-jenny-lee-lindberg |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sharon Van Etten]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Eliza |last=Thompson |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/sharon-van-etten-breaks-down-the-inspirations-for-her-new-album/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250210035005/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/sharon-van-etten-breaks-down-the-inspirations-for-her-new-album/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2025-02-10 |title=Sharon Van Etten Breaks Down the Inspirations Behind Her New Album: I Was 'Feeling Very Angsty' |publisher=usmagazine.com |date=2025-02-07 |access-date=2025-02-09 
|quote=In general, the palette was... Siouxsie [Sioux], PJ [Harvey], Portishead}}</ref> and [[Nabihah Iqbal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/33445/1/why-throwing-shade-swapped-a-law-career-for-spinning-decks |title=[Nabihah Iqbal aka Throwing Shad - interview] Why Throwing Shade swapped a law career for spinning decks|work=Dazed Digital |date=8 November 2016 |access-date=7 June 2023|quote=In the past 20 to 30 years there's been a lot more women who’ve inspired what I do, Kate Bush or Sade; Siouxsie & the Banshees |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230607063004/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/33445/1/why-throwing-shade-swapped-a-law-career-for-spinning-decks |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2022, [[Sky Arts]] ranked her at number 14 in Britain's top 50 most influential artists of the last 50 years,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/50-influential-artists-britain-david-bowie-b2142923.html|first=Megan |last=Graye |title=50 most influential artists in Britain revealed: David Bowie, Steve McQueen and Russell T Davies among top spots|work=The Independent |date=11 August 2022|access-date=2023-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skygroup.sky/skyarts/the-sky-arts-top-50|title=The Sky Arts Top 50 [Britain's 50 most influential artists of the last 50 year]|work=Sky Arts|date=August 2023|access-date=2023-01-22}}</ref> and ''[[The Times]]'' called her "one of British pop's most charismatic and original artists".<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan |last=Cairns |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/best-new-albums-of-2023-so-far-6rrrvdnfk |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230716001339/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-new-albums-of-2023-so-far-6rrrvdnfk |url-status=live |archive-date=2023-07-16 |title=The best albums of 2023 so far - Must-have reissue: Siouxsie ''Mantaray''|work=[[The Times]] |date=2023-07-16 |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Siouxsie married bandmate Budgie in May 1991. The following year, they moved to the southwest of France.<ref>Paytress, Mark. ''Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Authorized Biography''. Sanctuary 2003, p.&nbsp;207</ref>

In an interview with ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' in August 2007, she announced that she and Budgie had divorced.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cairns |first=Dan |date=August 26, 2007 |title=Siouxsie Sioux is back in bloom |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2309979.ece?Submitted=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517081539/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2309979.ece?Submitted=true |archive-date=17 May 2011 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=The Sunday Times}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Independent]]'', she said: <blockquote>I've never particularly said I'm [[heterosexual|hetero]] or I'm a lesbian. I know there are people who are definitely one way, but not really me. I suppose if I am attracted to men then they usually have more feminine qualities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eyre |first=Hermione |date=27 September 2007 |title=Interview: Siouxsie Sioux: The punk icon turns 50 |url=http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2904327.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210820/http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2904327.ece |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=The Independent}}</ref></blockquote>

In 2023, she teamed up with [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] to protest against [[animal testing]]. In a letter to Japanese conglomerate [[Ajinomoto]], the world's largest manufacturer of [[monosodium glutamate]] (MSG), she wrote that the company "should be leading the way with [[compassion]], not falling behind. Please, stop being spellbound by bad science and end these cruel tests immediately."<ref>Jill Lances, "[https://www.houstonseagle.com/news/siouxsie-sioux/26QPMIBZFFYZOTEWKGIFM7YWNI/ Siouxsie Sioux pleads with Japanese company to end animal testing]," ABC Audio, 1 February 2023.</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" 
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Category 
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"|[[Ivor Novello Awards]]
| 2012
| Herself
| The Ivors Inspiration Award
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2012 |title=Archive &#124; the Ivors &#124; the Ivors Academy &#124; Champions of Music Creators |access-date=12 July 2021 |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712211601/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|[[MTV Video Music Awards]]
| [[1989 MTV Video Music Awards|1989]]
| "[[Peek-a-Boo (Siouxsie and the Banshees song)|Peek-a-Boo]]"
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Post-Modern Video|Best Post-Modern Video]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802593/awards |title=Siouxsie and the Banshees |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=12 August 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812125204/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802593/awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=3|[[NME Awards]]
| 1980
| rowspan=3|Herself
| rowspan=3|Best Female Singer
| {{won}}
| rowspan=3|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/poppoll.html |title=Rocklist.net...NME Lists readers Pop Poll Results |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=12 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912133415/https://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/poppoll.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
|-
| 1981
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=1|1982
| {{won}}
{{end}}

==Discography==
{{further|Siouxsie and the Banshees discography}}
{{see also|The Creatures discography}}

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album details
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:40px;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title=The Official Charts Company – Siouxsie|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=28 December 2010|archive-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508182655/https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|url-status=live}}</ref>
! style="width:40px;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Siouxsie|title=lescharts.com – French charts portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=28 December 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120420100353/http://www.lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Siouxsie | archive-date = 20 April 2012| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| style="text-align:left;"| '''''[[Mantaray (album)|Mantaray]]'''''
* Release date: 10 September 2007
* Label: [[Universal Records]]
| 39
| 132
|}

===Solo singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
!| Peak positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:60px;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3273/SIOUXSIE|title=Siouxsie- UK charts|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|access-date=28 December 2010|archive-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321095202/http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/3273/SIOUXSIE/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Into a Swan]]"
| 59
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Mantaray''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Here Comes That Day]]"
| 93
|-
| 2008
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[About to Happen]]"
| 154
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Love Crime (song)|Love Crime]]" 
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"| Single only
|-
|}

===Collaborative singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! rowspan="2"| Artist
!| Peak positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:60px;"| UK<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title=The Official Charts Company – Morrissey and Siouxsie|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=28 December 2010|archive-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508182655/https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1994
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Interlude (Timi Yuro song)#Morrissey and Siouxsie version|Interlude]]"
| [[Morrissey]] & Siouxsie
| 25
| style="text-align:left;"| Non-album single
|}

===DVD===
* 2005 ''[[Dreamshow]]'' <small>No.&nbsp;1 UK</small>
* 2009 ''[[Finale: The Last Mantaray & More Show]]'' <small>No.&nbsp;4 UK</small>

===Collaborations with other artists===

====In studio====
* [[Morrissey]]: "[[Interlude (Morrissey and Siouxsie song)|Interlude]]"  (single recorded in [[duet]]) (1994)
* [[Hector Zazou]]: "The Lighthouse" (song recorded as guest on the ''[[Chansons des mers froides]]''/''Songs from the Cold Seas'' album) (1995)
* [[Marc Almond]]: "Threat of Love" (song recorded in duet for the ''[[Open All Night (Marc Almond album)|Open All Night]]'' album) (1999)
* [[Basement Jaxx]]: "Cish Cash" (song recorded as guest on the ''[[Kish Kash]]'' album) (2003)
* [[Angelo Badalamenti]]: "Careless Love" (song recorded as guest for ''[[The Edge of Love (soundtrack)|The Edge of Love]]'' film soundtrack) (2008)

====Live====
* [[Suede (band)|Suede]]: "Caroline Says" (written by Lou Reed, performed on 30 July 1993 at a [[Red Hot Organization|Red Hot & AIDS Benefit]] concert)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nid2FLEAMQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/1Nid2FLEAMQ?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nid2FLEAMQ| archive-date=16 October 2021|title="Caroline Says" London July 1993|work=YouTube| date=16 March 2006 |access-date=28 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[John Cale]]: "Murdering Mouth" (a Siouxsie song; performed live as a duet in 1998 during The Creatures/John Cale's US double bill, '' No How Tour'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+creatures+john+cale+muredering+mouth|title=Siouxsie/The Creatures And John Cale, "Murdering Mouth" Amsterdam 25 February 1998|publisher=youtube|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=10 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110032059/https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+creatures+john+cale+muredering+mouth|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Yoko Ono]]: "[[Walking on Thin Ice]]" (duet performed on 23 June 2013 in London)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0hR0FygFWs | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/V0hR0FygFWs?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0hR0FygFWs| archive-date=16 October 2021|title=Siouxsie and Yoko Ono, "Walking On Thin Ice" London 23 June 2013| date=23 July 2013 |publisher=youtube|access-date=28 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==References==
{{notelist}}
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* Paytress, Mark. ''Siouxsie & the Banshees: The Authorised Biography''. Sanctuary, 2003. {{ISBN|978-1-86074-375-7}}
* Johns, Brian. ''Entranced : the Siouxsie and the Banshees story''. Omnibus Press, 1989. {{ISBN|978-0-7119-1773-6}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Samantha  |title=Siouxsie and the Banshees' Peepshow ([[33 1/3]]) |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |date= October 2018 |isbn= 978-1501321863}}
* {{cite book|url=http://www.camionblanc.com/?p=detail_livre&ID=203 |title=Diva Siouxsie |first=Étienne |last=Ethaire |publisher=Le Camion Blanc (French publisher) |year=2008|isbn=	9782910196592}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://www.musicglue.com/siouxsie Siouxsie official website] 
* [https://www.musicglue.com/siouxsieandthebanshees SiouxsieandtheBanshees official website]

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