Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. They have been widely influential,both over their contemporaries and with later acts. The Times called the group "one of the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era".
Nocturne is a live double album and video by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees,released on 25 November 1983 by Polydor Records. Co-produced by Mike Hedges,Nocturne features performances recorded at two shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London,on 30 September and 1 October 1983,featuring Robert Smith on guitar.
Susan Janet Ballion,known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux,is an English singer,songwriter,musician and record producer. She came to prominence as the leader and main lyricist of the rock 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","Happy House" and "Peek-a-Boo",plus a US Top 25 single in the Billboard Hot 100,with "Kiss Them for Me".
Martin James"Boz" Boorer is an English guitarist and producer who founded the new wave rockabilly group the Polecats;and for a 30-year period beginning in 1991 was co-writer,guitarist and musical director with Morrissey.
Suedehead:The Best of Morrissey is a compilation album by English singer Morrissey,released on 8 September 1997. It contains material released during Morrissey's EMI period.
The Scream is the debut studio album by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees,released on 13 November 1978 by Polydor Records. The album is considered a landmark recording:its innovative combination of angular and serrated guitar with a bass-led rhythm and machine-like drums played mostly on toms,made it a pioneering work of the post-punk genre.
Join Hands is the second studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees,released on 7 September 1979 by Polydor Records. Upon its release,it was praised by the British press,including Melody Maker,Sounds,NME and Record Mirror.
Kaleidoscope is the third studio album by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees,released on 1 August 1980 by Polydor Records. With the departure of John McKay and Kenny Morris and their replacement by two new musicians,Budgie on drums and John McGeoch on guitars,the band changed their musical direction and offered an album containing a wide variety of colors. "It was almost a different band",said Siouxsie.
Juju is the fourth studio album by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was recorded at Surrey Sound studio with Nigel Gray as co-producer,and was released on 19 June 1981 by Polydor Records. Two singles were released from Juju:"Spellbound" and "Arabian Knights".
Hyæna is the sixth studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees,released on 8 June 1984 by Polydor Records. The opening track,"Dazzle",featured strings played by musicians of the London Symphonic Orchestra (LSO),a 27-piece orchestra called the "Chandos Players";it was scored from a tune that Siouxsie Sioux had composed on piano. Hyæna is the only studio album that guitarist Robert Smith of the Cure composed and recorded with Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Tinderbox is the seventh studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was released on 21 April 1986 by Wonderland and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and by Geffen Records in the United States. It was the band's first full-length effort recorded with then-new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers;Carruthers had previously only added a few parts on the 1984 EP The Thorn. The first recording sessions for the album took place at Hansa by the Wall in Berlin in May 1985.
The Rapture is the eleventh and final studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees,released in January 1995. The songs with cello arrangements,including the title track as well as "Fall from Grace" and "Not Forgotten",were produced by the band on their own in 1993. John Cale later produced the remaining songs in mid-1994.
The discography of Siouxsie and the Banshees,an English rock band,consists of eleven studio albums,three live albums,four compilation albums,one extended play (EP),and thirty singles. This list does not include material recorded by band members with the Creatures or the Glove,or solo work by Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin.
"My Love Life" is a song by Morrissey released in September 1991. It was a stand-alone single rather than taken from any studio album,although it was included on the compilation albums World of Morrissey (1995) and Suedehead:The Best of Morrissey (1997).
"The More You Ignore Me,the Closer I Get" is a song by English singer-songwriter Morrissey,co-written by Boz Boorer released as a single on 28 February 1994. It was taken from the then-unreleased Vauxhall and I album and was the first Morrissey single to be produced by Steve Lillywhite. The extra B-side "I'd Love To" features Kirsty MacColl on backing vocals.
"Alma Matters" is a song by Morrissey,released as a single in July 1997. It was the first single to be taken from the Maladjusted album and was released one week before the album.
John McKay is an English songwriter and guitarist. He was the first studio guitarist of Siouxsie and the Banshees. He was a member of the group from July 1977 until September 1979. He played a "jagged unorthodox chording",and created a "metal-shard roar" with his guitar. Q magazine included McKay's work on "Hong Kong Garden" in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever". He recorded two studio albums with the band,their debut album The Scream in 1978 and Join Hands in 1979.
"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" is a song written by Morrissey along with Boz Boorer,the two being responsible for lyrics and music respectively. The song was the first single to be released from Morrissey's 2009 album Years of Refusal. It was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Jerry Finn,the man behind 2004's You Are the Quarry. The single was released on 9 February 2009 and has reached No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart,and is his last single to reach the UK Top 40. In Scotland the song topped the Scottish Singles Chart,becoming Morrissey's second of three number one singles on that chart,although this was because the Scottish chart at that point only counted physical sales at a time when download sales had become dominant.
Very Best of Morrissey is a compilation album by Morrissey,containing material he released during the 1980s and 1990s on EMI. It was released on 25 April 2011.
All Souls is a compilation album by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees,released on vinyl on 21 October 2022. It is a collection of singles,album tracks,and B-sides. It was conceived by Siouxsie Sioux as a seasonal compilation "to celebrate the autumn equinox and its festivities".
