Siouxsie Sioux (/ˈsuːziː suː/, born Susan Janet Ballion, 27 May 1957) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer of rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976–1996) and its side project The Creatures (1981–2005). Siouxsie and the Banshees released 11 studio albums and several UK Top 20 singles including "Hong Kong Garden", "Happy House", "Peek-a-Boo" plus a Billboard Top 25 hit "Kiss Them for Me". With the Creatures, Siouxsie recorded four studio albums and the hit single "Right Now". She has also sung with artists such as Morrissey and John Cale. In the mid-2000s, she began a solo career and released Mantaray in 2007.Allmusic named Siouxsie as "one of the most influential British singers of the rock era". Her songs have been covered by Jeff Buckley, Tricky, Massive Attack, and LCD Soundsystem. Her records have also been praised by artists such as PJ Harvey and TV on the Radio. In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Music at the Q Awards and in 2012, at the Ivor Novello Awards, she received the Inspiration Award.
I've never particularly said I'm 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.
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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.
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[in 1989] The accountants of this world are now making the music as well as programming it on the radio, the TV and everywhere else. It's like, why does Phil Collins need to do every show available? That's what's stifling the spirit of any youth movement.
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I despair when I pass Oxford Street and see bondage and leather and studs everywhere. It's become quite acceptable to go to work like that. It's disgusting.
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Is a vegetarian.
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Is of French descent.
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Her father loved to read Rudyard Kipling, so she also fell in love with it. She credits Kipling's writing as inspiration for her florid lyric writing style.
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She dropped out of high school at age 17 and began often visiting the local gay discos where her sister's friends used to go.
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