Siouxsie interview 22 Nov 1976

[dummmmm76]

the most interesting women of all time...

[notthebody]

7 people dislike the fact that Steve Spunker played bass for The Banshees.

[blitzvomitew16]

because people are too scared to be orginal.

it takes balls to do what Prince, MJ, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Siouxsie and the rest of the people who opened doors did.

All of those people I just named were being labeled as "Weirdos" back in the day...well maybe not Madonna but she was labeled as "Trashy" i know that much.

went from being laughed at to laughing at them because they rich as fuck now! but fans understood what they were trying to do.

dey STILL make money off their old hits!

[jpx08]

I miss the girls with the wild makeup and wild hair! They aren't as many of them as there used to be. Most girls want to look like Paris Hilton or Scarlett Johanson.

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

I've always pronounced her name Sioux-sie, rather than how they always pronounce it susie. Does anyone else do that?

[DEATHBYFLYINGCDS]

I wonder how she would look with blonde hair now.

[clown6tee]

@jml42784 Well said.

[CaptainTurkeyGiblets]

Sounds like Janet street porter doing the interview.

[JackM2409]

@CaptainTurkeyGiblets it is :)



[hottsparxx]

I can't believe this interview is from 1976 the year punk broke and the year I was born.

our band is called JJ and the razors and we we're deeply inspired by the early

punk groups such as Siouxsie and the banshees, The pistols, Ramones etc.

check out our music on myspace.

[Oilisdeathtomany]

@hottsparxx Stay true to your beliefs. So long as they're not some bollocky religious crap. Seriously though, keep focussed on what matters and those that matter to you. So many of my friends lost their way and lost interest in the music and the politics. If you find this happening to you, ask yourself what has changed? Maybe we can't significantly change the world through music but we can give it our best shot.

[MickeyLove01]

Miss Ballion you are such a middle class prat.

[aerodicus]

So hot!

[basehead617]

jesus, was she the coolest chick ever or what?

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

dang , she looked good back then too. she's what now..?..50something? and STILL blows away the average model.

[138mrmartyb]

women and theirideology,men and their ideology somehow someway

Siouxsie crawled out of the middle thats what makes her awsome,smart girl,and it does not hurt that she is sexy too.

[138mrmartyb]

if there are any woman like siouxsie in the world, i am searching for you.

[AlexiaAnthem]

Who are the bands she mentions?

[Rocket14queen]

shes my idol ;)

[soundofmadness11]

I've seen sid and nancy a million times and the woman they were shouting at from the ground is linda, not siouxsie. Siouxsie in the movie is some one else.

[RRAANNEE]

@soundofmadness11 a million times? what!? super punk bro! anarchy in the u.k.!!

[deathrockbones]

damn sid looks different

[iknowwhatkillsme]

LOOOOOVE HER

[ttttttfanman]

1976, and people were already into that alt/punk style. Sort of like with electronica music. In Europe it was the new thing besides pop, in the US though, it was just considered noise. Stuff that no one would ever like. Synths were considered useless and expensive noise makers. Now you got mansonite kids running around thinking Manson is goth music. Mid 70's and early 80's opened up some amazing music. Synths and artists like Skinny Puppy, Tangerine Dream, etc. Before NIN and Manson.

[tecdessus]

@ttttttfanman yeah, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, early Human League, Ultravox, Tubeway Army / Gary Numan, and many many more !

[SpankRamen2]

@tecdessus:

You just named some of the artists that my older bro would play on Sunday mornings, back in the early 80's! When I was a small girl, that was church to me! Damn, I miss those days. T_T

[tecdessus]

@SpankRamen2 get the music and re-live those days :)

[SpankRamen2]

@tecdessus:

You better believe I do! I make everyday a Sunday morning. LOL

[robbiesyohn]

What happened to real punk? Not the so called punk of today? I remember the days when it was so wild, so crazy, so outrageous, so fun. It's not like that anymore. Sad to know that many of the great punk bands are either defunct or singers deceased. Someone should revive it!

[clown6tee]

@robbiesyohn No point to revive it. It was new then, and never can be new again. Enjoy what was. Being in London as a 'punk' was sometimes dangerious, but the rawness of the gigs, the scene vibe, the whole 'being an ousider' was intoxicating. Of course it shapes you, and you grow up, in many ways merge into society, but 'the punk' will always be inside allowing you to be comfortably unconventional if you feel the need. Thats what punk gave me. Souxie is wonderful isn't she?

[ioport]

How sad it must be for a stunning young woman to get old

[jrmetmoi]

@ioport But she doesn't look old at all. Siouxsie has obviously been staying out of the sun because that chick's face looks practically line free. How else could she wear the exact same makeup that she's been wearing for 30 years, if she was all wrinkled and crinkled everywhere?

[MrSueVeneer]

She's so hot

[21love4ever]

Siouxsie is gorgeous! Her and nina Hagen kinda have the same look, very sexy.

[DJMattMX]

Yes, of course it's Sid Vicious. I believe Siouxsie's character was hinted at in the film "Sid n Nancy" when the boys call for her to her apartment window from the ground.

[MissUse]

More Siouxsie and Sev - and a few others, I have no idea who they are ;)

watch?v=0knFHyDD150

[blacklightposter]

Siouxsie shell eat the flesh of "Kelly Clarkson" types soon my friends!!!! .......The "Emos" will be next (along with their corporate-accountants)!!! ...............So join in the coming celebration my brothers and sisters !

[jamesgroome]

no guys thats like Steven Severin as a young man talking next to her . . . . . unf*&@ing believable!

[vanessaalu]

love this interview......the clanking of the cafe...or where ever they are...more i like what they have to say....a new generation at that time~defiance....diy!!!!!!!!!!­­!!!!

[MartaCherry]

LOL the boy with the bowie's Low style!!!

[HJacobsAngel]

W-O-W!!!! Holy sheit! This is too awsome! She mentions SV and how it was her FIRST singing! So fucking cool! Thanks! 5/5!!!!!!!!!!!

[marfish1978]

that is NOT Sid Vicious!

[bangxbangxbianca]

I wish I was alive back then so I could've hung out with Siouxsie, she's so cool :3

[peytonazak]

Me too!

[sasabanshee]

0.36 wow!!!!!!! sid!!

[mariancr]

no way!!! are you fucking me??? is he SID VICIOUS????? JEEZ

[sagewoman1]

Way Kool... Thanks for sharing.

[Sorefame83]

Look at Sid Vicious at 0:36

[peytonazak]

Is that really Sid?

[Sorefame83]

I think so, in 1976 he was one of Siouxie and the Banshees member's... he was the drummer x)

[peytonazak]

Wow... he looks A LOT different than how i've seen him... wow

[Sorefame83]

Yeah! I dont wasn´t to believe it, but for shure it was sid, look into his face...

Greetings from portugal =)

[Sorefame83]

moreover...in the video you can see siouxie saing that is sid on the drums x)

[bangxbangxbianca]

I'm still shocked.

Lol.

[peytonazak]

lol. Me too!

[keltyk]

That's The Mountain Grill (George's) café up Portobello Rd- Hawkwind, Motorhead, The Pink Fairies, the Deviants used to get their beans on toast there. Those bands were influential on punk (J Lydon was longhair Hawkind fan pre- Pistols). All the good squats were around that area. Café only closed couple of years ago- end of an era- So much naff poshness around the Grove today, even though there's a fair skanky contingent holding on thanks to social housing

[blacklightposter]

I thought Lydon was a skinhead too for a while?

[keeshuuk]

@keltyk Thanks! I'm realllty interested in that lineage—that one from psychedelic into psychedelic punk (amon duul into atv, adverts)

[acfball]

yeah, where can I watch the whole thing? is it here on youtubes?

[anderzom]

hey, where can find this entire? a DVD or doucmental???? I want it? please more info! thanks

[stephenp1968]

Nowadays, this look is everywhere and can be bought in a mall near you. Nice to see it when it wasn't and still something that really really got under peoples' skin. Love it. Btw, The Who were revolutionary FOR THEIR TIME, but they were boring twatty bloated rubbish by this time.

[nblumer]

But by late 76 (the time of the interview) so was punk. Just a snotty fashion trip for Cockney teens. From 74-76 in NY it was fresh and experimental.

[warminator]

How cute they were! "Steve Spunka" on Bass. Hehehee... And only a few years later they turned to one of the best bands in the world.

[raspberry479]

and not forgetting me arnold poopedhispants on triangle.

[KnZProductionz]

god the guy behind siouxsie is a piece of shit. if it wasent for The Who, punk would have never existed.

[tall32guy]

The blond/black haired guy looks like the guitarist of The Police, to me. :) Not saying he is, just saying he *looks* like him.

[Raymantico]

dig the hair on Sev--it would be hip on a young cat now

[Asisan1]

god siouxsie was and still is beautiful.

[LMB222]

@Asisan1 Your sense of aesthetics is foreign to me. But it does not matter what she looks like.

[Ellexorip]

siouxie: *chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp*

[craybee06]

that short blonde spikey look really worked for her. she never went back to it during her banshees heydays in the 80s but she always made the most of ever look she look she was sporting.

[spadehatesscrewtube]

god, for the life of me i will never understand the english meaning of "spanners" the streets use it a lot too .. someone clue this poor lost american in

[phlarrdboi]

a spanner is a monkey wrench. but a spanner is a dipstick aswell. like, pass that spanner, dave. NO not the pliers, you spanner.

[spadehatesscrewtube]

hahaha dayyyum, that'll teach me to ask questions. i thought france was the worst to tourists? thanks though, seriously mate. cheers and all that rot.

[phlarrdboi]

she's gorgeous!

[spadehatesscrewtube]

oooh yeah she is/was/willever be

i'd do her right now.

[blacklightposter]

Omfg! This makes me want to smash my t.v.-set. Radio sucks too! At least I have the net to remind me of the time when music didn't fucken suck so much! Peal Jam/Hiphop/Emo/Reality-tv/Amer­ican Idol= shit !

[Jakegothicsnake]

Oh God, I absolutely agree with you! I can't stand the mediocre excuses for music that's being played on the radio nowadays! The same goes for the T.V. aswell! Sometimes the things I'm watching on certain shows make me so furious inside, I feel like taking the remote and thrusting it right through the screen! But thank goodness there are some decent things that still get played every now and then. Makes me wish I lived in the middle ages or was a teen during the 80's....T_T

[Ellexorip]

re: Teen during the 80's... hahaha...i know kids who wish the same thing.

[sandprof]

she is like a little kitten - like Princess Diana. in fact they might be the same person :-) Marco is a big fat cnut now and bald!

[steelyman08]

Little did she know what was to come.

The queen bee!

[Hania454]

I used to have the major hots for Siouxsie during the 80s, "Teenage kicks" or what! :) and she's still hot.

[OsamaBinLadenx]

Siouxsie Sioux would piss on kelly clarkson or any pf that shit in american pop rock

[sandprof]

That would be a good post that - althought somwehat illegal - Clarkey would enjoy it I think!

[Jakegothicsnake]

I'd pay to see something like that happen. Why I'd even settle for just Siouxsie giving any mainstream pop star a piece of her mind!

[maleficrose]

@OsamaBinLadenx

Not only Siouxsie Sioux, there are so many forgotten singers and bands because of the shitty music now! The only nation who can make real music are the british!

[IIIIdepechemodeIIII]

@maleficrose elvis, manson, and nirvana might have something to say about that though...but i'd say that EUROPE has some of the best talent on the planet.

[chronoglideskyway2]

shes adorable! Siouxsie Sioux thank Creation for you!

[lewisner]

Siouxsie is gorgeous....

[garagerockermadrid]

menacingly sweet!

[riddimmaker]

Liaaaars!!!!! Yuaaaa'l mean RIDLIN' SORRY I'M SPOTTY DRUNK!.......... FUCK!

[Gladiator0719]

Marco Pirroni, from Adam Ant? Classy young lady even back then. She has such dignity about her, very mature attitude.

[bwaha123]

Wow, didn't knew that Sid Vicious were on the drums in Siouxsie and the Banshees back then o_O.

[ExodusPessoa]

Now he bashes the group in interviews it's very ironic bwaha123.

[voltagejunkie666]

what?

[baswed]

he only did it that one night, there drummer didnt show or quit and sid agreed to play for that night

[sidandmoi]

oh....didnt know that

[lewisr47]

..and 'Marco on guitar' was Marco Pirroni from Adam and the Ants.

[birdy47]

shes like oh ye i had a band once and about a year or 2 later shes a godess

[Marlonnowitsch]

I think, that is what UK-ate means witch "Get da LondenLOoOK!!

[ilovefreedom80]

"The Who and the Stones did destroyed what came before them, Just as punk rock destroyed them cause rock music changed after punk too."

EXCEPT THE WHO did it first, I love Punk but they did come after. And where are they now?

[birdy47]

the who got it from somone else then they gt it from somone else and its just a big time line

[headlesscupid]

punk off.

[Maria666Toki666]

She has such a beautiful accent

[MowgliX]

Yes, it's called British English.

[Lunatasma]

Siouxsie has a beautiful voice, on and off stage. She is what makes British accents so attractive to Americans.

[SentinelSphere]

hmm...I prefer the more gothic Siouxsie :P

[farrygisher]

fuck off you french cunt!

you are everything i detest you and everything your country stands for.

fuking surrender monkey

[loicduf]

Moi aussi je t'aime!!!!

[soppyrano]

Hahahah, was that Soo Catwoman?

[babytoesgawaly]

She's awesome! It's like if Annie Lennox and Gene Simmons had a daughter

[ladyinblacklace]

I like that star or whatever it is drawn on her eye!

[GANGARENE]

Och she was a wee lassie then eh?....

[SombreroOfDoom]

I love Siouxsie's voice. I think it's beautiful, even when she only talks :)

[firedupsag]

I was thinking the same thing SombreroOfDoom!

[johngalantini]

Wow. What a future echo.

[katz25160]

Yes Sid Vicious on drums

[ajaku]

I've no idea what everyone's saying in the comments here, but I've never heard Siouxsie's speaking voice before and her voice is so lovely!

I would have loved to be around with that whole group, doing what they were doing...so many interesting people involved there.

[hamtrak]

The Stones and The Whos music has achieved a status that will always be recognised for its part in Rock history. Where are these Losers now ?! I like "trend setter" Souxies ,KISS eye make-up from 1973!

[Roisia]

She's still around making music. :)

[parafleet]

ignorant kid. the stones and the who didn't destroy anything that went before them. those bands were an offshoot of, and paid homage to, american blues and early american rock. destroying gets you destroyed..

[losnarcoticos]

Ignorant kid??? that's a good one. The Who and the Stones did destroyed what came before them, rock music changed after them and a lot of late 60's, early 70's bands. Just as punk rock destroyed them cause rock music changed after punk too.

It's very simple, even an ignorant kid can get it!

[Sucubusengel6]

una nena

[copperheadkienevel]

Sid on drums????????

[sinisterkungfu]

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that he was the Banshees first drummer.

[losnarcoticos]

he sucked at drums by the way. Well, it was still very entertaining and energetic.

[Ojaollo]

cinematicfanatic, that may be the case now, but (even though I was born then) I think it is true that they looked very different then. I mean, these people CREATED looks that everyone else would copy. So, they at least were original and didn't "look like everyone else" then.

[billiondollarbabi]

But anytime that anything is is new and different the media turn it into fashion alwasy the way...

Exactly what thy DIDN'T want

[jeninfrance]

And that's where they were a bit naive. Capitalism will eat anything you throw at it and turn it into something profitable if it can ... they thought they'd be different in that regard with DIY music and zines. Oh well. Now 30 years later we see kids getting 'punk' to be 'different' but it's all in a completely acceptable way. Back then it absolutely was not so, and people would say things to you as you walked down the street for looking even the slightest bit 'punk'.

[jeninfrance]

The one thing that does seem to have changed perhaps due to the punk movement is that now 'anything goes' in fashion ... I'd say people are more free to wear whatever they feel like now than before it came. But punk then was based in a sense of nihlism. The song that I detest the most in recent years is the one that goes 'I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair'. It was an angry movement and bitter movement based in a sense that the previous generation had entirely failed.

[jeninfrance]

On the other hand, I just realized people in the UK are being killed for being Goth, so I take it back - nothing has really changed, except a lot of the politics are gone from the movement now and it's not original anymore (30 years later).

[Guernseyisland]

People in the uk are not being killed for being goth, as far as I am aware one person got killed for being Goth

[billiondollarbabi]

Yh i hate that song too...

Kind of got the 60's and 70's mixed up there...

[rtcharge]

siouxsie looks great here, this was my scene back then! i lived it

[quilla85850]

Was that Janet Street-Porter as the interviewer?

[wouldbecardsharp]

Yes - no mistaking that voice!

[zee339]

The only goths i recognize are the invader-hordes of rome. What do modern goths and these Arians have in common? (Arian: not to be confused with Aryan)

[deadpoeticgirl]

what does he mean "destroying" all the music before hand? i suppose he was a young, inflamed youth with no idea what he was talking about except that punk rock was awesome. i'm sure he's learned a thing or two.

[Tazz77]

The arrogance of youth.

[friendlier]

It's ridiculous ... and necessary.

[bal197512]

i was 5 months....

[NapFloridian]

I was 7 at the time, and really got into Goth and After Punk in 81/82 when I was a little older to "Dress-up" and my mom wouldn't beat the living shit out of my for doing so. wonderful time that was

[JoseBerry]

I don't exist in 1976...

[BrianPsychicBabystar]

I doubt I was even sperm. My father got around back then. I think I was part of a new batch a few years later.

[JoseBerry]

lol! me too!

[sinnerjizm]

In retrospect, Its amusing to hear that woman in the background saying'punk style' is 'original'& 'non-conformist' when punk ended up becoming an very unoriginal & highly conformist subculture.Then again that's how dangerous subcultures are dealt with: watered down, stripped of political or social conscience,and spoonfed to consumers who are trained to want nothing more than 'hardore'love songs.

[carlosmdiaz1]

Great point

[billiondollarbabi]

hear hear

[Mumusthereal]

Omg! They looked sooo young! Especially Steven!

[becht13]

this was only like 2 months after their first gig and theyre already getting famous and doing interviews

[blacksunrise]

What an amazing time to be alive, sid v. played drums for her, robert smith did his guitar thing with them too! Too bad I was born 1 year later...

[MorbidDoll1]

woow,blonde Siouxsie!Beautiful as ALWAYS.She Rocks

[ABFABBAND]

ah... listen to the "siouxsie sioux interview channel 4" after this and listen how her voice has dropped over the years.

[vood69]

make up to brake up !

[radamanthyzz]

Amazing!!

she blonde, very cool! Nostalgic...

Realmente siempre supo verse freak.

[aleknevsky]

Waoooo Genial clip. gracias por postearlo. Es de hace 31 años!! y vemos una Siouxsie rubia y muy joven :-))

Saludos desde la Gran TENOCHTITLAN

[Arabesque89]

Whoa... a blonde Siouxsie? Very cool.

[freeslave4sale]

siouxsie was soooo fucking hot

i love her fucking music

[Asmodeius895]

...They look so young and beautiful.

[emjayeuk]

Is that Janet Street-Porter asking the questions?

[shadow27b]

Wow 19 year old Siouxsie. She looks soooo beautiful.

[tripoutroupas]

punk-rock.she was there first.post-punk.she was there first.goth(stylistacally confined post-punk).she was there first.

[kram1221]

she is and was still so amazing!

[vladninja69]

I love Siouxsie, She is Gorgeous, and the first real Goth Chick

[xgirlfiendx]

She looks so freaking cute here!!! I love her voice; it sounds so sweet. :):) I'd like to do my makeup like that-or have her do it for me. X)

[duffsmoses]

cool! sounds like janet street porter interviewing them!

[KiireiNeko]

Oh my god. Only Siouxsie Sioux can manage to look hot with one sea-urchin eye, et all. But then, I don't think I've <i>ever</i> seen La Divine Sioux look bad.

[jamesmorgandavies]

O my ... I'd've loved to've been there & heard her punk version of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"

[christacat]

wow &hearts; her hair

[solwolfpunk]

I love her voice...so candid.

[PVCandLace]

Siouxsie Sioux is my absolute idol... She can actually carry off black lipstick, something which I would never dare attempt... An absolutely amazing woman...

[nadaz]

siouxsie is so fukin brilliant. they have ace accents. wish mine was more strong like dat.

nadaz

xxx

[warminator]

They all look so cute there back in the days..hahaha..."Steve Spunka" on bass...

[ManilaSyndicate]

Siouxsie was real cute, wasn't she?

[winglessfaery]

Siouxs make up is perfect! shes so gorgeous

[whitehammer]

ha ha ha great 88

[Monsieurtacher]

Wow! I never thought I could watch and interview from the

begginings of Siouxsie. I discovered Siouxsie & the Banshees in 1990, and there wasn't much stuff about them here in Mexico. I love Siouxsie!!!

[Tazz77]

Baby Siouxsie!