Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band that formed in 1976. Led by the singer Siouxsie Sioux (Janet Susan Ballion) and the bassist Steven Severin, the band’s only constant members, the Banshees formed at the advent of the British punk scene and soon became one of the major bands in the post-punk era. Their music influenced a wide range of very diverse bands over the years amongst them The Cure, Massive Attack, Garbage and more recently LCD Soundsystem.
Siouxsie & the Banshees were one of the most successful, groundbreaking post-punk new wave bands. In 1996, after recording a series of successful albums, Siouxsie and the Banshees disbanded.