Here's the latest Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Creatures, and Steven Severin news:

• Siouxsie will be playing her first live shows in ten years in May-September '23.
  
  
• Siouxsie played two London shows in June '13 as part of Yoko Ono's Meltdown Festival.
  
  
• Budgie and Knox appeared at the New Vision Arts Festival in Hong Kong on 11.6.10 and 11.7.10.
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Siouxsie's Mantaray & More Tour was completed in Summer '08.

• Siouxsie appeared on The Weekender on Radio 2 on 7.27.07. Interview topics included Mantaray, live shows, her separation from Budgie, and more. Sea of Tranquility was played in its entirety during the program.
  

• Siouxsie's solo album, Mantaray, was released on 9.10.07 (10.2.07 USA). It was preceded by a single entitled Into a Swan on 8.27.07 (digital, CDS x 2, 12", 7" x 2).
  
  
  
  [promo video & article]
  
  [album clips]
  
  Tracklisting for the album is as follows....
  
  Into a Swan
  About To Happen
  Here Comes That Day
  Loveless
  If It Doesn't Kill You
  One Mile Below
  Drone Zone
  Sea of Tranquility
  They Follow You
  Heaven and Alchemy
  
  
  
  
  

• The DVD contest is now closed. Congratulations to Chris R, Mike C, and Donna V. Correct answers are listed below.
  
  What is Siouxsie's birth name (First / Middle / Last, in the correct order and spelling)?
  Susan Janet Ballion
  
  What was Siouxsie and the Banshees' highest charting US single (Billboard Hot 100)?
  Kiss Them For Me
  
  On what date (month, day, and year) were Siouxsie and Budgie wed?
  5.25.91
  
  Siouxsie and Severin met at a concert given by what band?
  Roxy Music
  
  What was Siouxsie's father's profession?
  bacteriologist / lab technician milking poisonous snakes
  
  Where (country) did Siouxsie's parents meet?
  (Belgian) Congo

• I have three Promo US (NTSC) Dreamshow DVDs to give away. The first three people who e-mail me at this address, dvdcontest@untiedundone.com, with the correct answers to all the questions below will get one.
  
  What is Siouxsie's birth name (First / Middle / Last, in the correct order and spelling)?
  
  What was Siouxsie and the Banshees' highest charting US single (Billboard Hot 100)?
  
  On what date (month, day, and year) were Siouxsie and Budgie wed?
  
  Siouxsie and Severin met at a concert given by what band?
  
  What was Siouxsie's father's profession?
  
  Where (country) did Siouxsie's parents meet?

• Rhino Records released the Dreamshow DVD domestically in the US on 4.3.07.
  
  View e-card with DVD footage.
  
  
  
  
  Filmed live at the Royal Festival Hall, London in October 2004, this DVD captures Siouxsie at her dramatic best and it marks the first time she has ever performed with a full orchestra. With nearly three hours of content including 27 classic songs plus soundcheck, rehearsal, and interview footage this DVD is a must-have for any fan of the ultimate queen of goth-punk. The bonus extras include five additional songs filmed just prior to the Festival Hall show at the 100 Club in London, the venue where Siouxsie got her start 28 years earlier.
  
  Say Yes!
  Around The World
  Seven Tears
  Godzilla!
  Standing There
  Miss the Girl
  Dear Prudence
  Christine
  Killing Time
  Obsession
  Shooting Sun
  Kiss Them For Me
  The Rapture
  But Not Them
  Weathercade
  Prettiest Thing
  Take Mine
  Pinned Down
  Trust in Me
  Another Planet
  2nd Floor
  Happy House
  Not Forgotten
  Face to Face
  Cities in Dust
  Spellbound
  Peek-A-Boo

• Siouxsie makes a guest appearance in Doll's (Pam Hogg) music video for Electricman.

• Spellbound, Exterminating Angel, and Cities in Dust are featured in Rhino Entertainment's "A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box."
  
  
  
  
  [press release]

• A collection of Siouxsie and the Banshees Peel Sessions entitled "Voices on the Air" is slated for release on 10.23.06
  
  
  
  

• An article about the 25th anniversary of MTV in the 8.4.06 issue of Entertainment Weekly includes a picture of Siouxsie.

• Siouxsie has signed a deal with Universal's new W14 label. She is currently writing material and will head into the recording studio later this year. Expect the new record in 2007.

• Halloween is featured during the closing credits of Monster House.

• Hong Kong Garden is featured in the forthcoming Sophie Coppola movie Marie Antoinette. The film stars Kirsten Dunst and will be released on 10.20.06.

• A Canadian version (20th Century Masters) of the greatest hits disc has been released with a different tracklisting:
  
  
  
  
  Hong Kong Garden
  Happy House
  Christine
  Spellbound
  Arabian Knights
  Night Shift
  Dear Prudence
  Swimming Horses
  Dazzle
  Cities In Dust
  Lullaby
  Peek-A-Boo
  The Killing Jar
  Kiss Them For Me
  Fear (Of The Unknown)
  Face To Face

• A double-disc remastered reissue of The Glove's Blue Sunshine is expected in August.
  
  CD 1
  
  Like An Animal
  Looking Glass Girl
  Sex Eye Make Up
  Mr. Alphabet Says
  A Blues In Drag
  Punish Me With Kisses
  This Green City
  Orgy
  Perfect Murder
  Relax
  The Man From Nowhere (Original Instrumental Mix)
  Mouth To Mouth (Landray Vocal Mix)
  Punish Me With Kisses (Hedges 7" Mix)
  The Tightrope (Original Instrumental Mix)
  Like An Animal (12" Club?, What Club? Mix)
  
  CD 2
  
  Like An Animal (Robert Smith Vocal)
  Looking Glass Girl (Robert Smith Vocal)
  Sex Eye Make Up (Robert Smith Vocal)
  Mr. Alphabet Says (Alternative Robert Smith Vocal)
  A Blues In Drag (Alternative Robert Smith Vocal)
  Punish Me With Kisses (Robert Smith Vocal)
  This Green City (Robert Smith Vocal)
  Orgy (Robert Smith Vocal)
  Perfect Murder (Alternative Robert Smith Vocal)
  Relax (Alternative Robert Smith Vocal)
  The Man From Nowhere (Alternative Instrumental Mix)
  Mouth To Mouth (Robert Smith Vocal)
  Opened The Box (A Waltz) (Robert Smith Vocal)
  The Tightrope (Robert Smith Vocal)
  And All Around The Mermaids Sang (AKA Torment) (Robert Smith Vocal)
  Holiday 80 (AKA Mine Eye Offends Me (Instrumental)

• Single-disc reissues with fold-out poster sleeves were released on 6.1.06 for The Scream, Join Hands, Kaleidoscope, and Juju (tracklistings below).
  
  Nocturne, A Kiss in the Dreamhouse, Hyaena, and Tinderbox should follow in late-2006 or early-2007.
  
  The Scream
  
  Pure
  Jigsaw Feeling
  Overground
  Carcass
  Helter Skelter
  Mirage
  Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)
  Nicotine Stain
  Suburban Relapse
  Switch
  
  BONUS:
  Hong Kong Garden
  The Staircase (Mystery)
  
  Join Hands
  
  Poppy Day
  Regal Zone
  Placebo Effect
  Icon
  Premature Burial
  Playground Twist
  Mother/Oh Mein Papa
  The Lords Prayer
  
  BONUS:
  Infantry
  Love In A Void
  
  Kaleidoscope
  
  Happy House
  Tenant
  Trophy
  Hybrid
  Clockface
  Lunar Camel
  Christine
  Desert Kisses
  Red Light
  Paradise Place
  Skin
  
  BONUS:
  Israel
  Christine
  Eve White/Eve Black
  Arabia
  Sitting Room
  Paradise Place
  Desert Kisses
  Hybrid
  Happy House
  
  Juju
  
  Spellbound
  Into the Light
  Arabian Knights
  Halloween
  Monitor
  Nightshift
  Sin in My Heart
  Head Cut
  Voodoo Dolly
  
  BONUS:
  Arabian Knights
  Fireworks

• Nocturne was released on DVD on May 1st, 2006. Bonus footage includes the Dear Prudence video, Melt! & Painted Bird from Old Grey Whistle Test (11.12.82), and Play at Home.

• Steven and Arban are working on a full-length film score for NATURE MORTE from writer/director Paul Burrows.

• The US edition of Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-84 has just come out on Penguin. See http://www.simonreynolds.net for more information.

• According to the April '06 issue of MOJO, Siouxsie's solo album has been pushed to 2007.

• The next three remastered Banshee albums are expected on 3.27.06 (tentative) with tracklistings as follows:
  

• The Creatures recently released a live CD, simply titled Live - The Creatures, containing the 3.6.90 Utrecht, Tivoli show:
  
  Thumb
  Standing There
  Manchild
  You!
  Untiedundone
  Fury Eyes
  But Not Them
  Mad Eyed Screamer
  Willow
  Pity
  Miss the Girl
  Venus Sands
  Strolling Wolf
  Simoom
  Pluto Drive
  A Strutting Rooster
  So Unreal
  Right Now
  Sky Train
  
  Inner and outer artwork from DED Associates:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• untiedundone.com has a brand spanking new message board.

• A new book about music from 1975-1982 entitled Génération Extrême features Siouxsie on the cover.

• Austin Young has updated his site to include his Siouxsie Dreamshow photos.

• Siouxsie is featured in a new film by Don Letts called PUNK:ATTITUDE.

• Dreamshow reached Number 1 on the UK Music DVD charts.

• Siouxsie was a guest on Tom Robinson's show on BBC Radio 6 on September 7th.

• Siouxsie was a guest on the Gary Crowley Show on BBC London 94.9 on August 27th at 6:00 PM GMT.

• Siouxsie appeared on the Mark Radcliffe Show (guest host, Mark Lamarr) on BBC Radio 2 on August 23rd. [listen]

• Video-C has posted a special feature on the Dreamshow DVD including three sample clips.

• The first remastered Banshee album, The Scream, is expected on October 3rd.
  
  Disc 1:
  
  Pure
  Jigsaw Feeling
  Overground
  Carcass
  Helter Skelter
  Mirage
  Metal Postcard
  Nicotine Stain
  Suburban Relapse
  Switch
  
  Disc 2:
  
  Make Up To Break Up [Riverside Session]
  Love In A Void [Peel Session]
  Mirage [Peel Session]
  Metal Postcard [Peel Session]
  Suburban Relapse [Peel Session]
  Hong Kong Garden [Peel Session]
  Overground [Peel Session]
  Carcass [Peel Session]
  Helter Skelter [Peel Session]
  Metal Postcard [Pathway Session]
  Suburban Relapse [Pathway Session]
  Staircase (Mystery) [Pathway Session]
  Mirage [Pathway Session]
  Nicotine Stain [Pathway Session]
  Hong Kong Garden [7” Single Version]
  Staircase (Mystery) [7” Single Version]
  
  Other albums will follow, each with bonus material.

• The 10.16.04 Dreamshow concert was released on DVD in the UK on August 22nd. On that day, Siouxsie and Budgie signed copies at HMV Oxford Street at 6PM. A US release for the DVD is also in the works.
  
  
  
  
  -----Act One-----
  
  Say Yes!
  Around The World
  Seven Tears
  Godzilla!
  Standing There
  Miss the Girl
  Dear Prudence
  Christine
  Killing Time
  Obsession
  Shooting Sun
  Kiss Them For Me
  
  -----Act Two-----
  
  The Rapture
  But Not Them
  Weathercade
  Prettiest Thing
  Take Mine
  Pinned Down
  Trust in Me
  Another Planet
  2nd Floor
  Happy House
  Not Forgotten
  Face to Face
  Cities in Dust
  Spellbound
  Peek-A-Boo
  
  
  Bonus features include live footage from the 100 Club shows (Hong Kong Garden, Christine, 2nd Floor, Happy House, and Not Forgotten), interviews, dress rehearsals, etc.

• LCD Soundsystem's single "Disco Infiltrator" includes a cover version of "Slowdive." [sample]

• Siouxsie beat out David Bowie, John Lydon, Marc Bolan, and The Ramones to receive the Mojo Honours List Icon Award on June 16, 2005. The award was presented by U2's The Edge.
  
  Siouxsie and Budgie after the Mojo Honours List ceremony:
  
  
  
  

• Siouxsie appeared on VH1 Classic "Headline Act" on Friday, March 25th, 2005 at 6:00 PM (EST).

• Siouxsie presented an award to the Scissor Sisters at the Brit Awards on February 9th, 2005. The program will air on BBC America on April 16th, 2005.

• Steven Severin served as guest DJ at two upcoming shows by Readers Wifes on January 20th and February 10th at Madame Jojo's in London.

• A Siouxsie and the Banshees b-side box set including four discs with over fifty tracks, "Downside Up," was released on 11.29.04. Expect re-issued and re-mastered Banshee and Glove albums to follow sometime in 2005. A collection of BBC sessions is also in the works.
  
  
  
  
  [additional artwork scans]
  
  Downside Up
  
  Voices
  20th Century Boy
  Pulled To Bits
  Mittageisen
  Drop Dead/Celebration
  Eve White/Eve Black
  Red Over White
  Follow The Sun
  Slap Dash Snap
  Supernatural Thing
  Conga Congo
  Coal Mind
  We Fall
  Cannibal Roses
  Obsession II
  A Sleeping Rain
  Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant
  
  Tattoo
  There's A Planet In My Kitchen
  Let Go
  The Humming Wires
  I Promise
  Throw Them to the Lions
  An Execution
  The Quarterdrawing of the Dog
  Lullaby
  Umbrella
  Shooting Sun
  Sleepwalking (On The High Wire)
  She Cracked
  She's Cuckoo
  Something Blue
  The Whole Price Of Blood
  Mechanical Eyes
  
  False Face
  Catwalk
  Something Wicked (This Way Comes)
  Are You Still Dying Darling?
  El Dia De Los Muertos
  Sunless
  Staring Back
  Return
  Spiral Twist
  Sea Of Light
  I Could Be Again
  Hothead
  B Side Ourselves
  Swimming Horses (KROQ Acoustic Christmas)
  All Tomorrow's Parties (KROQ Acoustic Christmas)
  Hang Me High
  Black Sun
  
  Overground (The Thorn)
  Placebo Effect (The Thorn)
  Red Over White (The Thorn)
  Voices (The Thorn)
  

• BBC 6 Music currently features selections from an archived SATB concert (3.9.81--Warwick, Warwick University).

• On Monday, November 29, 2004, Sister Ray in London (94 Berwick Street) had a "Downside Up" playback beginning at 6:00 PM. Anyone purchasing the box set that evening at Sister Ray received a free poster.

• The December '04 issue of MOJO magazine contains reviews of the 100 Club shows and "Downside Up."

• The Autumn '04 issue of French Violation magazine contains a Siouxsie and the Banshees article and photos.

• The December '04 issue of UNCUT magazine contains a blurb about the 100 Club as well as a review of "Downside Up."

• Siouxsie served as guest DJ on the John Peel Show (Radio 1) on October 20th, 2004. [audio footage]

• The "An Evening with...Siouxsie" tour and "Dreamshows" have ended. Click to view the tour details.
  
  
  
  
  [press release]

• The Creatures "Hái!" was re-released on October 11th, 2004 at a special price with three bonus tracks--The Temple Of Dawn, Attack Of The Super Vixens, and Godzilla (Budgie's Tokyo Fist Mix).

• Siouxsie and Budgie hosted The Alternative on VH1 Classic on October 3rd, 2004. [video footage]

• "The Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees" was re-released on June 14th as a "Sound & Vision" set including a DVD of promo videos for all tracks except "Dizzy."

• The April/May 2004 issue of French magazine Velvet features a four page spread plus a DVD (interview and "Godzilla!" video) of The Creatures.

• Banshee guitarist John McGeoch passed away in his sleep on March 4th, 2004. Deepest sympathies to those close to him.

• Steven Severin has put his RE: label on hold to concentrate on Darling Hate and film compositions with his partner, Arban. They have completed work on two films, The Purifiers and London Voodoo.

• Helter Skelter broadcast a Creatures special and interview on November 21st, 2003. You can listen to an archived RealAudio stream of the special. [hi-res | lo-res]

• MOJO published a Bowie special edition on November 14th, 2003 which features an introduction penned by Siouxsie.

• Instinct Records has posted a QuickTime skin as well as DVD bonus footage of the Tokyo drumming session.

• Siouxsie and Budgie appeared on Liz Kershaw on BBC - 6 Music on Friday, November 7th, 2003 (13:00 GMT).

• Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Authorised Biography was released domestically in the US on October 31st, 2003.
  [buy it for $11.16]
  
  
  
  
  

• Siouxsie and Budgie appeared on Liquid News on BBC Three on November 3rd, 2003 (20:00 GMT).

• Siouxsie and Budgie appeared on Roundtable With Andrew Collins on BBC - 6 Music on Friday, October 31st, 2003 (18:00 GMT). Dream Ticket currently features archival concert audio including selections from Siouxsie and the Banshees' 9.21.88 concert at Royal Albert Hall in London.

• The Creatures released a new album entitled "Hái!" on October 20th-21st, 2003. [lyrics] [ad] [press release]
  
  The album is available in multiple formats including a US limited edition CD with bonus DVD containing footage of the Tokyo drumming sessions as well as the music video for "2nd Floor." [buy it for $11.88]
  
  
  
  Fans in the UK/Europe have their choice of two limited editions. One is in die-cut packaging and contains the bonus DVD (sans "2nd Floor"), and the other has a bonus CD including instrumental versions (all tracks except "Godzilla!") from "Hái!" A double-vinyl is also available. After the limited editions (6,000 each) are gone, regular jewel case single-CD versions will be available.
  
  
  
  
  
  Here's the tracklisting:
  [click titles for samples]
  
  Say Yes!
  Around The World
  Seven Tears
  Godzilla!
  Imagoro
  Tourniquet
  Further Nearer
  City Island
  Tantara!
  
  The first single (UK/Europe only) is "Godzilla!" [buy it]
  [click titles for samples or stills]
  
  CD1
  Godzilla (Radio Edit)
  The Temple of Dawn
  Attack of the Super Vixens
  
  
  
  CD2 (VCD - PAL Region 0)
  Godzilla (Video)
  Godzilla (Instrumental Video)
  
  
  
  CD3
  Godzilla (Budgie's Tokyo Fist Mix)
  Godzilla (Instrumental)
  Godzilla (Tokyo Session)
  
  
  
  CD2 and CD3 will be limited to runs of 2,000 copies each.
  
  Siouxsie and Budgie are also working on additional material for subsequent release. Expect The Creatures to tour in 2004.

• "Kish Kash" by Basement Jaxx--released on October 20th--features Siouxsie on vocals for one track ("Cish Cash").
  
  cish cash
  
  you want it - you take it
  you take it - you got it
  you're insatiable!
  
  it's not enough you want more of it
  it's not enough must have all of it
  overflowing on overkill
  all the hands are out for their pound of flesh
  
  it makes the world spin round & round
  the hands are out for their bloody pound
  overflowing on overkill
  sticky licky yummy yummy
  dipping in the milk & honey
  
  you want it - you take it
  you take it - you got it
  you're insatiable!
  
  they say it makes the world spin round
  
  splish splash coming for your cish cash
  

• The Seven Year Itch DVD was re-released on September 1st, 2003. [review]

• Steven Severin appeared on Roundtable With Andrew Collins on BBC - 6 Music on August 22nd, 2003 (18:00 GMT).

• Budgie's interview with Andrew Collins aired on BBC - 6 Music on August 14th, 2003.

• The July/August issue of Women Who Rock magazine features Siouxsie in the "50 Women Who Rocked The World" article.

• The Old Grey Whistle Test: Vol. 2 DVD features an archive of performances from the televsions series including one by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Expect a UK release on October 13th, 2003.

• Siouxsie and Budgie appeared on Jonathan Ross (BBC Radio 2) on August 2nd, 2003. Listen to the interview and a preview of the forthcoming single by The Creatures, "Godzilla!"

• Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Authorised Biography, written by Mark Paytress, was released on July 21st, 2003.
  
  Siouxsie Budgie, and Steven participated in a book signing at Waterstones on August 1st. [Photos 1 2]
  
  
  
  
  

• The July 10th, 2002 7 Year Itch concert (London, Shepherds Bush Empire) was released on Region 0 PAL DVD on June 2nd, 2003. The July 9th, 2002 concert (with a few bonus tracks from July 10th) was released on limited edition double vinyl and CD on May 19th, 2003. [buy it] The US release date (audio / NTSC DVD) is July 22nd, 2003. Here are the tracklistings and related sales materials:
  
  
  
  
  DVD:
  
  Pure
  Jigsaw Feeling
  Metal Postcard
  Red Light
  Happy House
  Christine
  Lullaby
  Lands End
  Cities in Dust
  I Could Be Again
  Icon
  Night Shift
  Voodoo Dolly
  Spellbound
  Blue Jay Way (The Beatles)
  Monitor
  Peek-A-Boo (with eX-Girl)
  
  CD / Double Vinyl:
  
  Pure
  Jigsaw Feeling
  Metal Postcard
  Red Light +
  Lullaby
  Lands End
  I Could Be Again +
  Icon
  Night Shift
  Voodoo Dolly
  Trust In Me
  Blue Jay Way
  Monitor
  Peek-a-boo +
  
  + from July 10th show

• A Siouxsie and the Banshees' greatest hits disc was released on September 30th, 2002 (US version, November 12th). A limited edition with bonus disc is also available. All tracks have been digitally remastered. [liner notes] [buy it]
  
  
  
  "Best of Siouxsie and the Banshees"
  
  Dear Prudence
  Hong Kong Garden
  Cities in Dust
  Peek-A-Boo
  Happy House
  Kiss Them for Me
  Face to Face
  Dizzy
  Israel
  Christine
  Spellbound
  Stargazer
  Arabian Knights
  The Killing Jar
  This Wheel's on Fire
  
  Bonus disc:
  
  Spellbound (12" Version)
  Song from the Edge of the World (Columbus Mix)
  Kiss Them For Me (Kathak # 2 Mix) [Previously Unavailable]
  Peek-A-Boo (Silver Dollar Mix)
  Killing Jar (Lepidopteristic Mix)
  Cities in Dust (Eruption Mix)
  Dazzle (Glamour Mix)
  Stargazer (Mambo Sun Mix)
  Face to Face (Catatonic Mix)

• Meltdown magazine Issue Eleven features an interview with Siouxsie.

• The October 16th, 2002 issue of OK magazine features a three-page photo spread covering the "Punk Legends, Siouxsie & Debbie Harry" party.

• The October, 2002 issue of Q Magazine features a review and ad for the "Best Of" collection.

• Budgie appeared on the BBC2 celebrity quiz show, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, on October 7th.

• The Bunker featured live video footage of "Jigsaw Feeling" from Old Grey Whistle Test (11.7.78).

• TRIO: Popular Arts Television aired PUNK FILM - JAMMIN' IN THE CITY (featuring live footage of "Make Up To Break Up" and "Metal Postcard" from 1977) on Monday, September 23rd at 9 AM and 3 PM EST.

• Japanese televsion aired footage from the Sonic Festival on Saturday, August 31st.

• Tami Heide interviewed Siouxsie and the Banshees on KROQ's "Flashback Lunch" on August 8th, 2002.

• Siouxsie and the Banshees wrapped up their 7 Year Itch Tour with dates in California and Japan. Expect a live CD from the tour.

• The Banshees have recorded some demos and might release new material in 2003. There are hopes for remastered albums with associated b-sides, a box set, a compilation of The File, and other goodies as well.

• Steven Severin and Arban Ornelas are engaged to be married.

• Siouxsie appeared on Graham Norton (Channel 4) on June 28, 2002. Click for video clips.

• The London 7 Year Itch concerts were filmed for a possible DVD release.

• "Cities in Dust" is featured over the opening credits of the film, Gypsy 83. The film should see wide release this summer with a soundtrack to follow.

• Siouxsie and Budgie were spotted recently in London at the opening party for Ghetto.

• The Creatures are currently working on a new studio album which is expected in Autumn, 2002.

• Gifthorse 8 includes a terrific Christmas song called "Red Wrapping Paper."

• Gifthorse 6 included a new Creatures' track entitled "Rocket Ship" (SIOUX12CD).

• "Angel Passage" by Alan Moore & Tim Perkins and "consolation" by Human Greed was RE:leased in November.

• Steven Severin has compiled "unisexdreamsalon," a collection of rarities including "Typhoid Mary," an unreleased "Peepshow" demo.

• A fan gathering which included cover bands, DJs, giveaways, and much more took place in New York on August 18th, 2001.

• iCrunch featured an interview with The Creatures as well as mp3s for purchase.

• Sulpher released the "One of Us" CD single on May 28th, 2001. See more Sulpher news.

• Choler Magazine is currently featuring an interview with Steven Severin.

• Dale Sherman has penned a new book entitled "20th Century Rock and Roll : Women in Rock."
  
  "The main thrust of the book is to not only showcase 50 influential women rockers but also to use the entries so that new fans can learn a bit about the performer and find out what albums are worth tracking down. Besides the 50, there are also entries for influential girl-groups, all-female bands, and women spotlighted in bands."
  
  Sherman notes in the entry about Sioux:
  
  "...she has managed to avoid the placement of titles on her, although her work has shaped so much in the musical world that titles would be so easy to give."
  
  Amazon.com is currently taking orders.

• Alan Moore & Tim Perkins' "The HIGHBURY working - a beat seance" is now available through Steven Severin's site.

• Siouxsie and Budgie participated in a juice.net web chat on September 4th. You can find a transcript of the chat at the juice.net site.

• The Creatures played four Australian gigs in September 2000.

• A new book by Christine Otten entitled "Engel en Andere Muziekverhalen" features an interview and portraits of The Creatures.

• The first three Gifthorse zines have shipped. Issue 1 included an order form for the limited edition, members-only CD release of "Sad Cunt" (including the title track, its "Chix 'n' Dix" remix, and "Siouxsie, Budgie and Warne's Remix" of "2nd Floor"), and the 3rd was a free CD including a live version of "Murdering Mouth."

• The Creatures have released a live CD entitled "Sequins in the Sun." The disc was recorded at the Glastonbury Festival on June 26, 1999.
  
  Here's the tracklisting:
  
  All She Could Ask For
  Disconnected
  Turn It On
  Take Mine
  Pinned Down
  Guillotine
  2nd Floor
  Pluto Drive/Nightclubbing
  Prettiest Thing
  Exterminating Angel

• Steven Severin's new album, "The Woman in the Dunes," is available through his site. It features a collaboration with Jarboe on Screaming Jay Hawkins' "I put a spell on you." Here's the full tracklisting:
  
  The Dawning
  Dance of Sisyphus
  Dance of Fear
  Dance of Eros
  I put a spell on you
  Dance of Ecstasy
  The Sunset

• Steven Severin is spotlighted in an interview on about.com's 80s music page.

• An interview with Siouxsie is featured in the April issue of Blue magazine.

• Instinct released on May 9th a Creatures' EP entitled "Retrace" that combines "Eraser Cut" with the "Say" b-sides and two "Turn It On" remixes:
  
  
  
  Pinned Down
  Guillotine
  Turn It On (Bound 'N' Gagged Mix)
  All She Could Ask For
  Broken
  Turn It On (Emperor Sly's Elemental Mix)
  Thank You
  Slipping Away

• The Creatures have announced the perks for members of "Gifthorse:"
  
  
  • Four quarterly "Gifthorse" CD-sized artzines (with exclusive pics and words from Siouxsie and Budgie)
  • A membership badge
  • At least 1 exclusive offer
  
  Annual membership is £12.00 within the UK; £16.00 elsewhere. Go to their shop to join. The first zine is shipping now.

• UK Channel 4 aired "Top Ten Punks" which included recent interview footage of Sioux and Severin on February 5th at 9 PM.

• Steven Severin has numerous projects underway:
  • The soundtrack to "CIRCA" for the Holy Body Tattoo dance company opening on February 15th at Vancouver East Cultural Centre
  • A collaboration with Shakti and the VasalaMala Dance Company based on Kobo Abe's novel "The Woman of the Dunes" (premiered in May)
  • A book of "surreal & erotic prose poems," "The Twelve Revelations," illustrated by Cathryne Ward with an introduction by Nicholas Roy (published by ONEIROS books)
  • Contributory work for "The Edge"
  • "eros plus massacre"
  • A project with the Black Dog
  • Production and keyboard work for the Tiger Lillies' new album

• BUST and Skull Ranch Productions currently feature interviews with The Creatures. The latter also has excellent photos and streaming video footage from the New York City "Trick or Treat" concert.

• In October '99, Severin filmed a two-hour interview for the series "Top Ten" of Channel 4 UK.

• Channel 4 plans a series of shows entitled "Destroy" to mark the 25th anniversary of punk in 2000. Expect one show to be devoted entirely to Siouxsie and the Banshees.

• The Creatures' remix album, "Hybrids," was released on October 19th. The disc is distributed by Instinct Records in the U.S. and contains mixes of "Say," "Exterminating Angel," "Disconnected," "Guillotine," "All She Could Ask For," "Pinned Down," "Slipping Away," "2nd Floor," "Turn It On," and "Prettiest Thing."

• After a highly successful string of gigs in Europe and the U.S. earlier this year supporting "Anima Animus," The Creatures returned to America in October for some "Trick or Treat" gigs with setlists including up to four Banshee tunes.

• The third single from "Anima Animus," "Prettiest Thing," was released on September 6th in three formats--limited 10" vinyl and two CD5s.
  
  
  
  

• Severin's second RE:lease was "Maldoror." The tracklisting follows:
  
  Prelude: Europa
  Mal D'Aurore (Dawn's Evil)
  Theme #1
  Metal + Bone
  Crushed (The Glow Worm)
  Head Of Rain
  Theme #2
  Rhyme Of The Jazz Pederast
  A Hanging
  Theme #3
  Epilogue: The Audience

• The Creatures' track "Don't Go To Sleep Without Me" appears on the soundtrack to the highly successful "Blair Witch Project."

• Siouxsie and Budgie participated in a webchat at Virgin.net on July 30th, 1999.

• The Creatures released their first live disc, "Zulu," in late May. The CD contains thirteen tracks recorded in September '98 at London's ULU. A separate, three-track teaser was included with the tour programs for the first leg of the AA U.S. tour.

• The "Say" single was released in the UK only in March in three formats. Full details in the discography.

• The Creatures' third album, "Anima Animus," was released on February 16, 1999. CD and limited edition double 10" vinyl versions are available. You'll find the tracklisting for the album below. Click here for lyrics. Steve Lyon produced the album, and DED Associates provided the artwork photography and design. The cover art was changed and is not the "bum" version featured previously. The first fully-released single was "2nd Floor" (Sioux 3) and "Say" followed.
  
  Anima Animus:
  2nd Floor
  Disconnected
  Turn It On
  Take Mine
  Say
  I Was Me
  Prettiest Thing
  Exterminating Angel
  Another Planet
  Don't Go To Sleep Without Me
  

• A limited edition (of 1,000) "Exterminating Angel" CD with artwork handpainted and signed by Siouxsie and Budgie was made available at cost to Gifthorse members only. The disc contains four mixes of the song.

• Siouxsie recorded a duet with Marc Almond entitled "Threat of Love" for his latest album, "Open All Night."

• RE: introduced RE:LITE in early 1999 to promote new, lesser known artists and "some of Steven's one off ideas."

• Steven Severin participated in a Top of the Pops webchat on November 18th, 1998 and a radio interview with Sean Hughes on November 29th. You'll find a transcript of the chat on my articles page and a RealAudio of the Hughes' interview on my interviews page.

• "Visions" was reviewed in magazines including Time Out, Future Music, Neon, and Uncut.

• Severin's version of Throbbing Gristle's "Persuasion" was performed by the new female duo, Jezebel, on Channel 4's "Eurotrash" on December 4th, 1998.

• Steven Severin's first RE:lease was "Visions.".
  
  
  
  Here's the tracklisting:
  
  Sphere
  The Absolute
  Come Deliver Us
  The Fourth Water
  Baphomet
  Enter Into These Bonds
  Skin Crawl
  The Radiance
  Transverberation of the Heart

• The Creatures' first single from "Anima Animus," "2nd Floor," preceded the album with a October 5th, 1998 release. Here's the CD single tracklisting:
  
  2nd Floor
  Turn It On (Bound 'n' Gagged Mix)
  2nd Floor (Girl Eats Boy's Remix)
  
  
  
  A two-track (no "2nd Floor" remix) very limited green vinyl 7" is also available.

• Siouxsie appeared as a guest on BBC4's "Jo Whiley Show" on September 16th, 1998. Click here for image captures from the show.

• The "Rock Family Trees" retrospective entitled "Banshees and Other Creatures" aired on BBC2 on September 25th, 1998. The show was narrated by John Peel and included new interview footage of "the usual suspects plus John Lydon, Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni, John McKay, and Kenny Morris."

• Cleopatra Records has released a Hydrogen Dukebox compilation that contains the promo remix of "2nd Floor."

• The Creatures played "Prettiest Thing" live on BBC 2's "Edinburgh Nights" on August 28th, 1998.

• Very limited promo 12" vinyls of "2nd Floor" and "Turn It On" remixes were available in July, 1998. 1,000 copies are expected worldwide with a few possibly making their way to the U.S.
  
  Here's the details and tracklisting:
  
  Duke 440JVP
  Hydrogen Dukebox Records
  
  A: 2nd Floor (Girl Eats Boy's Back For More Mix)
  AA: Turn It On (Emperor Sly's Elemental Mix)

• Siouxsie and Budgie have set up their own label which will handle the current and forthcoming Creatures' releases:
  
  Sioux Records
  89 Borough High Street
  London
  SE1 1NL
  

• The Creatures officially released "Eraser Cut" (Sioux 2), a 4-track EP available on CD or limited edition 10" vinyl on August 3rd, 1998. U.S. distribution is being handled by Cargo Records. The EP contains the following tracks: "Pinned Down," "Guillotine," "Thank You," and "Slipping Away." DED Associates handled the design and photography for the EP artwork. Click here for lyrics.
  

• Melody Maker did a review (albeit short) of "Eraser Cut:"
  
  "Hey! Siouxsie's back! She was always quite the headcase, what with her 'Hong Kong Garden' and the scary 'Playground Twist,' not to mention a half-hour reading of 'The Lord's Prayer.' The Creatures, her post-Banshees outfit with drummer Budgie, is an outlet, judging by this, of their darkest and angular musical needs. Dark? Oh, I should coco. The lead track has more scary bells on it than both Ice-T and Black Sabbath on National Scary Bell Day."

• Sioux Records set up a mailing list called "Gifthorse" that will provide newsletters, exclusive offers, etc.
  
  
  
  Write to the above address, fax your name and mailing address to (44) 0171 357 9750, or e-mail sioux@dukebox.demon.co.uk.

• The label created the official Sioux Records Mail Order Service through Gifthorse. You can obtain CD's, t-shirts, and much more.

• The Creatures gave out free limited edition 7" singles at the May '98 London gigs. The single is entitled "Sad Cunt" (Sioux 1V) and includes the "Chix 'n' Dix Mix" as the AA side. The song is the one previously known as "Sad Boy" or "TV 21." Scans of the cover art (DED Associates) for the single are available.

• The Creatures toured North America with Velvet Underground veteran John Cale from June 22 to August 8, 1998. You'll find a full recap via my tour page.

• Before their May 15, 1998 appearance on the Jools Holland Show (where they performed "Disconnected" and "Prettiest Thing"), The Creatures did a short interview for RT Guide. I've included a transcript of the interview on my articles page.

• "Playground Twist" appears on the soundtrack for the Sony Pictures Classics film, "Whatever."

• Steven Severin has his own record label, RE:, and aims to release some limited edition CD's over the next few years.

• John Kline produced the first single, "I'm Alive," and self-titled album by the band nervosa.

• A 1978 Siouxsie Sioux interview is on the Cleopatra Records' four-CD box set, "The Black Bible."

• Siouxsie and the Banshees' version of "Dear Prudence" appears on the recently released Beatles' tribute, "Meet The Covers! A Tribute to the Beatles."

• The Creatures and Juno Reactor collaborated on a song that is featured in the film, "Lost in Space." The song, "I'm Here...Another Planet," also appears as the second track on the soundtrack. Here's the full tracklisting:
  
  Lost in Space:
  Apollo Four Forty - Lost In Space (Theme)
  Juno Reactor & The Creatures - I'm Here...Another Planet
  The Crystal Method - Busy Child
  Propeller Heads - Bang On!
  Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs a 303
  Apollo Four Forty - Will & Penny's Theme
  Death In Vegas - Song For Penny
  Space - Lost In Space
  Original Motion Picture Score - Bruce Broughton

• The Creatures canned their manager at Sanctuary Music Management, Ltd.

• Siouxsie and Budgie made a guest appearance at a concert called "With A Little Help From My Friends" in Amsterdam at the Paradiso Rock Temple on February 25th, 1998. They performed four songs backed by the Metropole Orchestra and John Cale. The set included "I Was Me," "Right Now," "Gun," and "Murdering Mouth" (a duet Cale and Siouxsie co-penned). Dutch NPS Television aired most of the concert.

• A Banshees' "Live at the BBC" CD was mentioned in a couple of magazines including "Q." However, official word is that Steven Severin was never approached for such a project, and it has been withdrawn.

• The March '98 issue of "Q" magazine contains an article that mentions Siouxsie and Budgie. It discusses how their love affair started way back when and their current hopes to adopt a child.

• The February '98 issue of "Vox" magazine contains a favorable review of "A Bestiary Of" (Three Stars).

• The Morrissey and Siouxsie duet, "Interlude," appears on his "The Best Of Morrissey--Suedehead" CD and an alternative love songs compilation album entitled "Kinky Love 2."

• Siouxsie was interviewed for the UK Radio 4 program "Kaleidoscope" concerning a Festival Hall exhibition of punk cover art.

• A Creatures compilation CD combining "Wild Things," "Feast," and the "Right Now" and "Miss the Girl" singles was released in the UK on October 27, 1997. Here's the full tracklisting:
  
  the Creatures, a Bestiary of:
  Mad Eyed Screamer
  So Unreal
  But Not Them
  Wild Thing
  Thumb
  Morning Dawning
  Inoa'ole
  Ice House
  Dancing On Glass
  Gecko
  Sky Train
  Festival of Colours
  Miss The Girl
  A Strutting Rooster
  Flesh
  Hot Springs In The Snow
  Weathercade
  Right Now

• Siouxsie and Budgie were spotted in 1996 on US television (Fashion File on E!) at a Jean-Paul Gaultier fashion show.