Banshees - The End

It was meant to be our 15 minutes of fame, but we managed to sustain it for 10 years" Siouxsie 1986
     

"20 Minutes Into 20 Years" April 96

Siouxsie & the Banshees have disbanded after a career spanning 20 years, the same week that the Sex Pistols have announced the support acts for their London Finsbury Park show on 23rd June.

The Banshees who stress that the split which was entirely amicable, have cited nostalgia surrounding the Pistol's reunion as a major factor in their decision.

As the "music industry" prepares to relive the heady days of "punk," when confusing the opportunists with the protagonists, it proceeded to sign anything with a safety-pin that could spit, Siouxsie and the Banshees would like to say Thank You and Goodbye.

To our loyal fans and friends for their immitigable support.
To Polydor Records for an amicable split after 18 years.
And to the musicians for their indelible spirit...
Martin McCarrick, Knox Chandler, Jon Klein, John Carruthers, Robert Smith, John McGeoch, John McKay, Kenny Morris, Peter Fenton, Marco Perroni & Sid Vicious.

 
Siouxsie told the Maker this week...
"We felt that we were treading water in the way that people perceived us. I think they always linked us with a nostalgic era. it's a shame that that era has gone, but it has, and it's become a very corporate, big business, blood sucking thing...We don't feel the inclination to compete in this arena.....I don't want to sound bitter, I'm not. It's not as if anyone has died. I just think it's the most dignified thing to do, for the idea of the band, and the spirit in which it started, getting up there without even owning a set of guitar strings, let alone an instrument. We've had a fantastic journey."
 

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