Siouxsie Sioux

What happened to: Siouxsie Sioux

Musically: 1990’s Colaborations Morrissey recorded a duet with her called “Interlude”. In 1995, she released the song “The Lighthouse” on the French producer Hector Zazou’s album Chansons des mers froides (Songs from the Cold Seas). Sioux and Zazou adapted an excerpt of the poem “Flannan Isle” by English poet Wilfred Wilson Gibsoninto lyrics. The song included the incantations of a female Nanai shaman recorded in Siberia, and musical performers included Budgie and Mark Isham. In 1996 Siouxsie and the Bansheesbroke up after 20 years. The Creatures, a side project of Siouxsie and Budgie(the drummer from the Banshees) became a full time effort. In 2004 she toured for the first time as a solo act combining Banshees and Creatures songs. Her first solo album MantaRay was released on September 10, 2007 in the UK, preceded by the “Into a Swan” single released on September 3. MantaRaywas released in the U.S. on October 2. The album has gained critical acclaim. The influential site Pitchfork Media wrote “She really is pop” before finishing the review by “It’s a success”. [9] Siouxsieis now touring in support of her album. Her personal life: Siouxsie and Budgiemarried in 1991. They lived in a converted farmhouse in a small village in south west France, where they had “a garden, cats and mountains of books.” She announced on BBC Radio 2’s The Weekender that she and Budgie are not musical partners anymore. In an interview with The Sunday Times in August 2007, she clarified that they had divorced.