• Siouxsie Sioux
• Steven Severin
• Budgie
• John McGeoch
• Caroline Lavelle
• Anne Stephenson
• Virginia Hewes

A Kiss In The Dreamhouse:

• The quote on the cover; 'Nellie The Elephant Packed His Trunk And Said Goodbye To The Circus' which appears on 'A Kiss In The Dreamhouse'  is a tribute to their former manager Nils 'Nellie' Stevenson.
• The artwork by Rocking Russian for the 'A Kiss In The Dreamhouse' album & subsequent singles was inspired by the paintings of Gustav Klimt.
• The album title was inspired by a TV detective programme centred around a place called The Castle Of Dreams.  "A series was starting based around the twenties or thirties and this top-class whorehouse in America.  In the whorehouse you could meet perfect replicas of the stars of the time, women like Mae West, perfectly reproduced.  It was a very rich and exclusive place and it actually existed."  (Siouxsie)  Source:  Record Mirror 18/12/82.
• Siouxsie & Budgie feel that 'A Kiss In The Dreamhouse' was their creative peak, until the recording of 'Peepshow'.

Cascade:

• Recorded demo 12-15/03/82 at Workhouse Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue One.
• Recorded 05/05-20/08/82 at Playground Studios and Abbey Road Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.
• Recorded for a BBC Session 05/82.
• Originally earmarked to be the follow up single to 'Fireworks'.  Source:  Smash Hits 1982.

Green Fingers:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
  Inspired by an episode of Rod Sterling’s Night Gallery with the title Green Fingers; A property developer wants to get his hands on the land owned by an old lady. He uses all the means at his disposal. What he doesn't know is that the lady in question has a strange affinity with plants. Another inspiration was the film Motel Hell; Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand.
• Recorded 07-27/07/82 at Playground Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.
• Recorded for a BBC Session 05/82.

Obsession:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
  SIOUXSIE: "The events in the song actually took place. It's about a friend of a friend of mine. Its an extreme example of what happens in more subtle ways in most peoples relationships." Source:  Record Mirror 18/12/82
  SIOUXSIE: "People are confused by the fact that we do songs like 'Tattoo' and 'Obsession,' which are wrongly classed as horror, which I hate." Source:  Sounds 10/05/86
  BUDGIE: "While we were putting the guitar part to tape it happened, something so peculiar that it would almost change the arrangement of the song. Psycho guitar was stabbing out from the speakers, when suddenly the tape machine began to slow down. Slower and slower, almost to a dead stop, and then just as mysteriously it began to correct itself. Nobody tampered with the machine, which after its brief spasm, was now working perfectly. The effect it had on the guitar part was wonderful; but what had caused it? There was no logical explanation." Source:  No.1 02/11/88
• Recorded 20/06-19/08/82 at Abbey Road Studios and Playground Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.
• Covered by Collide - Reflections In The Looking Glass.
• The sucking noises at the end are in fact Japanese slang for 'Yes'.
• Recording: It was while we were putting the guitar part to tape that it happened, something so peculiar that it would almost change the arrangement of the song.  Psycho guitar was stabbing out from the speakers, when suddenly the tape machine began to slow down. Slower and slower, almost to a dead stop, and then just as mysteriously it began to correct itself.  Nobody tampered with the machine, which after its brief spasm, was now working perfectly. The effect it had on the guitar part was wonderful; but what had caused it? There was no logical explanation.  Could it have been the passing spirit of somebody who once used the studio, somebody who was viciously murdered or perhaps died there years prior to this incident?  We will never know what happened but the results can still be heard on 'Obsession'.
• Live debut 24/11/82 Gaumont Theatre, Southampton.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Three.

She's A Carnival:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
  Although not about her, the inspiration for the song 'She's A Carnival' began with frequent clubber and now club DJ Princess Julia.
• Recorded 05-27/07/82 at Playground Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.

Circle:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
  SIOUXSIE: "That's more domestic horror, but I think it's saying you've got a choice. It's disagreeing with the philosophy that says if you've come from somewhere bad then you've had no choice. I've known people who've come from appalling backgrounds and they're getting on and they're not jealous and they're not sitting back and saying, this is my lot, I give up. I'd love to believe that everyone does have a choice. I think everyone can have self-worth. Source:  NME 24/12/83
• Recorded 17-18/06/82 at Playground Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue two.
• John McGeoch plays the chimes of Big Ben for the duration of this song.
• Although not released as a single a promo video was made for circle as part of the Channel 4 series Play At Home
• The string section from the song 'Fireworks' is played backwards throughout to create the strange reverse sucking rhythm.  Source:  The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.

Melt!:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:
  SIOUXSIE: "We’d just come back from our first tour of Japan, and it made a real impression on us all." Source:  Melody Maker 17/10/92
  SEVERIN: "There wasn't (a promotional video made for 'Melt!) but (if there had been) it would have involved a giant ice phallus!" Source:  Banshees & Other Creatures Interview 2000
  SEVERIN: "Both 'Melt!' and 'Slowdive' were risky choices as singles and we knew that, but it didn't really bother us, because we knew that 'Dreamhouse' was successful, not in sales terms but we were pleased with how it had gone." Source:  NME 24/12/83
• Recorded 27/06-18/08/82 at Abbey Road Studios and Playground Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.
• A Side of 12" single has 'Here Comes The Bride' scratched into the run out groove.
• B Side of 12" single has 'Big Fat & Wide' scratched into the run out groove.
• No promo video was filmed for the release of 'Melt!'.
• The artwork for the sleeve was inspired by Gustav Klimt's The Blood Of Fish.

Painted Bird:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
  Inspired by the book 'The Painted Bird' by Jerzy Kosinksi. SIOUXSIE: "A very violent book," says Siouxsie. "But there's also like an abstract theme in that this guy used to collect birds, and when he was feeling really aggressive, or frustrated, he'd paint this bird with different colours, and then throw it to its flock. And it would recognise its flock, but because it was a different colour, they would attack it." Source:  NME17/04/82
• Recorded demo 12-15/03/82 at Workhouse Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue One.
• Recorded 09/05-17/08/82 at Playground Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.
• Recorded for a BBC Session 05/82.
• Live version sampled by The Beta Band on the song Liquid Bird - Heroes To Zeros.
• Covered by Coptic Rain - Discover EP.

Cocoon:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
  SIOUXSIE: "Mike Hedges was the one who introduced me to LSD. One time, I decided to have a night in under the influence just to see what would happen, and I ended up writing 'Cocoon'. It's all a bit of a blur, but I remember getting out this Neapolitan ice cream and thinking I was on the beach. I was actually in the kitchen on the floor". Source:  The Authorised Biography 2002
  SIOUXSIE: "I always think 'Cocoon' off 'A Kiss In The Dream House' sounds really happy but, again, the lyrics are a bit odd, they grate against the sound of the music. I think that's something we're good at, subverting lyrics." Source:  Melody Maker 14/05/83
  MCGEOCH: “The nearest we got to writing a song in the studio was ‘Cocoon’. I actually got a good review for my ‘jazz’ playing, which it certainly wasn’t. I was just flapping about.” Source:  The Authorised Biography 2002
• Recorded 07-26/07/82 at Playground Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.
• The musical backing for the first recording of Cocoon used a piece of music that would later became the song 'Belladonna' from the 'Hyaena' album.  Steve began playing the 'Belladonna' tune on a six string bass, to which Siouxsie sang the lyrics to 'Cocoon'.  It was recorded, but on hearing the 'playback' they both decided that the music wasn't suitable for the lyrics, so it was shelved.  Source:  The File, Phase Three, Issues Three & Four.
• Live debut 22/11/82 Manchester Apollo, Manchester.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Three.

Slowdive:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:
  SEVERIN: "It was just a drunken evening..." Source:  Melody Maker 17/10/92
  SIOUXSIE: "Another sexual song, but more playful. It's very open, very relaxed, loose. I wrote it on the spot after a jam in the studio." Source:  Record Hunter 12/92
  SIOUXSIE: "I remember I wanted the string players to slow down and get tired, so the ’Oh my God!’ in the middle of the song is one of the string players’ wrists falling off! And the video was this boy’s first dance routine! It took months of rehearsal, and getting him to wear false eyelashes." Source:  Melody Maker 17/10/92
  SIOUXSIE: " 'Slowdive' was an improvised lyric...It's like, umm, if you're making music, what it amounts to is, because you're expressing something you can't say in words. So for me to explain what that is, is taking away something that you lose when you're just using speech.  With music it should speak for itself. Source:  Elektron Interview 20/12/82
• Recorded 02-05/07/82 at Playground Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.
• Covered by LCD Sound System 2005.
• A Side of 12" single has 'Oh We're In The Dips' scratched into the run out groove.
• The "oh my god" in the middle of  'Slowdive ' is one of the string players moaning from exhaustion.  Source:  Melody Maker 17/10/92.
• The artwork for the sleeves was inspired by Gustav Klimt's Danae and Leda.

Fireworks:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:
  SIOUXSIE: " 'Fireworks' indicated the direction we wanted for the album. We wanted strings on that. John wanted a machine but Steve and I said it had to be real strings. They give a real, earthy, rich sound. You could hear the strings spitting and breathing and wheezing." Source:  Record Mirror 18/12/82
  SIOUXSIE: "We'd heard that he (Martin Rushent) wanted to work with us. We wanted to have a go. We thought he might have a different approach to the Banshees, that he wouldn't treat us like a cult. We'd have changed him as much as he changed us. Rushent agreed to a date to start working with us and ten he kept putting us off at short notice so we've abandoned the idea." Source:  Record Mirror 12/06/82
  SIOUXSIE: "The song's very sexual, explosive, distraught." Source:  Record Hunter 12/92
• Recorded (Nigel Gray Version) 19-24/09/81 at Surrey Sound Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue One.
• Recorded 15-17/04/82 at Playground Studios.  Final mix 22/04/82.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue One.
• Originally scheduled for release on 31/10/81.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue One.
• Performed on Top Of The Pops 03/06/82.
• A Side of 7" single has 'Eat The Sleeve' scratched into the run out groove.
• B Side of 12" single has 'Find The Blutter' scratched into the run out groove.
• During the making of the promotional video the man responsible for the pyrotechnics ended up in hospital with three layers of skin missing from his face, due to a problem with one of the explosions.
• The 12" versions ends with the sound of the band throwing Chinese  firecrackers.
• The band objected to Top Of The Pops suggestion of a flashing neon sign saying SIOUXSIE during their performance on the show.  Source:  Melody Maker 17/10/92.
• Live debut 30/09/81 New Theatre, Coventry.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue One.

Coal Mind:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
  The book The Green Brain by Frank Herbert.  Source:  Downside Up liner notes.
• Recorded 19-24/09/81 at Surrey Sound Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue One.
• Recorded for a BBC Session 05/82.

We Fall:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: 
  Falling/dying in your sleep.  Source:  Downside Up liner notes.
• The barely audible male voice that can be heard during the intro is sound man Tim Sunderland.  Source:  Downside Up liner notes.
• Never performed live.

Cannibal Roses:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:  
  "About this time strange things were happening around me.  I swear that a giant sunflower started to grow outside my first floor flat in Queens Park.  It's head used to peer in the window at me when it thought I wasn't looking.  Life imitating art" (Siouxsie) Source:  Downside Up Booklet.
• First recorded 11/07/82 at Playground Studios, re-recorded 31/08/82.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.
• Never performed live.

A Sleeping Rain:

• Recorded 23-24/10/82 at Wessex Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Three.
• John McGeoch's last recording with the Banshees.  Source:  Downside Up liner notes.
• Never performed live.

Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant:

• Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:
  MCGEOCH: "Siouxsie and I began to have one or two musical differences. One in particular was over a French hymn she wanted to record ('Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant'), possibly because she had some French connection in the family. I said, "I really can't see this working, so if you don't mind I'm not gonna take part.' I didn't. That sowed the seeds a little." Source:  The Authorised Biography 2002
• Recorded 23-24/10/82 at Wessex Studios.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Three.
• Cover of a traditional French song.
• No promo video was filmed for the release of 'Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant '.
• Never performed live.

Choir:

• For their last two gigs of 1982 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, the band had wanted to add another dimension to their live presentation by having a choir perform along side them.  Sadly this idea didn't reach fruition.  Source: The File, Phase Two, Issue Two.

John McGeoch:

• Siouxsie & Budgie's favourite Banshee guitarist.

Voice Scare:

• June 6, 1982: Siouxsie consults a throat specialist in Sweden & is told to stop singing immediately for 6 months while she undergoes therapy or she will lose her voice altogether! The Banshees fly home; while Siouxsie herself gets a second opinion. Everything is put on hold, including recording their half-finished new album.

Court Of Miracles:

• Siouxsie appears in a little seen short film by John Maybury called Court Of Miracles.  Source:  The Guardian 14/01/95.

Star Wars:

• Siouxsie was approached about the possibility of playing 'the Queen of a dark and distant planet' in the third Star Wars movie.  Unfortunately the person who approached Siouxsie never followed through with the script.