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Musicians:
Anima Animus:
- Anima Animus means 'The
Man Inside The Woman, The Woman Inside The Man'. The Anima is
the personification of all feminine psychological tendencies within
a man, the archetypal feminine symbolism within a man's unconscious.
The Animus is the personification of all masculine psychological
tendencies within a woman, the archetypal masculine symbolism within
a woman's unconscious.
- Working
titles for this album were 'Mount
Venus'
& 'Gifthorse'. 'Mount Venus'
subsequently became the name of the publishing company and 'Gifthorse'
became the name of the official fan club
- The photography for the cover is by French artists Pierre
et Gille
2nd Floor:
- Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:
SIOUXSIE: "It's when you still want more, when you
want the party to continue and it's beyond being sensible. I
remember times when I was the one person left in a place, and the
euphoria that goes along with it. 2nd Floor was my idea of
what a private drinking bar would be, that was open all the
time. There's something very religious about bars.
They're like altars. The lighting. The colour of the
bottles. Having a drink. It's like Santa's Grotto
time." Source: Diva 04/99.
- A Side of the vinyl on the 12" promo has 'You
Can’t Fucking Buy It' etched into the run out groove
- B Side of the vinyl on the 12" promo has 'So
Listen, Sad Cunt' etched into the run out groove
Say:
- Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment:
A
tribute to Billy
MacKenzie, lead singer with the Associates, who committed
suicide on 22/01/97
Prettiest Thing:
- A Side of the vinyl on the 10" pink promo has 'Transpermation'
etched into the run out groove
- Inspiration/Influence/Band Comment: "It’s
partly about a kind of out of body experience and partly about
watching someone else and thinking yourself into that person"
(Siouxsie)
Another Planet:
- Originally found on the
soundtrack to the film Lost
In Space,
radically reworked by Junior Reactor and called 'I'm
Here... Another Planet'
Don't Go To Sleep Without
Me:
Sad Cunt:
- Initial copies of the
7" Single were handed out free at The Creatures '98
concert at The Garage, London. Due to the song's
popularity it was made available through the official website
Eraser Cut:
- The name given to The
Creatures '98
EP is also an anagram of Creatures
Pinned Down:
- The lead track from the 'Eraser
Cut'
EP, no promo video was made for its release
Guillotine:
- A Side of the vinyl on the 7" has 'Rare
As' etched into the run out groove
Threat Of Love:
- A collaboration between Marc Almond & The
Creatures can be found on Marc Almonds album 'Open All Night', it
can also be found in a remixed format on Marc Almonds CD EP 'Tragedy'
(German Import), which also includes video
footage of The Creatures
& Marc Almond performing the song live at Summer Rites 1999.
"I first bumped into Siouxsie Sioux in the King’s Road
Market, both of us browsing as sex goods and leather accoutrements
at a specialist stall, and both of us enquiring about made to
measure leather clothes. When Siouxsie & Budgie broke from the
Banshees in the mid nineties to dedicate themselves to their
Creatures project they emerged rejuvenated. We met up at the former
house of artist Gustav Moreau in Paris in January 1999, full of
enthusiasm for the future. It had taken until 1998 for us to work
together.
Venus In Furs:
- Original by the Velvet
Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico
- The song which inspired
Steven Bailey to rename himself Steven
Severin. The song
itself was inspired by the novel of the same name by Leopold
von Sacher-Masoch
Witchcraft:
Jaures:
- Performed live, original by Jacque
Brel - Les Marquises
Jewel:
- Performed live, original by T.
Rex - The Best Of
NoHow Tour:
- The name given to The
Creatures'
1998 tour with John
Cale is a reference to the writings of Samuel
Beckett, in particular the pieces 'Worst
Word Ho!'
and 'NoHow
On'
"..which summed up how the tour was put together"
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