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Musicians:
The Rapture:
- By October 1993 nine songs
had been recorded for 'The Rapture': Stargazer, Fall From Grace, Not
Forgotten, Sick Child, The Rapture, The Double Life, Love Out Me, B
Side Ourselves, Hang Me High & Black Sun. Polydor were
happy to release this version of 'The Rapture' when the Banshees
decided that it wasn't quite complete and employed the services of
John Cale to finish the album. During this time five more
songs were completed: O Baby, Tearing Apart, The Lonely One, Falling
Down, & Forever which replaced the songs Hang
Me High & Black Sun on the final version of 'The Rapture'.
"On this album we had completed nine songs and had written and
recorded them in France, and we had mixed that album as of October
1993. The album was due for release, but we decided that it wasn't
ready yet. It's not complete, it's not ready."
(Severin) Source: BSIDE 02/95.
O Baby:
- Recorded for a BBC Session 01/94.
- The video
promo for 'O
Baby'
was filmed the day after Siouxsie attended her mother's funeral.
Source: The
Guardian 14/01/95.
- The video
promo
was filmed at a Baby Beauty Pageant in Flagstaff, Arizona. Source:
The Guardian 14/01/95.
Stargazer:
- Saffron,
lead singer in the band Republica
appears in the video.
- The video
promo
was filmed in the Pump House, Rotherhithe, London. Source:
The Guardian 14/01/95.
- German
installation artist Rebecca Horn was responsible for the interior of
the Pump Room for the video shoot. Source: The
Guardian 14/01/95.
Fall From Grace:
- Siouxsie played drums
in the initial stages of writing/rehearsing this track. Source:
Making Music 01/95.
Not Forgotten:
- Features in
the film Showgirls
but is not included on the soundtrack.
Sick Child:
- Inspiration/Influence/Band
Comment:
The
painting of the same name by Edvard
Munch.
- Features in the film The
Craft.
Falling Down:
- Recorded for a BBC Session 01/94.
The Rapture:
- Played in it's entirety on a
radio station in Rome. Probably the one and only time it has been
played on the radio. Source: BSIDE 02/95.
The Double Life:
- Inspiration/Influence/Band
Comment:
A radio story about a
schoolmaster who committed suicide once his 'double life' of
homosexual promiscuity was revealed.
- Recorded for a BBC Session 01/94.
B Side Ourselves:
- Inspiration/Influence/Band
Comment: The
song title was the heading of a fax concerning the proposed B Side
collection. Source: Downside Up
liner notes.
- Recorded for a BBC Session 01/94.
- Siouxsie's motto
"Something isn't better than nothing" a line that was used
in the song 'B
Side Ourselves'.
All Tomorrow's
Parties:
Hang Me High:
- Inspiration/Influence/Band
Comment:
A newspaper story about the
stigmata marks of a young Italian girl and her ordeal at the hands
of the Catholic Church. Source: Downside
Up liner notes.
- Intended for inclusion on the album 'The
Rapture'
but was relegated to the b side of the single 'Stargazer',
due to Severin’s dislike of Catholic allusions in Budgie’s lyric.
Black Sun:
- Inspiration/Influence/Band
Comment:
The
song title comes from the biography of the same name of
American poet Harry Crosby. A song concerning the dark cloud
of depression. Source: Downside Up
liner notes.
Interlude:
- The original
concept for a promo video for the Siouxsie & Morrissey
duet
'Interlude' was to involve news reel footage of the last woman to be
hanged in England (Ruth
Ellis) walking to the gallows.
Unfortunately the rights could not be secured. Morrissey's
further suggestion of a video promo featuring a bulldog was
frowned upon by Siouxsie as being 'nationalist' and the whole
enterprise was scrapped. Source: Uncut 01/05.
- Morrissey
wanted a picture of a Bulldog for the record sleeve. Again
this was rejected by Siouxsie for being too 'nationalist'.
"Well, I did this duet with Morrissey
'cause he was constantly
sending me a lot of strange letters at that time (1991 to 1993). I
thought it might be a good idea to do something with him. During the
recording session, he was quite shy & then when we tried to
shoot a video for the song, things went worse . I realised that he
hadn't a great sense of humour... ok let's say his sense of humour
is different from mine. He was quite weird 'cause he didn't dare to
tell me things frankly in the eye. Instead of that, he was sending
the manager to let me know unpleasant remarks & ideas he had (
like showing some images of skinheads). I said: ok it's over.. it's
enough for me, definitely too much ."
The Lighthouse:
- The lyrics for 'The Lighthouse'
from the Hector Zazou collection 'Songs From The Cold Sea' are in
fact part of a larger poem called Flannan
Isle by
Wilfred Wilson Gibson.
The Story Of Pierre:
John Klein:
- The
Banshees' longest serving guitarist from 'Song From The Edge Of The
World' through to 'Stargazer'.
John Hillcoat:
- Director of the video promos
for O Baby
& Stargazer
is also a renowned film maker. His first feature film was 'Ghosts
Of The Civil Dead'. Source:
The Guardian 14/01/95.
Contract:
- According Severin it's
likely that the
Banshees lost their recording contract after Siouxsie was quoted in 'Time
Out'
magazine as saying "I wouldn't piss on Polydor
Records if they were on
fire."
Last Gig:
- 02/07/95 at the Zeebruges Beach Festival, Belgium.
Official Split Press
Release:
- "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 & The Banshees would like to say Thank You
& 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 Pirroni & Sid Vicious. 1996 Siouxsie
& Budgie begin new recordings as The Creatures, Steven Severin
has just completed new material for the film soundtrack 'Visions Of
Ecstasy' Siouxsie & The Banshees 1976-1996 RIP".
20 Years 20 Minutes:
- The Banshees career spanned
20 years and 20 minutes, from 'The
Scream'
to 'The
Rapture'.
During that time they released 29 official UK singles of which 26
reached a place in the UK top 50 chart and 14 official UK albums,
which all reached a place in the UK top 40 chart.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers:
- During their set at the
V2001 Festival, Flea from the Red
Hot Chillii Peppers announced that
they were going to perform 'your national anthem' and the band
launched into a cover of 'Christine'.
Poll:
- In December
2001's issue of Q
Magazine
Siouxsie was placed 7th in a readers poll
of the 'Top 100 Women Who Rock Your World'.
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