Artist.......: Siouxsie & The Banshees
Album........: Nocturne
Label........: Universal
Genre........: Gothic Rock
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Source.......: DVD
Rip.date.....: Jun-**-2006
Str.date.....: May-02-2006
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.thecreatures.com
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** Live Concert From The Royal Albert Hall, 30/9 - 1/10 1983
01. Intro 01:57
02. Israel 04:40
03. Cascade 04:31
04. Melt! 03:38
05. Pulled to bits 03:43
06. Night shift 06:08
07. Sin in my heart 03:31
08. Painted bird 03:52
09. Switch 06:29
10. Eve white/Eve black 02:52
11. Voodoo dolly 08:54
12. Spellbound 03:40
13. Helter skelter 04:15
** Promo & Tv Performances
14. Dear prudence (Promo Video) 03:50
15. Melt! (Tv Performance) 03:49
16. Painted bird (Tv Performance) 04:06
Runtime 69:55 min
Size 99,1 MB
Release Notes:
Siouxsie and the Banshees were among the
longest-lived and most successful acts to emerge
from the London punk community; over the course of
a career that lasted two decades, they evolved from
an abrasive, primitive art punk band into a
stylish, sophisticated unit that even notched a
left-field Top 40 hit.
Throughout its numerous lineup changes and textural
shifts, the group remained under the leadership of
vocalist Siouxsie Sioux, born Susan Dallion on May
27, 1958. She and the Banshees' initial lineup
emerged from the Bromley Contingent, a notorious
group of rabid Sex Pistols fans; inspired by the
growing punk movement, Dallion adopted the name
Siouxsie and formed the Banshees in September 1976.
In addition to bassist Steve Severin and guitarist
Marco Perroni, the band included drummer John Simon
Ritchie, who assumed the name Sid Vicious; they
debuted later that year at the legendary Punk
Festival held at London's 100 Club, where their
entire set consisted of a savage, 20-minute
rendition of "The Lords Prayer."
Soon after, Vicious joined the Sex Pistols, while
Perroni went on to join Adam & the Ants. The core
duo of Sioux and Severin, along with new guitarist
John McKay and drummer Kenny Morris, reached the
U.K. Top Ten with their 1978 debut single, "Hong
Kong Garden"; their grim, dissonant first LP, The
Scream, followed later in the year. Two days into a
tour for their 1979 follow-up, Join Hands, both
McKay and Morris abruptly departed, and guitarist
Robert Smith of the Cure (the tour's opening act)
and ex-Slits and Big in Japan drummer Budgie were
enlisted to fill the void; although Smith returned
to the Cure soon after, Budgie became a permanent
member of the group, and remained with the Banshees
throughout the duration of their career.
With ex-Magazine guitarist John McGeoch on board,
the band returned to the studio for 1980's
Kaleidoscope, a subtler and more melodic effort
than their prior records; on the strength of the
U.K. Top 20 smash "Happy House," the album reached
the Top Five. A year later, the Banshees released
the psychedelic Juju, along with Once Upon a Time,
a collection of singles; at the same time, Sioux
and Budgie formed the Creatures, an ongoing side
project. Following 1982's experimental A Kiss in
the Dreamhouse, McGeoch fell ill, and Smith
temporarily rejoined for the group's planned tour;
a pair of 1983 performances at London's Royal
Albert Hall were recorded and later issued as
Nocturne. Also in 1983, Severin and Smith teamed as
the one-off project the Glove for the LP Blue
Sunshine.
After his recovery, McGeoch opted not to return, so
the Banshees recruited former Clock DVA guitarist
John Carruthers after Smith exited following the
sessions for 1984's dark, atmospheric Hyaena. With
1986's Tinderbox, Siouxsie and the Banshees finally
reached the U.S. Top 100 album charts, largely on
the strength of the excellent single "Cities in
Dust." After 1987's all-covers collection Through
the Looking Glass, Carruthers took his leave and
was replaced by ex-Specimen guitarist Jon Klein and
keyboardist Martin McCarrick for 1988's Peepshow, a
techno-inspired outing that gave the group its
first U.S. chart single with "Peek-a-Boo."
In 1991 -- the year in which Sioux and Budgie
married -- the Banshees performed on the inaugural
Lollapalooza tour; their concurrent LP,
Superstition was their most commercially
successful, spawning their lone U.S. Top 40 hit,
"Kiss Them for Me." Another singles collection,
Twice Upon a Time, followed in 1992 before the
group returned after a long absence with 1995's
stylish The Rapture, produced in part by John Cale.
A year later, the nostalgia surrounding the reunion
of their former heroes the Sex Pistols prompted
Siouxsie and the Banshees to finally call it quits;
Siouxsie and Budgie turned to the Creatures as
their primary project, while Severin composed the
score for the controversial film Visions of
Ecstasy.