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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Certain Songs #2239: Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Dazzle”

December 8, 2021 by Jim Connelly

Album: Hyæna
Year: 1984

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In 1984, Siouxsie & The Banshees released Hyæna, their first album on Geffen records here in the U.S., who also re-released all of their previous records, which I’m pretty sure was the same deal Geffen struck with XTC. In retrospect, I think the gamble was that by making the back catalog easier to find, they could build up a fanbase to break the future albums.

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Certain Songs #2238: Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Sin in My Heart (Royal Albert Hall 1983)”

December 7, 2021 by Jim Connelly

Album: Nocturne
1983

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A little over a week after the “Dear Prudence” single was released, Siouxsie and The Banshees made their first live recording — an album and a VHS tape — at the Royal Albert Hall, having made ringer Robert Smith an official member. While he’d performed live with them back in 1979, that was more of an ad hoc situation.

This time, Smith stuck around as a Banshee for nearly a year, after which he was never heard from again.

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