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13th October: Godzilla single released in the UK on three CDs: CD1 Godzilla (Radio Edit) The Temple of Dawn Attack of the Super Vixens CD2 (VCD - PAL Region 0) Godzilla (Video) Godzilla (Instrumental Video) CD3 Godzilla (Budgie's Tokyo Fist Mix) Godzilla (Instrumental) Godzilla (Tokyo Session) Hai ! the album .. 20th October UK Sioux DCD15 - Comes with Bonus CD of instrumentals from Hai ! (8 tracks in all.. No Godzilla !) Sioux SCD 15 - Comes with Bonus DVD (PAL in Uk and Europe and NTSC in America and Japan of the druming sessions from Tokyo, features amazing footage of Budgie at work behind the drums with Leonard Eto joining in the fun. this version also has a die cut slipcase (only in the Europe) The US NTSC version also features the Second Floor Video Sioux 15V (Double Vinyl) norrmal jewel case versions will be available after limited run has ended. Tracklist as follows, and links to soundbites and artwork on Roddy's site. Overall it is a lovely album. and i will soon add artwok and my review of it. Say Yes! Around The World Seven Tears (one of my faves!) Godzilla! Imagoro Tourniquet (I'm not as hot on this as many of the Creatures fans, not sure why, it just doesnt do it for me, but then i'm not keen on jazz) Further Nearer (another one of my faves) City Island Tantara!
14th August: Budgie was interviewed on BBC Radio 6 by /andrew Collins, click to the 2002/3 page and scroll down to hear mp3s.
6th Aug I was contacted by Sanctuary to inform me the 7YI DVD was to be re-released on Sept 1st! (already?) link and banner added to home page and 2002/3 page
2nd August: Sioux, Budgie and Severin signed copies of the new Biography at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London which ws released on the 28th July but limted shops had it availble due to a distributor problem. All were very chatty and friendly at the signing, click here for pics . Sioux and Budgie were also interviewed on BBC radio 2 on the Jonathon Ross Show, click here from mp3 and talked of the new Creatures album, previewed the new single 'Godzilla' to be released in October along with the album, plans for a tour next year and are recording more material for a future release. Sioux also did what she does best and swore on live radio again!
25th July well siouxsie wasnt on Graham Norton as was led to believe, but nest keep checking schedule just in case for other appearances.
22nd July 03: Siouxsie, Budgie, Severin (and Shirley Manson) will be be at the book signing at Waterstones on the 1st August 03
book sigining changed to the 1st August
1st July: it was announced today that Siouxsie will be doing a book signing session at Waterstones Book store, Piccadilly, London at 7PM on the 25th July for the release of the biography. Siouxsie will also be on the Graham Norton show on Thursday the 24th July. get ya VCRs and camera ready!
25 June 03, someone on the Creature board posted this link to some new pix of the Creatures, taken in London 2002 (new cover shots maybe...who knows bu they're nice) http://www.perouinc.com/perou/music/index_music.html
02.JUN.03: 7 Y I DVD to be released in the UK. In contrast to the Cd recieves excellent reviews and is worthy of them. A fine example of a fantastic group performing as great as they ever have, captured perfectly and very well edited. DVD features two seperate backstage sections as bonus (Budgie's tour is worth the money alone!!) and a hidden section where there are interviews with the fans.
19.MAY.03: 7 Y I CD / LTD Double Vinyl released in the UK. On the Press sheet for the promo CD above, it says the DVD will be out at the same time, although on Siouxsie.com it says: June 2nd. Cd recieves mixed reviews from fans, mainly due to (the now boring topic, of) Sioux's voice. The double LP features less artwork and pics than the CD.....'limited' indeed.
19th Apr 03: the confirmed dates for release of the 7 Year Itch CD /LTD Double vinyl is 19th May and for the DVD 2nd June, not the same date as the Cd, as quoted on the press release with the promo Cd.
15th Apr 03. TOP2 (UKTV) showed the Creatures performance of 'Right Now' from Aug 83
18th Feb 03: 'The Strawberry Girl' 2 track Italian Cd and book is released in the US, also availble in the UK on Amazon.co.uk check out : http://www.stampalternativa.it/catalogo/sonic/schede/sonic026.htm http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/8872267315/ref=pd_rhf_p_2/202-9652012-7369426 The tracks appear to be lifted from the Outtakes bootleg LP, stating that they are Juju sessions but are in fact Track Rehearsal songs. 20th Century Boy and Love in a Void (into the Lords Prayer alythough not stated)
28th Jan: Petahs' Banshees and other Creatures has pics of the forthcoming DVD and biog sales release, click to go 'ave a look!
17th Jan 03: I've only just noticed that www.Siouxsie.com has been replaced with a bland grey space and that www.banshees.co.uk is displaying the ever so informative black Siouxsie.com page instead.
16thJan 03: Live DVD mentioned in the News section and a retro review of the Scream in the Jan 03 Record Collector Punk Special
Dec: Another post in the diary!
Dec: hooray, a diary post from the bird, go to Creatures.com to read what he said
Nov/Dec : An Interview With Siouxsie appears in the latest 'V' magazine, a US fashion mag. Details coming soon.
Nov: An Interview with SATB features in the Nov/Dec 2002 issue of Filter, click here to read and view pics
Nov: Amazon.de have a Japan import Cd called 'Hong Kong Garden' but has no info on it and I could'nt find any from anywhere else. Click on link to view page
Nov:Amazon.co.uk are currently taking pre-orders for the new SATB 'Live' CD due out on March 3rd 2003 as pre-order, click on link to view page
Nov 12th 'Best of' is released in the US, click here to read US press release on Roddy's site as featured on Yahoo.
Nov 6th Siouxsie and The Banshees are interviewed in the latest issue of Fitler mag. click here to go to website. also: (Notes on the Best of.... below have changed)
October 2002 - Siouxsie is interviewed and featured on the front cover of Meltdown magazine UK, click here to see and read.
23rd October - Creatures.com News updated, a live CD and DVD of Siouxsie and the Banshees' Seven Year Itch Tour performance at the Shepherds Bush Empire London is due for release next March, (however we all know that means nothing and will probably be put back several months on the trot! we wait to hopefully be pleasantly surprised!) ......what about 'NYC in the can' Budgie?....will that be THE live CD, an additional one, or is that idea scrapped?!?
16th October - Siouxsie features in OK magazine
10th October - the 'Best Of' only reaches no. 91 in it's first week of release and is generally received poorly by fans due to it's lack of artwork and a feeling of little effort on the part of the record company, the band, marketing and promo to 'push it' for some reasonable success. We have to wonder, how can a b-sides or rarities set follow this when it hasn't got the exposure and success it needed to help further that project?? Reviews of the Best of.. only appeared in Q Magazine (review and advert) and NME, One radio advert in Belgium, small number of promo posters, and no TV adverts or interviews for it unlike The Rolling Stones and Rick Astley's best of (of all things!!).
7th October - Budgie appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks gameshow on UKTV BBC2, originally schecduled for 30th Sept on Creatures.com, his team won and he looked great!
30th Sept - The Best Of is Released, tracklist 1.Dear Prudence 2.Hong Kong Garden 3.Cities in Dust 4.Peek-A-Boo 5.Happy House 6.Kiss Them for Me 7.Face to Face 8.Dizzy (shorter than version 1) 9.Israel 10.Christine 11.Spellbound 12.Stargazer (on my promo, it is similar to the Mark Saunders mix but not stated?!?) 13.Arabian Knights 14.The Killing Jar 15.This Wheel's on Fire (on my Promo, it ends like the demo version or the Incendiary mix but not stated as being different?!?) Bonus disc: 1.Spellbound (12" Version), (is not the same as the actual 12", there are parts of the instrumental break that are missing?!?) 2.Song from the Edge of the World (Columbus Mix) 3.Kiss Them For Me (Kathak # 2 Mix) [Previously Unavailable] 4.Peek-A-Boo (Silver Dollar Mix) 5.Killing Jar (Lepidopteristic Mix) (the 8 min version, no the CD 6 minute version) 6.Cities in Dust (Eruption Mix) 7.Dazzle (Glamour Mix) 8.Stargazer (Mambo Sun Mix) 9. Face to Face (Catatonic Mix)
20th Sept -Nils Stevenson found dead on the anniversary of the Banshees 1st show at the 100 Club in 1976. R.I.P. He was the tour manager for The Sex Pistols and was The first Banshee manger before DAve Woods. He also produced and co. produced their songs: Hong Kong Garden, Staircase (Mystery), Playground Twist, Love In A Void, and Join Hands as well. He was Siouxsie's former lover and is pictutred with her on the beach in his brothers (Ray Stevenson)'s unofficial photobook. http://www.3ammagazine.com/buzzwords/2002_sep.html . . . Sad news: Nils Stevenson -- most famous for having been Siouxsie and the Banshees' manager -- has passed away. Here's an extract from his bio: "I fell in love with youth culture when I saw a Teddy Boy in the late fifties. Although I was little more than a baby, I vividly remember being drawn to the only colorful looking character in an otherwise sea of gray in East London's, Petticoat Lane Market. It was as if I instinctively knew that he would provide the only way out of a dull, staid existence. As soon as I was able, I threw myself into each successive youth cult beginning with Rockers at the tender age of ten. . . . After a trip to America in 1974 I opened a stall in Beaufort Market, Kings Road, Chelsea, where I sold the clothes that had turned me on in my youth: leather jackets, drainpipes, pegs, winkle pickers and drapes. Striking up a friendship with Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, whose SEX shop was a stone's throw from my premises, changed everything. Exciting relationships rapidly developed and I found myself at the centre of a scene. I started tour managing the Sex Pistols and strategizing and designing their early graphics with Helen Wellington Lloyd. A year later I was managing Siouxsie and the Banshees who gave birth to the whole 'Goth' movement as well as being among the first groups to develop the pop promo video. . . .
25th Sept - Siouxsie was Interviewed for Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 on the , Interview can be heard @ untiedundone.com