Siouxsie Sioux

Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957), known as Siouxsie Sioux (, soo-zee-SOO), is an English singer. She came to prominence as the vocalist and main lyricist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. They released 11 studio albums from 1978 to 1995, and had several UK top twenty singles including "Hong Kong Garden" (1978), "Happy House" (1980) and "Peek-a-Boo" (1988), plus a top 25 single in the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Kiss Them for Me" (1991). Siouxsie also formed a second group, the Creatures, in 1981. With the Creatures, she released four studio albums, and achieved a UK top-twenty single "Right Now" (1983). In the mid-2000s, she has continued as a solo artist, using the name Siouxsie, and released the critically acclaimed album Mantaray (2007). AllMusic named Siouxsie as "one of the most influential British singers of the rock era". Her songs have been covered by Jeff Buckley ("Killing Time"), Tricky ("Tattoo") and LCD Soundsystem ("Slowdive") and sampled by Massive Attack ("Metal Postcard") and the Weeknd ("Happy House"). In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Music at the Q Awards and in 2012, she received the Inspiration Award at the Ivor Novello Awards.