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Siouxsie and the Banshees

English rock band
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Summary

Siouxsie and the Banshees is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,350 views/month, #143 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: post-punk[3], gothic rock[4], alternative rock[5], new wave[6]
  • Record label: Polydor[7], Sanctuary Records[8], Geffen Records[9]
  • Discography: Siouxsie and the Banshees discography[10]
  • Commons category: Siouxsie and the Banshees[11]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[12]
  • Has part(s): Siouxsie Sioux[13], Steven Severin[14], Budgie[15], Sid Vicious[16], Marco Pirroni[17], Peter Fenton[18]
  • Inception: 1976[19]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1996[20]
  • Location of formation: London[21]
  • Official website: http://siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Siouxsie and the Banshees[23]
  • Commons gallery: Siouxsie and the Banshees[24]
  • Nominated for: MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Siouxsie and the Banshees[26]
  • Start of work period: 1976[27]
  • End of work period: 1996[28]
  • Has list: list of Siouxsie and the Banshees members[29]
  • Name: Siouxsie & The Banshees[30], Siouxsie and the Banshees[31]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Arthur Freedman Collection Project[32]
  • Member category: Category:Siouxsie and the Banshees members[33]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[34]

  • Country: GB[35]

  • Began / founded: 1976-09[36]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1996-04[37]

  • Genre(s): alternative pop, alternative rock, art pop, art rock, gothic rock, neo-psychedelia, new wave, pop rock, post-punk[38]

  • Community tags: alternative pop, alternative rock, art pop, art rock, british, gothic rock, neo-psychedelia, new wave, pop rock, post-punk[39]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 78ea5ea1-3c4d-4b7e-ac5d-68900319ebe2[40]

Why It Matters

Siouxsie and the Banshees has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Geffen Records London Polydor Robert Smith Sid Vicious United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 19w ago · CommonsDelinker bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Siouxsie and the Banshees-3.jpg
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  3. 23w ago · Vmv2705 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Siouxsie and the Banshees-3.jpg
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  4. 23w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → +1976-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    End of work period → +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z
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