In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cure's Lol Tolhurst, Siouxsie and the Banshees' Budgie in the 1980s. (Illustration: Yahoo News / Photo: Getty Images) "Before ...

A master innovator who gained merit from guitar greats including the Edge to Robert Smith, John McKay embarked on his post-punk career after a friend convinced him to ditch his paintbrush, leading him ...

World Goth Day is a time to celebrate one of the most iconic music genre movements (and indeed fashion aesthetics) of the 20th century; a movement succeeding the rebellious punk scene, and one that ...

Siouxsie and the Banshees have always defied simple categorization. Of course, that doesn’t mean critics and audiences haven’t tried to pin them down. “We were always lumped in with groups that called ...

Two iconic post-punk drummers — Budgie (ex Siouxsie & The Banshees / The Creatures) and Lol Tolhurst (ex The Cure) — have formed a new project called LXB and are prepping their debut album. As Slicing ...

After getting snarled in record company red tape seven years ago, Siouxsie and the Banshees suffered a creative collapse. Though lead singer Siouxsie Sioux and drummer-husband Budgie continued to make ...

Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at Siouxsie and the ...

Siouxsie & The Banshees singer Siouxsie Sioux has announced her first live performance in a decade, as part of the 2023 Latitude Festival that happens July 20-23 at Suffolk’s Henham Park. She’ll ...

From the moment they gatecrashed their first gigs at London art colleges in late 1975, lying that they were the opening act, to their 1978 implosion in San Francisco following the biggest gig of their ...

"Before I started doing our 'Curious Creatures' podcast with Budgie, I was thinking about doing this other podcast," says the Cure co-founder/drummer/keyboardist Lol ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. The Siouxsie story has ...