Siouxsie Sioux is someone who has inspired me with her fearless musical creativity and genre-defying sounds, as well as her iconic sense of style that helped to define what we know now as deathrock and 80s goth. The Banshee’s band manager, Nils Stevenson – road manager of the Sex Pistols – brought along his brother Ray Stevenson, a photographer who captured some of this group’s first moments of fame. These photos are the start of a legend, and they’re a glimpse into some of punk rock’s earliest memories. Below you’ll find pictures of Siouxsie captivating the shaggy late 70s crowds alongside her bandmates and other legends, like Sid Vicious, Adam Ant and other young people trying to make their creative voices heard and making history.
Photo by Ray Stevenson – Siouxsie and the Banshees, 100 Club, London, Britain – 14 Feb 1978 – Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees
Photo by Ray Stevenson: ‘The Bromley Contingent’ – Siouxsie Sioux, Philip Salon, Debbie Juvenile, Simon Barker, Steve Severin, Berlin, Soo Severin, Sharon Hayman and Linda Ashby at Linda Ashby’s flat – Oct 1976
Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie Sioux at the Track Records office, London, Britain – 1976
SIOUXSIE TOPLESS WEARING A NAZI SWASTIKA AND LATEX – 1976
Ray Stevenson: Nils Stevenson and Siouxsie Sioux, Southsea, Britain – 1979
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Juvenile at ‘Screen on the Green’ – 1976
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Debbie Juvenile, Siouxsie Sioux, Philip Salon and Malcolm McLaren at Louises – 1976
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Madrid, Spain – Apr 1979
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Birmingham, Britain – Aug 1977
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie Sioux and Jordan, Liverpool 1978
Adam Ant and Siouxsie Sioux AT THE MUSIC MACHINE, LONDON – c 1977, by Ray Stevenson
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Human League – Budgie, Phil Oakey, Siouxsie Sioux, ?, Ian Craig Marsh and Philip Adrian Wright
Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vortex Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, Britain – 1977
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Madrid, Spain – Apr 1979
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nashville Rooms, London, Britain – 07 Jan 1978
Photo by Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie and the Banshees in a chip shop – 1978
Ray Stevenson: Siouxsie and the Banshees – Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Sid Vicious (on drums) and Marco Pirroni. Siouxsie and the Banshees first gig at the 100 club, London – 1976
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