Editing Siouxsie and the Banshees (section)

===Musical style===
Siouxsie and the Banshees are considered [[post-punk]] pioneers.<ref>{{cite web|first=Simon|last=Reynolds |url= https://tidal.com/magazine/article/u2-boyhood/1-75052 |title=U2: Boyhood |publisher=Tidal.com |date=19 October 2020 |access-date=2024-08-15 |quote=
post-punk pioneers like [...] Siouxsie and the Banshees}}<br />{{cite web |url= https://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-guest-program-rage-1993-/104367046 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20240919000208/https://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-guest-program-rage-1993-/104367046 |url-status= dead |archive-date=2024-09-19 |title=Siouxsie and the Banshees guest program rage (1993) |publisher=Abc.net |date=2024-09-19 |access-date=2024-09-19 |quote=We've lined up pioneering post-punks Siouxsie and the Banshees}}</ref> They have been described as developing "a form of post-punk discord full of daring rhythmic and sonic experimentation".<ref name="The Times"/> ''The Times'' wrote that "The Banshees stand proudly [... as] one of the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era".<ref name="The Times"/> With some of their darkest material, the band also helped spawn the [[gothic rock|gothic]] scene.<ref name=rey>{{cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Reynolds |title=Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 |publisher=Penguin |year=2005 |isbn=0-14-303672-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ripitupstartagai00reyno/page/427 427] |title-link=Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984}}</ref> The band is also considered a [[New wave music|new wave]] act.<ref>{{cite web|first=Hazel |last=Cillshow |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2941530/marie-antoinette-soundtrack-anniversary/ |title=How Marie Antoinette's Soundtrack Became a Classic |publisher=Mtv.com|date=10 October 2016|access-date=28 January 2016 |quote=Coppola paired the pretty, pale luxury of Versailles with the sound of new wave acts like [...] Siouxsie and the Banshees}}<br />{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/basementjaxx/albums/album/293598/review/5940499/kish_kash |title=Basement Jaxx: ''Kish Kash'' [featuring Siouxsie] |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=22 October 2003 |access-date=12 August 2012 |last=Hardy |first=Ernest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110050024/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/basementjaxx/albums/album/293598/review/5940499/kish_kash |archive-date=10 November 2007 |quote=New Wave treasure Siouxsie Sioux}}<br />{{citation |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=17 December 2004 |title=Sioux City; New-wave goddess Siouxsie Sioux led the way for kick-ass frontwomen with bold style. And the Queen Banshee is still wailing |first=Missy |last=Schwartz}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/pics-vids/happy-birthday-siouxsie-sioux-icon-of-new-wave-exotica-photos-22816823  |website=[[Hot Press]] |date=27 May 2020|title=Siouxsie Sioux: Icon of New Wave Exotica |first=Miguel |last=Ruiz |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>

They were also one of the first [[Alternative rock|alternative]] bands; music historian Peter Buckley pointed out that they were at "the very front of the alternative-rock scene".<ref>{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Buckley |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0 |publisher=Penguin Books |quote=Siouxsie and the Banshees began to build a wider audience and it was the vastly influential "Juju" (1981) that propelled them to the very front of the alternative-rock scene |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse}}</ref> In 1988, "Peek-a-Boo" was the first track to top the US [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock chart]] after ''Billboard'' launched this chart in the first week of September to list the most played songs on [[Modern rock|alternative]] and [[Campus radio|college]] radio stations.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 10 Billboard Chart Milestones |magazine=Billboard |page=17 |date=27 November 2004}}</ref> [[Simon Goddard]] wrote that the "Banshees - Mk II would become one of the biggest alternative pop groups of the 1980s".<ref name=Goddard/> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' described them as "alternative rockers" in 1991 when referring to their presence in the top 40 chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Blackwell, Mark |author2=Gerr, Jim |author3=Bernstein, Jonathan |title=The Year in Music |magazine=Spin |date=December 1991 |page=33|quote=Alternative rockers Siouxsie and the Banshees scored a top 40 hit with "Kiss Them for Me".}}</ref> Noting the band's participation in the first Lollapalooza festival, journalist Jim Gerr saw them as one of the "elements of the alternative rock community".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gerr|first=Jim |title=Artist of the Year: Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction |magazine=Spin |date=December 1991}}</ref> ''Mojo'' retrospectively presented them as one of "alternative rock's iconic groups".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/16575/siouxsie-sioux-lifts-lid-on-banshees-power-struggle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214153906/https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/16575/siouxsie-sioux-lifts-lid-on-banshees-power-struggle |archive-date=14 December 2017 |title=Siouxsie Sioux Lifts Lid On Banshees "Power Struggle" |website=Mojo |date=25 September 2014 |access-date=22 January 2015|quote=one of alternative rock's iconic groups}}</ref> 

When commenting on the lyrics of the first two Banshees albums, Severin said that they were about "madness, and childhood, and escaping suburbia, which are themes that hadn't been dealt with at all in rock music or pop music before".<ref>''Top Ten''. [[Channel 4]]. Air Date:5 February 2000.</ref>