YMMV / Siouxsie and the Banshees

• Awesome Music: Oh so much
  • "Scarecrow". Especially the ending.
  • "Rhapsody", the way it just builds and builds to a massive climax.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Siouxsie's refusal to apologize for wearing swastikas early in her career hits differently in a decade where fascism, domestic terrorism, and white supremacist groups are on the rise both in the UK and abroad.
• Moe: Some may find her look to be a bit too out there, but it's hard to deny that Siouxsie's petite frame, messy hair◊ and rather cute face in the earlier days definitely fits this trope.
• Moment of Awesome: Siouxsie's very first gig. She was attending the 100 Club Punk Special on 20 September 1976 with her friend Steve Severin, when one of the other bands pulled out at the last minute. Although she and Severin hadn't actually formed a band, and didn't even have any songs, Siouxsie went up the promoter and asked if they could perform. They went onstage with a scratch guitarist and drummer and just...played, for 20 minutes, while Siouxsie did her trademark full-throated vocal over the top. It was, by most accounts, riveting: Viv Albertine of The Slits was blown away that Siouxsie had the balls to go up and do a set without ever having made the slightest preparation (such as actually writing a song beforehand).
• Sophomore Slump: Join Hands has this reputation, coming after their acclaimed debut and just before the popular New Sound Album Kaleidoscope, and gets overshadowed by both as a result. It doesn't help that it's generally considered their weakest album due to a second side that is nearly entirely full of Filler and failed experiments.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: "O Baby" is that rare thing, a Banshees song that's actually happy.
• Values Dissonance: Siouxsie Sioux's name at the time was just a play on the Soux Nation's name, but in the 21st century where any cultural appropriation of Indeginous culture is scrutinised, such a wordplay seems rather insensitive.

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