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Siouxsie: Mantaray

James Hunter, The Village Voice, 25 September 2007

ON HER RECENT Out of the Woods, Tracey Thorn, singing about artists who awed her early on, mentions "Bobby D in '63". But she also namechecks Siouxsie Sioux, the suburban English girl who rose up from Sex Pistols fandom during the late '70s to front Siouxsie and the Banshees, that unique trio of assault and strings, punk and poise.

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