He says James Hetfield and co. scalped ideas from the tape, which he left behind after being fired from the band in 1983 ...

The lead singer of Liverpool's pop titans is back on tour. He talks about being shunned over HIV, homophobia at the BBC - and ...

Born in 1957, the English civil registry still knows her as Susan Janet Ballion, but for the rest of the world, Siouxsie ...

If you think so, then the white goddess has a darker alter ego in her sister Dannii, an altogether more alarming figure – Parvati perhaps, her four arms flailing as she straddles a lion or tiger, her ...

The Irish band's third album saw them break America ... This was Siouxsie and drummer Budgie's tribal excursion, recorded in Hawaii and spawning a chart hit in Miss The Girl.

Lol adds: “Sadly, Budgie couldn’t make this tour, but my son Gray is taking time out of his band Topographies to perform my set with me. ‘Stranger’ will feature all five of the touring party playing ...

Atomic Rooster was made up of former members of The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. The British outfit was pretty ahead of its time, at least in terms of combining prog-rock with jazz and blues quite ...

We’re Just the Band.” If you don’t know Welsh power-trio Budgie’s name you may know their songs. In the late ‘80s, Metallica prominently covered two Budgie standouts: “Crash Course In ...

Budgerigars are some of the chattiest birds, and that is reflected in their brains. Budgie brains contain a map of vocal sounds, which is similar to that found in the human brain and has not been ...

not just in that band, but the innovative side project The Creatures. The Absence explores the pomp of the Banshees at the height of their commercial success, as well as the slow and painful decline, ...

Budgie, real name Peter Edward Clarke, first rose to public prominence as a member of Big in Japan and The Stilts, before joining Siouxsie and the Banshees. Initially, Clarke was only brought in to ...

"Budgie’s unique technique and musical sensitivity endeared ... "An insider’s account of life inside a band that left a legacy like no other, this is a book that hits as hard as its author did on ...