Pop Quiz: Siouxsie

Pop Quiz: Siouxsie

Aidin Vaziri | Siouxsie is cleaning house. After 30 years with the Banshees and the Creatures, she has dumped both bands, along with her drummer husband, Budgie, and set off on her own with a highly confessional solo album, "Mantaray." On the first single, "Into a Swan," the woman who schooled everyone from PJ Harvey to Karen O wails, "I feel a force I've never felt before." And for the first time ever, at 50, the high priestess of punk sounds like she's in a happy place. We called her up at her new home in the south of France, where she had just returned from a vacation.


Siouxsie
Q: You were just in Sri Lanka. What did you do?
A: I did safari. I went swimming. I did yoga.
Q: I'm sorry, but I'm having a hard time picturing you in scuba gear.
A: It was fabulous. It was nice to go somewhere exotic. I hadn't been on holiday in a long time.
Q: Aren't you constantly traveling the world?
A: Touring isn't a holiday. After 30 years, it must be in my system, but I hate the travel, especially now with all those bloody restrictions. I hate those terrorists making me pack my toiletries in my suitcase.
Q: Do you think that's the worst thing about terrorists?
A: That is the worst thing. I'm getting tendonitis from carrying my suitcase, it's so heavy. I used to be able to balance it out with the carry-on.
Q: Don't you have people to carry your bags for you?
A: I've got no slaves, unfortunately. Continue reading.