In the November 2026 issue of Uncut – in shops now and available to buy here – Siouxsie Sioux returns with her first major interview in more than a decade, joining fellow founder Steven Severin for expansive new interviews that chart the history, evolution and enduring legacy of Siouxsie And The Banshees.
Coinciding with both the 50th anniversary of the band’s legendary debut at London’s 100 Club Punk Festival and the reissue of their acclaimed B-sides collection Downside Up, the interviews find Sioux and Severin reflecting on creativity, reinvention, artistic survival and a body of work that continues to resonate half a century after the band’s beginnings.
But while Downside Up provides the starting point, the conversations quickly range far beyond the B-sides themselves.
For Sioux, looking back on the band’s history has prompted thoughts about the future, too. The singer reveals she has recently spent time back in the studio and is once again focusing on writing new material, though she remains characteristically cautious about discussing exactly what form that work might take.
Returning to songwriting has brought its own challenges. Reflecting on the Banshees’ prolific years, when recording, touring and writing seemed to flow seamlessly into one another, Sioux admits that rediscovering those creative instincts requires perseverance.
“When you’re doing it all the time, the muscle gets very well used,” she says. “When you stop doing it as much, it’s really easy to get rusty.”
Elsewhere, Sioux discusses the importance of remaining creatively independent, a principle that has guided her throughout her career.
“What I do like is being absolutely autonomous,” she explains. “After this journey, it could only be that way.”
The theme of constant reinvention runs throughout our cover story. Looking back across the Banshees’ many incarnations, Sioux argues that the upheavals that might have derailed other groups often became opportunities to reshape and redefine the band’s identity.
“I always want to be moving forwards,” she says. “But there’s always that link to your past.”
That sentiment is echoed by Severin, who revisitx the band’s famously unconventional approach to recording. Discussing the material collected on Downside Up, he recalls how many songs emerged from spontaneous studio experiments, tape loops, soundchecks and last-minute ideas created under pressure.
“The shackles were off,” he says of the Banshees’ B-sides. “It didn’t matter what we put on them because we didn’t have to reproduce it live.”
The feature also finds Severin reflecting on the group’s origins, including the chaotic circumstances surrounding their famous 100 Club debut in September 1976 and the unlikely sequence of events that transformed a one-off performance into one of the most distinctive careers in British music.
Together, the interviews paint a portrait of a band that consistently refused to stand still. Whether discussing punk, psychology, cinema, folklore, songwriting or the revolving cast of musicians who passed through the group’s ranks, Sioux and Severin present a narrative defined not by nostalgia but by change.
Looking back at the Banshees’ remarkable catalogue, Sioux suggests the process of re-evaluation remains essential.
“Reappraising it. Re-evaluating it. It’s a great thing to do,” she says. “Otherwise it would be like being on a treadmill.”
Read the full cover story in the November 2026 issue of Uncut, in shops sale now!
Downside Upis available topre-order nowand will be released on November 20 via Polydor/UMR.