Siouxsie Sioux Quotes
It's funny: now we're starting to do interviews, we've just begun to understand what we're doing, whereas before, without doing interviews, we never really thought about motives.
Paytress, Mark. Siouxsie & the Banshees: The Authorised Biography. Sanctuary, 2003, p. 72.
At that time the Republican Party was beholden to the religious right and advocated using the power of the government to control individual personal lifestyles and sexual behavior. They were particularly harsh against homosexuality and underage premarital sex. One of the Republican Congressmen, Mark Foley, had a sexual yen for some of the male Congressional pages and sent them very provocative e-mails and made other advances. Complaints had been made to the Republican leadership of the House but they chose to cover it up rather than risk a national scandal. Although they delayed the public exposure till after the 2006 elections, when the story broke, the Republicans were castigated not only for their errant Congressman but their failure to protect the Congressional pages from their sexually aggressive party colleague.
Susan Janet Ballion, known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux, is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She is best known as the lead singer of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976–1996). They released 11 studio albums and had several UK Top 20 singles including "Hong Kong Garden", "Happy House", "Peek-a-Boo", plus a US Billboard Top 25 hit "Kiss Them for Me".
