{"product_id":"9781501321863","title":"Siouxsie and the Banshees' Peepshow","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the stark aftermath of the UK's most devastating storm since 1703, Siouxsie and the Banshees convened in a 17th-century mansion in the deracinated English countryside to write their ninth studio album, \u003ci\u003ePeepshow\u003c\/i\u003e. On November 5th, the band broke from preproduction for Bonfire Night festivities. As fireworks exploded into the sky, the bonfire procession marched a fifteen-foot Guy Fawkes effigy toward the colossal fire. Sioux later recalled, 'It was as if we were doing the whole thing on the set of \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritically confined to rock's \u003ci\u003etoo hard basket\u003c\/i\u003e, Siouxsie and the Banshees were always an awkward musical fit, shoehorned into punk history as 'also rans' then lazily mislabeled post-punk 'goths.' In a last-ditch attempt to resurrect their flailing career, the self-proclaimed 'non-musicians' recruited a classically trained cellist to embellish their modern, experimental soundscapes. Subsequently, in creating a record akin to a Hollywood film score, the Banshees 'broke America,' were adopted into the US alt-rock canon and scored a Billboard number-one hit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarring Roger Corman, Bernard Herrmann, Walt Disney, and Louise Brooks, also featuring Hammer Horror and Hitchcock, \u003ci\u003ePeepshow \u003c\/i\u003eis the soundtrack to all the films Siouxsie and the Banshees ever saw. Or it might have been the soundtrack to the greatest film they never made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028929626352,"sku":"9781501321863","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501321863_p0.jpg?v=1763707470","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501321863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}