Siouxsie and the Banshees: 10 of the best Unlike anything that had gone before, the Banshees hitched haunting music to mysterious, apocalyptic lyrics – and all but invented goth. "Spellbound" is a song by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Formed in the cauldron of early UK punk (Siouxsie Sioux was a member of The Bromley Contingent, the group of eccentric early Sex Pistols fans and Simon John Ritchie, a.k.a Sid Vicous, was the Banshees’ first drummer), Siouxsie and The Banshees went on to shape the course of post-punk and goth—influencing contemporaries like The Cure, U2, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Smiths and later … It was written by the group and co-produced with Nigel Gray.It was released in 1981 by record label Polydor as the first single from the band's fourth studio album, Juju Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band, formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.They have been widely influential, both over their contemporaries and with later acts. Mojo rated guitarist John McGeoch in their list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" for his work on "Spellbound". Find Siouxsie and the Banshees song information on AllMusic Today we unveil the results of Round 6 of our Slicing Up Eyeballs artist poll series, a ranking of all 176 songs officially released by goth/post-punk icons Siouxsie and the Banshees over the band’s decades-spanning career, from their debut single “Hong Kong Garden” in 1978 to the scattered once-unreleased tracks that have trickled out in the 2000s.