On September 20th, 1976 singer Siouxsie Sioux, and bassist Steven Severin asked Malcom McClauren if they could replace an act that had been scheduled to play the 100 Club Punk Festival but canceled last minute. This was a chance to open for the headliner that night—Sex Pistols—who inspired Severin and Sioux to start a band.
But in fact, they did not even have a band yet, and borrowed a pre-Pistols Sid Vicious on drums and pre-Adam and the Ants Marco Pirroni on guitar, and performed a set that consisted of a 20-minute improvisation based on The Lord’s Prayer.
And here is an interview recounting the 100 Club Punk Festival gig below:
Poetry won’t feed the hungry; songs won’t stop the war That painting’s doing nothing to combat global warmth But in…
Walking in the summer soil, so disruptive, waking them up Leaving with entrusted force Feel the darkness trimming the soul…
Nébuleuse est la Route Personne ne s’en doute Les longues journées d’été Et les rires étouffés A path unfolds like…
Producer Brian Fox and Nadia Garofalo found their rhythm in chaos, carving songs from the sharp edges of experimental synths…
Everybody is hiding all the things that hurt I will share my light through the screen, no more We bury…
My prayer is to linger with you At the end of the day in a dream that's divine My prayer…