The seed which later flowered as Siouxsie and the Banshees was planted at a punk-rock festival in 1976 when a cadre of avid Sex Pistols fans fronted by Siouxsie Sioux, and backed on drums by Sid Vicious, put together a semi-improvised set featuring snippets of songs as disparate as Twist and Shout and Smoke on the Water. Evolving over the course of a decade, the band was influenced by glam-rock and psychedelia. The Banshees broke up in 1996, leaving Siouxsie and bandmate Budgie to record as The Creatures. A solo Siouxsie project is expected in 2007.