About Steven Severin
Steven John Bailey, known as Steven Severin, is an English songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He was the bassist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees which he co-founded in 1976. He was also the co-founder of the short-lived band the Glove in 1983. He took the name "Severin" from the Leopold von Sacher-Masoch character who is mentioned in the Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs". After the split of Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1996, Severin created his own label RE: and released several instrumental albums via his official website. In the late 2000s and the early 2010s, he regularly performed live in solo, playing music over footage of silent films. He was a full contributor to the band's musical output from the first release: the B-side "Voices" to the top 10 single "Hong Kong Garden" was a Severin lyric. On a Sunday afternoon in 1971, he discovered German rock band Can thanks to a schoolfriend's elder brother who was in the army and was stationed in Hamburg.
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