Tributes pour in for Siouxsie and the Banshees star who dies at the age of 69
Kenny Morris, who famously played drums in Siouxsie and the Banshees, has died at the age of 69. Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin. The Sex Pistols’ Sid Vicious played drums for the pair at their first gig and Kenny later asked if he could replace Sid, joining the pair on the drums, alongside guitarist John McKay. © RedfernsKenny, drummer with British New Wave band Siouxsie and the Banshees, in 1979 Music journalist John Robb, a longtime friend of Kenny, wrote a heartfelt tribute to Kenny for the publication Louder Than War, in which he called him “sweet, articulate, artistic and fascinating company, and his beautiful eccentricity was adorable”. His cause of death remains unknown. In recent years, Kenny has turned to art, with his paintings exhibited in Dublin, Ireland. According to John, he had also returned to music, and was playing for Dublin post-punk goth band Shrine Of The Vampyre. © RedfernsKenny (C) with Siouxsie and The Banshees “The last …
