196: Budgie (The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees, The Creatures, John Grant, etc.)

Budgie has the rare ability to metabolize influences ranging from
taiko to dub, from gamelan to punk to Indian classical, all into
a singular, uniquely fiery artistic identity. His poetic sense of
rhythm has graced recordings by a range of iconic artists, but he
is perhaps known for his partnership with Siouxsie Sioux. Budgie
tells Joe about: a strange sense of freedom after losing his
mother at a young age; his youthful attempts at abstract
expressionism; why he thinks of music in visual terms; making a
secret wax effigy of Siouxsie Sioux; working with The Banshees,
The Creatures, The Slits, The Indigo Girls, and John Grant;
hiding from his feelings and eventually—through sobriety—coming
to terms with himself; and falling in and out of love.