Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Passenger

What this video is

Released in March 1987 during the height of UK post-punk's commercial mainstreaming, 'The Passenger' video arrives at a pivotal moment: Siouxsie and the Banshees were one of the most critically respected acts in British alternative music, and Through the Looking Glass represented an artistic detour into cover versions that demonstrated the band's broad cultural literacy. The choice to cover Iggy Pop — whose 1977…

Why it matters

As a gothic post-punk artifact, this video represents the visual codification of a genre at its commercial apex. The dark, warm, high-saturation theatrical aesthetic became a template for goth and alternative music video production across the late 1980s. The cover of a proto-punk classic also…

The director

British music video director active primarily in the 1980s UK alternative and post-punk scene. Directed multiple early Depeche Mode videos including 'Just Can't Get Enough' (1981), 'Everything Counts' (1983), 'People Are People' (1984), and 'Master and…