Budgie, the drummer for Siouxsie and the Banshees, announces his memoir titled 'The Absence: The Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer', to be released in June by White Rabbit. The memoir chronicles Clarke's experiences in the British post-punk movement of the late 1970s and early '80s, detailing his collaborations with various artists and his tumultuous relationship with Siouxsie Sioux. Clarke describes the act of writing as both traumatic and cathartic, expressing his apprehensions about publishing while receiving an outpouring of love and empathy in response to his reflections.
"Damned if you do, denied if you don't. To remember, revisit and to write, was traumatic and cathartic. To be published? Terrifying!"
"I prepared my apologies, and anticipated rejection. I received mostly love, understanding, and affection. To those still hurting from the way things were, I can only empathise and offer a prayer."
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