Siouxsie Medley
{{Short description|American musician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Siouxsie Medley
| alias =
| image = Siouxsie Wikimedia.PNG
| image_size =
| caption = Onstage with Dead Sara
| birth_name = Susan Mae Elizabeth Medley
| birth_date = November 20, 1987
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California
| origin = Los Angeles, California
| instruments = Guitar
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 2004–present
| label =
| associated_acts = Dead Sara
| website =
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Susan Mae Elizabeth Medley, is an American musician, artist, and actress from Los Angeles, California. She is best known as the lead guitarist for Dead Sara, a band she founded with Emily Armstrong in 2005.
Early years
Born in Los Angeles to Stan Medley and Sandra Sherman, Medley was raised by her father after her parents separated. Medley's interest in music began at age 9 when she started practicing on a Fender Telecaster owned by her nanny, Dexy Valentine of the band Magic Wands. She then used two years’ worth of saved allowances to purchase her own guitar, a Fender Squier, at age 11.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theowlmag.com/features/exclusive-interview-dead-sara/|title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Dead Sara}}
Medley started acting at age 12 when she won a part in an international commercial. The commercial played mostly in Europe and Medley became a SAG actress as a result. She was pursuing an acting career until she met Emily Armstrong in 2002 and the two began writing songs together.
Dead Sara
Medley and Armstrong first performed live in March 2005 at The Mint nightclub in Los Angeles, under the name Epiphany.{{cite web|title=Interview: Dead Sara Lead Singer Emily Armstrong - Technorati Music|url=http://technorati.com/entertainment/music/article/interview-dead-sara-lead-singer-emily/|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114085152/http://technorati.com/entertainment/music/article/interview-dead-sara-lead-singer-emily/|archivedate=January 14, 2012|accessdate=January 8, 2015}} Later that year they changed their band's name to Dead Sara as a reference to the Fleetwood Mac song "Sara" and its lyric "...said Sara", sometimes heard as "dead Sara". Armstrong and Medley have cited Stevie Nicks, who wrote "Sara", as a primary influence.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ssgmusic.com/interview-siouxsie-medley-and-emily-armstrong-of-dead-sara/|title=Interview: Siouxsie Medley and Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara|first=Jessica|last=Kaminski|date=April 25, 2012}}
Dead Sara has since released three full-length albums and several EPs, most recently Temporary Things Taking Up Space in 2018.{{Citation|title=Temporary Things Taking Up Space – Dead Sara {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/temporary-things-taking-up-space-mw0003186580|language=en-us|access-date=April 30, 2020}}
Accolades
In 2012, Medley was the only woman among the 10 finalists for the Loudwire rock guitarist of the year award.{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/guitarist-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/|title=Guitarist of the Year – 2012 Loudwire Music Awards|author=Loudwire Staff|website=Loudwire}} As of 2017, Medley is the only female guitarist ever named as a guitarist of the year finalist in the Loudwire annual awards.{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/best-guitarist-of-2013-3rd-annual-loudwire-music-awards/|title=Best Guitarist of 2013 – 3rd Annual Loudwire Music Awards|author=Loudwire Staff|website=Loudwire}}{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/best-guitarist-2014-4th-annual-loudwire-music-awards/|title=Best Guitarist of 2014 – 4th Annual Loudwire Music Awards|author=Loudwire Staff|website=Loudwire}}{{Cite web|title=Best Guitarist of 2015 – 5th Annual Loudwire Music Awards|url=http://loudwire.com/best-guitarist-of-2015-5th-annual-loudwire-music-awards/|website=Loudwire|language=en|access-date=October 2, 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Vote for the Best Guitarist – 6th Annual Loudwire Music Awards|url=http://loudwire.com/vote-best-guitarist-6th-annual-loudwire-music-awards/|website=Loudwire|language=en|access-date=October 2, 2018}}{{Cite news|title=Complete list of winners of the 2017 Loudwire Music Awards|language=en-US|work=AXS|url=https://www.axs.com/complete-list-of-winners-of-the-2017-loudwire-music-awards-124626|access-date=October 2, 2018}}
Medley composed the artwork for the Dead Sara single "Heart Shaped Box",{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/thedeadicated/10683714454/|title=Dead Sara Heart Shaped Box|date=November 4, 2013|via=Flickr}} which Sony Computer Entertainment commissioned for the cover of its Infamous Second Son video game.{{cite web |url=http://navgtr.org/winners |title=Winners | National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Corporation |publisher=Navgtr.org |date=February 16, 2015 |accessdate=March 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626105443/http://navgtr.org/winners |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
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