Funeral service of former Banshees drummer to take place in Cork 

Kenny Morris was the original drummer with Siouxsie and the Banshees, and had been resident in Cork for many years 

Late Cork resident Kenny Morris (on right), pictured in 1979 with his fellow members of Siouxsie and the Banshees; from left, Steve  Severin, John McKay, and Siouxsie Sioux. (Picture:  Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images)

The funeral of Kenny Morris, former drummer with punk icons Siouxsie and the Banshees, is to take place in Cork, the city where he has been living since 2010. The 68-year-old resident of Madden’s Buildings in Blackpool passed away at the Mercy University Hospital in Cork last week after a short illness.

Morris was born and raised in Essex to Irish parents, and became immersed in the punk scene in London when the rebellious genre exploded in the latter half of the 1970s. After a brief stint in a band with Sid Vicious, the teenager joined Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1977. As well as their first session for the BBC’s John Peel, Morris’s unorthodox tom-tom-focused style can also be heard on early classics such as Hong Kong Garden (also legendary producer Steve Lillywhite's first hit).