On 21 April 1986, Siouxsie & The Banshees released their seventh studio album, Tinderbox. It was the band's first full-length effort recorded with then-new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers.
PopMatters included it on their list of the "12 essential alternative rock albums from the 1980s", and alternative rock artists including Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle, Jean-Benoît Dunckel of Air and Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, have cited it as an inspiration.