Historically a banshee was female, lived somewhere in your house, kept herself well wrapped up, and wailed tunelessly to foretell a death. Like trolls, banshees have had to adapt to the 21st century and through the ages they've managed to find their niche in the music industry. Banshees first started to pop up in bands of the 80's where all that pale make up and black lacy clothing was a blessing in disguise.

Nowadays you are more likely to find them in the boy- and girl- bands of today. Yes, that's right, they've stood up for women's rights and decided that just because they're not boys, it doesn't mean that they can't be in a boy band.