John Valentine Carruthers

John Valentine Carruthers (born 1958 in Wortley, Yorkshire) is an English musician, guitarist and composer. He played with Clock DVA in the early 80's and then became the guitarist of Siouxsie and the Banshees in May 1984.

With the Banshees, he recorded The Thorn (EP) (1984), Tinderbox (1986) and Through the Looking Glass (1987) albums. He left the band in January 1987.

As Guitarist for The Banshees

 * The Thorn (EP)
 * Tinderbox
 * Through the Looking Glass
 * Voices On The Air: The Peel Sessions (1986)

Other Discography

 * Advantage (Clock DVA) 1983
 * The Cool Trane Is Here (Clock DVA) 1984
 * Liberty And A Thousand Faces 1989
 * The Ancients (The Ancients) 1991
 * Special (as John Carruthers) 1992
 * Wishing Well (Ten Wings) 1993
 * Crush (Crush) 1993
 * Mabused (The Mabuses) 2007