| Poly Styrene - X-Ray Spex |
POLY STYRENE (MARION ELLIOT)
1957-2011
Really sad news hits the punk world as we lose yet
another outstanding female artist. Poly Styrene (53)
former lead singer with X-Ray Spex whose 1977
punk anthem 'Oh Bondage Up Yours' 45 ignited a
whole generation of dis-enchated youth lost her
battle to fight Cancer.
Poly peacefully passed away in her sleep on 26th
April, 2011 shortly after releasing her new solo
album 'Generation Indigo' in March 2011.
Poly was admitted to St Michael's Hospice, East
Sussex, diagnosed with spine and breast cancer.
She will be sadly missed by her mother, daughter,
friends and, not least, her fans.
Some people think little girls should be seen and
not heard, but I think Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex
should be compulsory audio. Lead singer Poly
Styrene in case you didn't already know had the
strongest female vocal to erupt from the punk
scene since it first kicked up a fuss in the late 70's.
Her aural power could literally strip paint, shudder
yer speakers from their moorings and rip Consumer
Society to shreds in an after thought. X-Ray Spex
are a classic illustration on how diverse punk rock
can be with creative songs that were so modern
lyrically speaking when they were first penned in
'77, it now seems almost prophetic when heard over 30 years later. What makes Poly even more of an
appealing commodity than say Siouxsie or Arri, is the warmth and wit of her composing and singing.
Powerful, vulnerable and downright fucking rockin! She wasn't a blueprint ice queen or a screeching
vamp; she was an unworldly, futuristic innocence abroad in a wicked world, but armed with an equally
wicked imagination and will be sadly missed.
Poly Styrene (1957-2011)
Peter Don't Care (April 2011)
1957-2011
Really sad news hits the punk world as we lose yet
another outstanding female artist. Poly Styrene (53)
former lead singer with X-Ray Spex whose 1977
punk anthem 'Oh Bondage Up Yours' 45 ignited a
whole generation of dis-enchated youth lost her
battle to fight Cancer.
Poly peacefully passed away in her sleep on 26th
April, 2011 shortly after releasing her new solo
album 'Generation Indigo' in March 2011.
Poly was admitted to St Michael's Hospice, East
Sussex, diagnosed with spine and breast cancer.
She will be sadly missed by her mother, daughter,
friends and, not least, her fans.
Some people think little girls should be seen and
not heard, but I think Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex
should be compulsory audio. Lead singer Poly
Styrene in case you didn't already know had the
strongest female vocal to erupt from the punk
scene since it first kicked up a fuss in the late 70's.
Her aural power could literally strip paint, shudder
yer speakers from their moorings and rip Consumer
Society to shreds in an after thought. X-Ray Spex
are a classic illustration on how diverse punk rock
can be with creative songs that were so modern
lyrically speaking when they were first penned in
'77, it now seems almost prophetic when heard over 30 years later. What makes Poly even more of an
appealing commodity than say Siouxsie or Arri, is the warmth and wit of her composing and singing.
Powerful, vulnerable and downright fucking rockin! She wasn't a blueprint ice queen or a screeching
vamp; she was an unworldly, futuristic innocence abroad in a wicked world, but armed with an equally
wicked imagination and will be sadly missed.
Poly Styrene (1957-2011)
Peter Don't Care (April 2011)
