X-Ray Spex
1,035,860 plays (94,880 listeners)
(1976 – 1979, 2008 – present)
X-Ray Spex’s other distinctive musical element was Poly Styrene’s voice, which has been variously described as “effervescently discordant” and “powerful enough to drill holes through sheet metal”. As Mari Elliot, Poly had released a reggae single for GTO Records in 1976, “Silly Billy”, which had not charted. Born in 1957 in Brixton, London, of Somali-English parentage, Poly Styrene became the group’s public face, and remains one of the most memorable front-women to emerge from the punk movement. Not conventionally attractive, she wore braces on her teeth and once stated that “If anybody tried to make me a sex symbol I would shave my head tomorrow”.
X-Ray Spex existed from mid-1976 to 1979, during which time they released five singles - “Oh Bondage, Up Yours”, “
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Identity
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Oh Bondage Up Yours!
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I Am A Poseur
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Obsessed With You
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Art-i-ficial
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I Can't Do Anything
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I Live Off You
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Genetic Engineering
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Let's Submerge
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Warrior In Woolworths
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The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
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I Am A Cliche
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Highly Inflammable
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Plastic Bag
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Age
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ectoplasmic tagged X-Ray Spex with ‘77 punk’. 6 hours ago
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