Poly Styrene R.I.P. 1957 – 2011

The rumors are now being confirmed, Marian Joan Elliott-Said, better known as Poly Styrene, the voice of the X-Ray Spex, has died. She announced in February that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, then in March released a critically acclaimed album called Generation Indigo.

I have not heard the new album yet, but the X-Ray Spex' Germ Free Adolescents is a groundbreaking classic by any definition. The voice of Poly Styrene, though trained for opera, will forever be remembered for it's seductive ferocity. The X-Ray Spex formed in 1976, placing them in the first wave of British punk, with Poly Styrene as an archetype among archetypes.

R.I.P.

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