X-Ray Spex
Jan 05, 2021
3 minutes
Words: Jo Kendall
fan and pop producer Mickie Most as “a punk ABBA”, London band X-Ray Spex were led by the singular singer-songwriter Marianne Elliott-Said – aka Poly Styrene – who’d seen the Sex Pistols play Hastings Pier on her 18th birthday and was compelled to advertise in the music press for some “Young Punx Who Want To Stick It Together”. A self-styled disposable, plastic popstar, Styrene soon became a role model with her Pop Art designs,
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