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Spex appeal

WHEN Lora Logic first met Poly Styrene, everything was magic. Lora, a 15-year-old sax player, had answered a small ad which said “young punks wanted”. She was greeted by the singer, who was about to become the face of first-generation punks X-Ray Spex. “We were even wearing the same clothes when I knocked on her door, which no-one else wore,” says Lora. “We thought

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