X-Ray Spex were an English

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band formed in 1976 in

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. During their first incarnation (1976–1979), X-Ray Spex released five singles and one album. Their 1977 single "

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" and 1978 debut album ''

Germfree Adolescents ''Germfree Adolescents'' is the 1978 debut album of English punk rock band X-Ray Spex. It contained the UK hit singles "The Day the World Turned Dayglo" (No. 23 in April 1978), "Identity" (No. 24 in July 1978) and "Germ Free Adolescents" which re ...

'' are widely acclaimed as classic punk releases. The band has briefly reformed several times in the 1990s and 2000s.

Career

Initially, the band featured singer

Poly Styrene Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She was recognized as rock's original Riot grrrl, t ...

(born Marion Joan Elliott-Said, alternatively spelled Marian or Marianne) on vocals,

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(Jack Stafford) on guitars, Paul Dean on bass, Paul 'B. P.' Hurding on drums, and

Lora Logic Lora Logic (born Susan Whitby 1960) is a British saxophonist, singer and songwriter from Wembley, London. Logic was a founding member of London punk band X-Ray Spex, and wrote the saxophone parts for their debut album, '' Germfree Adolescents ...

(born Susan Whitby) on saxophone. This last instrument was an atypical addition to the standard punk instrumental line-up, and became one of the group's most distinctive features. Logic played on only one of the band's records. As she was only fifteen, playing saxophone was a hobby and she left the band to complete her education. 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, Styrene had released a

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single for GTO Records in 1976, "Silly Billy", which had not charted. Born in 1957 in

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, Kent, to a Somali father and a British mother, Poly Styrene became the group's public face, and remains one of the most memorable front-women to emerge from the punk movement. Unorthodox in appearance, she wore thick braces on her teeth and once stated that "I said that I wasn't a

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and that if anybody tried to make me one I'd shave my head tomorrow". She later actually did at

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's flat prior to a concert at Victoria Park. Mark Paytress recounts in the

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for the 2002 compilation, ''The Anthology'', that

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, Rotten's longtime friend and bassist for his

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venture PiL, once described Styrene as a "strange girl who often talked of

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. She freaked John out." Rotten, known more for his outspoken dislikes and disdain than for praise and admiration, said of X-Ray Spex in a retrospective punk documentary, "Them, they came out with a sound and attitude and a whole energy—it was just not relating to anything around it—''superb''." Styrene was inspired to form a band by seeing the Sex Pistols in

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and, through their live performances, she and X-Ray Spex became one of the most talked about acts on the infant punk scene. The band played twice at the punk club The Roxy during its first 100 days. In March, the band played with The Drones and Chelsea. In April, they shared the bill with the

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, and

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. Their first Roxy gig was only their second live appearance. It was recorded and their anthem "

" was included on the influential ''

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'' album. Styrene was nineteen years old at the time of the recording. The publicity from this gig led to a "near residency", particularly on Sunday nights, at 'The Man in the Moon' pub,

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, Chelsea, and record label interest. In late September 1977, a studio recording of "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" was released as a single. Today, the 45 is regarded as their most enduring artefact, both as a piece of music and as a sort of proto-grrrl

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. Opening with the spoken/screamed line, "Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard but I think—''oh, bondage, up yours!''", the song could be interpreted as a premonition of the

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movement 15 years later, although Styrene herself insists it was more intended as an

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jingle, and was not exclusively

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in nature. Lora Logic left the band aged 16 in late 1977 to form a new group called

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. She was replaced on saxophone, first temporarily by John Glyn (who later joined

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's band), and then permanently by Rudi Thompson (also known as Steve Rudi). In November 1978, the band released their debut album. With the exception of "Identity", which was partially based on Styrene witnessing

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member Tracie O'Keefe slash her wrists in the restroom of the Roxy, the rest of ''Germfree Adolescents'' dealt with the anti consumerist theme. Indeed, ''

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'' newspaper described the album as containing "unrivalled anti-consumerism anthems". X-Ray Spex played at 'Front Row Festival', a three-week event at the

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in late November and early December 1977. This resulted in the band's inclusion, alongside the likes of

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, the Saints,

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, and

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, on a double album of recordings from the festival. Then, in February 1978, before the release of their second single, X-Ray Spex recorded the first of two sessions for

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. Their profile was further enhanced by playing a fortnight's residency at New York's

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's, even though the album ''Germ Free Adolescents'' was not released in America until 1992. On 30 April 1978, the band appeared at the

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gig at Victoria Park,

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. Also on the bill were

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and

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. Later in the year, to promote the album, X-Ray Spex embarked on their first, and only, full UK tour. Exhausted by touring, Poly Styrene left the band in mid 1979. Footage of her performing with the band was later included in the 1980 film, '' DOA''. She released a solo album, ''Translucence'', before joining the

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movement (as did Logic, after she left the band). Without Styrene, the group lost its momentum and split up. Hurding and Airport went on to form

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, while Paul Dean and Rudi Thompson went on to form

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with Anthony "Tex" Doughty, who would later become a founding member of

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. The first incarnation of X-Ray Spex existed from mid-1976 to 1979, during which time they released five singles—"Oh Bondage Up Yours!", "Identity", "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo", "Germfree Adolescents", and "Highly Inflammable"—and one album, ''

''. One retrospective review described the singles as "not only riveting examples of high-energy punk, but contained provocative, thoughtful lyrics berating the urban synthetic fashions of the 70s and urging individual expression". The same reviewer in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' sums up the band's 1970s contribution as "one of the most inventive, original and genuinely exciting groups to emerge during the punk era".

Reformation

In 1988, Poly Styrene, Jak Airport, Mick Sweeney and Lora Logic reformed the band with no drummer. They then decided to bring in Paul Merron who had a sequencer, small studio set up and fx who provided drum loops and played keyboards and co-produced demos with Jak. They rehearsed in Oxted at Poly's home writing and arranging and then went into Nomis studios in Olympia London prior to a planned trip to India to shoot video and recording session in Florence. Unfortunately during this period, Jak was knocked off his bike by a truck on way to the Beeb and seriously broke his arm. Then after a period of 8 months with the band Paul was asked to not only play in the band but also be their video director then also to manage them too. This seemed unrealistic so he left and went to live in Crete pursuing his other passions of photography and scuba diving. In 1991, X-Ray Spex reformed for a surprise sell-out gig at the

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, where Poly appeared in a blue foam dress with an army helmet (to her regret). The group reformed again in 1995 with Styrene, Dean and Logic joined by

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(as 'Red Spectre') and

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(as 'Pauli OhAirt') to release a new album ''Conscious Consumer''. Although heralded as the first in a trilogy, the album was not a commercial success. Styrene later explained that touring and promotional work suffered an abrupt end when she was run over by a fire engine in central London, suffering a fractured pelvis. The following year X-Ray Spex played at the 20th Anniversary of Punk Festival in Blackpool minus Poly Styrene, overcoming her last-minute decision to withdraw by recruiting a replacement female singer named Poly Filla. The band disbanded, but later releases include a compilation of the group's early records, a live album, and an anthology of all the aforementioned. Jak Airport later worked for the BBC's corporate and public relations department under his real name, Jack Stafford; he died on 13 August 2004 of cancer. On 28 April 2008, Poly Styrene gave a performance of "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" in front of more than 10,000 people at the Love Music Hate Racism free concert in Victoria Park, East London. The band including original bass player Paul Dean, played what was described as a raucous comeback gig and in front of an audience of 3,000 full at

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in London on 6 September 2008. The gig consisted of ''Germfree Adolescents'' in its entirety, with the exception of "Plastic Bag". Styrene and Dean were joined by guitarist Mark Saxby, drummer Sid Truelove and saxophonist Dave Flash Wright at the gig. A DVD and CD of the Roundhouse performance was released in November 2009 on the Year Zero Label by Future Noise Music.

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, working as Concrete Jungle Productions, with Poly Styrene, produced the live show at Camden Roundhouse in 2008. Poly Styrene died of spinal and

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on 25 April 2011 in East Sussex, England, at the age of 53.

Documentary and biography

Styrene is the subject of a documentary '' Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché''. The documentary was directed by Paul Sng, and was co-written by Styrene's daughter, Celeste Bell (who also narrates), and author

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. The documentary comes in conjunction with the 40-year anniversary of ''Germfree Adolescents''. Bell said, "This film will be a celebration of the life and work of my mother, an artist who deserves to be recognized as one of the greatest front women of all time; a little girl with a big voice whose words are more relevant than ever". Bell and Howe have co-written a biography about Styrene. The book titled ''Day Glo: The Poly Styrene Story'' was released in the United States in September 2019.

Members

– lead vocals (1976–1979, 1995–1996, 2008) * Paul Dean – bass (1976–1979, 1995–1996, 2008) *

– guitar (1976–1979) * B.P. Hurding – drums (1976–1979) *

– saxophone (1976–1977, 1995–1996) * Rudi Thompson – saxophone (1977–1979) * Paul Merron - Synth & Drum programming (1988) * Red Spectre – guitar (1995–1996) * Pauli OhAirt – drums (1995–1996) * Mark Saxby – guitar (2008) * Sid Truelove – drums (2008) * Dave Flash Wright – saxophone (2008)

Discography

Albums

* ''

'' (November 1978:

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International, INT 3023) – No. 30

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, No. 56 AUS * ''

Conscious Consumer ''Conscious Consumer'' is the second and final studio album by English punk rock band X-Ray Spex, the first new material recorded by the band in seventeen years. It was recorded in 1995 and released in September of that year by record label Recei ...

'' (October 1995: Receiver)

Live

* ''Live at the Roxy'' (March 1991: Receiver, RRCD 140); live recordings from 1977 * ''Live @ the Roundhouse London 2008'' (November 2009: Year Zero, YZCDDVD01); CD and DVD of live recordings from September 2008

Compilation

* ''Let's Submerge: The Anthology'' (2006: Castle Music CMEDD1378); 2 CD Compilation

Singles

* "

" / "I Am a Cliché" (September 1977:

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, VS 189); also released as a

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(VS 189–12) * "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo" / "I Am a Poseur" (March 1978: EMI International, INT 553) – No. 23 UK singles chart * "Identity" / "Let's Submerge" (July 1978: EMI International, INT 563) – No. 24 UK * "Germfree Adolescence" / "Age" (October 1978: EMI International, INT 573) – No. 19 UK * "Highly Inflammable" / "Warrior in Woolworths" (April 1979: EMI International, INT 583) – No. 45 UK

Appearances on various artist compilations (selective)

Listing of those various artist compilation albums mentioned in the text of the main article: * "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" featured on ''

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'' (24 June 1977:

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SHSP4069) – No. 24

Reference notes

References

External links

Official website
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