Former X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene has passed away aged 53. Poly – real name Marian Joan Elliott-Said – was diagnosed with cancer in February, but still released the solo album Generation Indigo in ...

Punk icon Poly Styrene, former X-Ray Spex singer, dies aged 53 Punk singer Poly Styrene, former singer with the X-Ray Spex, has died at the age of 53 after suffering from cancer. She was one of the ...

The 12 near-perfect songs on “Germfree Adolescents,” the 1978 debut album by X-Ray Spex, clock in at just over a half hour, but the shock waves they detonated keep rippling out 44 years later. One of ...

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The Quietus is deeply saddened to learn that Poly Styrene, singer with the X-Ray Spex, has been diagnosed with cancer. A statement has been issued, which says: "It comes as a huge shock to all those ...

Of all the strange blooms to flourish in the wake of the Sex Pistols’ first tour across the infernal English summer of 1976, the boldest and brightest was Poly Styrene. A mixed-race child of a ...

In 2016, five years after the death of Poly Styrene—the punk legend and trailblazing frontwoman of the short-lived but fiercely beloved band X-Ray Spex—her daughter, Celeste Bell, finally received the ...

In this new documentary, Poly Styrene’s daughter grapples tenderly with the legacy of her punk rock mother. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...

Celeste Bell, the daughter of X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene, opens her documentary “Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche” with a simple question: Was her punk rock icon mother a good parent? It comes as no ...

“3 July 1976, Hastings Pier. It’s my birthday and I’ll party if I want to.” Marianne Joan Elliott-Said is attending a Sex Pistols gig on her 19th birthday. “I stand centre point in an almost empty ...

At the beginning of the documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, Celeste Bell, the daughter of former X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene, says: “My mother was a punk rock icon. People often asked me if ...

X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene has cancer. The punk icon - real name Marian Joan Elliott-Said - revealed she is battling the illness on her website and is currently undergoing treatment. A statement ...