Poly Styrene, rock's original riot grrrl, plans to bondage up Christmas

X-Ray Spex singer – a cult figure revered by Kathleen Hanna, Kim Gordon and Karen O – is making an timely comebackBack in 1978, if you were into punk, you wore safety pins, bondage trousers and a snarl. Or at least, you did – unless you were Poly Styrene. The frontwoman of short-lived punk dynamos X-Ray Spex, a TV appearance in that year saw her dressed head-to-toe in turquoise, complete with braces on her teeth and fluoro scarf in her hair.X-Ray Spex's debut album, Germfree Adolescents â€...

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