Poly Styrene obituary

One of the punk era's original talents who fronted the band X-Ray SpexIt did not take long for the punk rock movement of the 1970s to lose its creative impetus and lapse into tedious repetition, but Poly Styrene, who has died of cancer aged 53, remained one of the era's true original talents. She became a flamboyant feminist punk icon through her work with her band X-Ray Spex, and she continued to carve a boldly idiosyncratic path in both her subsequent solo recordings and her lifestyle.She was ...

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