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X-Ray Spex were an English punk rock band formed in 1976 in London. During their first incarnation (1976–1979), X-Ray Spex released five singles and one album. [ 1 ] Their 1977 single " Oh Bondage Up Yours! " and 1978 debut album Germfree Adolescents are widely acclaimed as classic punk releases.
1976–2011. Labels. Universal, EMI/Virgin, Future Noise Music. Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), [1][2] known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex.
Box office. 53,940 [1] Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché is a 2021 documentary film about Poly Styrene, the lead singer of X-Ray Spex. [2] Directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng, the film features Bell, Poly Styrene's daughter, exploring her mother's history and legacy through archival footage and interviews with her peers and fans. [3]
X-ray specs. X-ray specs or X-ray glasses are an American novelty item, purported to allow users to see through or into solid objects. In reality, the spectacles merely create an optical illusion; no X-rays are involved. The current paper version is sold under the name "X-Ray Spex"; a similar product is sold under the name "X-Ray Gogs".
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 reached No. 18 in November 1978. Upon release, the critics noted it was not all new ...
X-Ray Spex' instrumental lineup featured a saxophonist, unusual for a punk band. [7] What made the brass player particularly stand out was that she was a girl, Susan Whitby (known as Lora Logic), just 16 years old as of mid-1977. Band manager Falcon Stuart had helped convince Styrene that the presence of a second woman in the band would be a ...
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 Receiver. The album saw the return of saxophonist Lora Logic, sacked from the original incarnation of the ...
Saxophone. Website. www.essential-logic.co.uk. Lora Logic (born Susan Whitby c. 1960) is a British saxophonist, singer and songwriter from Wembley, London. [1] Logic was a founding member of London punk band X-Ray Spex, and wrote the saxophone parts for their debut album, Germfree Adolescents. [2] After leaving X-Ray Spex, Logic founded her own ...