Subject: …and we mourn the loss of yet another great…
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/04/poly_styrene_obituary_x_ray_spex.php#more
The day before her new album came out in the States, too…
– Andrew Hamlin
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Thanks Andy. I heard them play several X-Ray Spex songs on KEXP this morning and then had my worst fears confirmed.
I’ve always considered Poly one of my greatest heroes from Punk/Postpunk and beyond, and am sorry she departed so relatively young.
But it appears she was very happy with her final work, and I shall look forward to hearing it.
Here’s a very enjoyable interview from about three years ago:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-poly-styrene-singer-51-811129.html
And a more comprehensive piece that’s appears to be a bit more recent:
http://www.sugarbuzzmagazine.com/bands/polystyrene/poly.html
My advice:
Just get X-Ray Spex’s 1978 Germfree Adolescents album, which is available in several cd reissues, though only one in the fantastic
Her voice and witty personal style truly created the template for Riot Grrrl, though no one from that great movement quite touched her vocals or came near to her gleefully surreal lyrics.
– Tom Kipp
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