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- First incarnation: 1976-1979.
- Hometown: London
- Members: Poly Styrene, Lora Logic, Rudi Thompson, Jak Airport, Paul Dean and BP Hurding
- First single: "Oh Bondage, Up Yours" (1977)
- Reformed in 1991 without Styrene.
- Reunited in 1995 to release the album Conscious Consumer
- Band members' names are all pseudonyms
- Members continued on to make solo recordings, and to form the bands Essential Logic and Classix Nouveaux.
- Both Poly Styrene and Lora Logic joined the Hare Krishna movement in the early 1980s
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Unique Sound and Image
Poly Styrene became the face of the band, and her voice was the centerpiece of their sound, which was also unique because of the unusual inclusion of saxophone (initially played by Lora Logic). Styrene's spoken introduction to their first single, "Oh Bondage, Up Yours," summed up their attitude: "Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard - well I think, oh bondage, up yours!" Although their debut album Germ Free Adolescents brought them to the brink of punk stardom, they broke up soon afterwards. -
Reunions and Legacy
Although the band reunited in 1991 without Styrene, a second album didn't arrive until a brief 1995 reunion, but the band never reached the critical or commercial heights of their late 1970s period. However, the band's legacy is assured, with their feminist and anti-consumerist lyrics having influenced new generations of activists and musicians. After Styrene played at the "Rock Against Racism" 30th Anniversary concert, the band announced that it would reunite yet again for a show in London in September of 2008. -
Critical Praise
- "Effervescently discordant...a strength of purpose and a punchy power...among the mere handful of bands that truly recognized punk's limitations and transformed them into an incandescent virtue." - Allmusic
- "One of the most exciting groups of its time...at once an ideal and atypical punk band." - The Trouser Press Record Guide
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Just received the new X-ray Spex disc. Thanks, Future Noise. Liner notes are fab.
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Listening to a genus playlist based on Patti Smith: Dead Boys, The Stooges, Lou Reed, X-Ray Spex, The Ramones. Where my head's at this aft.
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@oharris69 I was wary of your x-ray spex!! ;)
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Just received the new X-ray Spex disc. Thanks, Future Noise. Liner notes are fab.
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@oharris69 I was wary of your x-ray spex!! ;)
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Just received the new X-ray Spex disc. Thanks, Future Noise. Liner notes are fab.
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Listening to a genus playlist based on Patti Smith: Dead Boys, The Stooges, Lou Reed, X-Ray Spex, The Ramones. Where my head's at this aft.
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Just received the new X-ray Spex disc. Thanks, Future Noise. Liner notes are fab.
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