I did a talk at a zine fest recently and only one person in the room had heard of #XraySpex. The band was fronted by teenaged Ethiopian-British, eccentric, bipolar, avant-garde, punk singer and songwriter #PolyStyrene who was born OTD in 1957. Her daughter, #CelesteBell made a documentary about her that came out in 2021. #punk #1977 #WomenInPunk #WomenOfColor

https://vimeo.com/551151303

I watched the Poly Styrene / X Ray Spex documentary on Prime last night -- I Am a Cliché -- and I'm glad I did, but it was pretty damn haunting. What a talent, though.

#polystyrene #xrayspex #londonpunk #doiactuallyneedtohashtageverything #celestebell