11. Marianne Elliott-Said, better remembered as trail blazing punk pioneer, Poly Styrene had a vocal style of her own, probably due to her training as an opera singer. What was the name of the band she formed and achieved success with in the late 70s?
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Answer:
X-Ray Spex
X-Ray Spex were formed after Poly Styrene went to see the Sex Pistols on her 19th birthday, and thought, "if they can do it, why can't I?".
Do it, she certainly did, beginning with a game plan that involved the band being deliberate underachievers, so much so, that during their four year existence, they released just one album, "Germfree Adolescents" (1978) and five singles.
The album reached the top 30 on UK album charts, and of the singles, four were top 40 hits in UK, with the debut single, "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" (1977) failing to chart in large part due to it being banned by the BBC, although it is now, like their album, regarded as a classic of the punk genre.
Following the break up of X-Ray Spex, Styrene released three solo albums, prior to her death in 2011 from metastatic breast cancer.