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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. Early life
Polystyrene (PS) / ˌpɒliˈstaɪriːn / is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. [5] . Polystyrene can be solid or foamed. General-purpose polystyrene is clear, hard, and brittle. It is an inexpensive resin per unit weight. It is a poor barrier to air and water vapor and has a relatively low melting point. [6] .
Feb 1, 2022 · Poly Styrene beams out from the screen, smile wide, braces cemented across her teeth. In most images of first-wave punk musicians, their eyes are filled with negativity and contempt. In footage...
Mar 6, 2021 · The Untold Story Of Poly Styrene, A British Punk Legend. Celeste Bell, Poly Styrene’s only daughter, shares what moved her to make a film about her influential musician mother. By Zoe Whitfield. 6 March 2021. “3 July 1976, Hastings Pier. It’s my birthday and I’ll party if I want to.”
Mar 5, 2021 · After the death of her mother, Marianne Joan Elliott-Said – better known as the British punk legend, Poly Styrene – Celeste Bell knew she had to do the work of memorialising her. Without ...
Apr 26, 2011 · Punk singer Poly Styrene, former singer with the X-Ray Spex, has died at the age of 53 after suffering from cancer. She was one of the first female punk icons, whose unorthodox yet infectious...
Sep 26, 2024 · Polystyrene, a hard, stiff, brilliantly transparent synthetic resin produced by the polymerization of styrene. It is widely employed in the food-service industry as rigid trays and containers, disposable eating utensils, and foamed cups, plates, and bowls.
Oct 14, 2019 · Those are the opening lyrics to the 1977 song “Oh Bondage Up Yours!” by the British punk rock group X-Ray Spex, led by singer-songwriter Poly Styrene–who in her lifetime certainly made ...
As a dumpy, frumpy,almost willfully unsexual girl from Brixton, with braces on her teeth, Poly Styrene was a perfect candidate to find herself through punk; turning this personaon its head into...
Poly Styrene was a trailblazer across many disciplines; a stand-out frontwoman, prolific writer, visual artist, and designer. Her life and work were recently celebrated in the definitive biography Day Glo: The Poly Styrene Story, written by her daughter, Celeste Bell, and writer Zoe Howe.
