Poly Styrene

Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was a British musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. Styrene was born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said in 1957 in Bromley, Kent, England, and raised in Brixton, London. Poly's mother, who raised her alone, was a Scottish-Irish legal secretary and father was a dispossessed Somali aristocrat.
== Links To Peel ==
Peel had an interest in Poly's musical pursuits after X-Ray Spex split, especially in 1986, when he played her single Gods And Goddesses, which featured the tracks "Trick Of The Witch" and "Paramatma".
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*None under own name. One with X-Ray Spex.
== Sessions ==
*None under own name. Two with X-Ray Spex.
== Shows Played ==
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(See also X-Ray Spex)
1986
* Karl's Tape July 1986: Trick Of The Witch (single) Awesome
* 18 August 1986: Paramatma (7" - Gods And Goddesses) Awesome
== External Links ==
* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Facebook
Category:Artists