Poly Styrene

Poly Styrene (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011),Poly Styrene dies, aged 53 , Digital Spy, 26 April 2011 was a British musician. She was best known as the singer in the early punk rock band X-Ray Spex.

Early life
She was born in 1957 in Bromley, Kent, and raised in Brixton, London. Her mother raised her alone. Her father was a Somali aristocrat. She ran away from home as a teenager and lived in empty houses. She saw the Sex Pistols perform on her birthday in 1975. That gave her the idea to start her own punk band X-Ray Spex. She was an unusual music start because she wore braces, was mixed race, and dressed differently.

Personal life
Poly Styrene's real name was Marianne Joan Elliott-Said. She lived in St Leonards, East Sussex. She joined the Hare Krishna movement in 1983.

In 1991, Poly Styrene was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She had breast cancer which metastasised to her spine. She died of breast cancer on 25 April 2011 at the age of 53.

List of solo recordings
Albums
 Translucence (United Artists, 1980)
 Flower Aeroplane (2004)
 Generation Indigo (Future Noise Music, 2011)

EPs
 Gods & Goddesses (Awesome, 1986)

Singles
 "Silly Billy"/"What A Way"—as Mari Elliot (GTO, 1976)
 "Talk In Toytown"/"Sub Tropical" (United Artists, 1980)
 "City Of Christmas Ghosts"—Goldblade featuring Poly Styrene (Damaged Goods, 2008)
 "Black Christmas" (2010)
 "Virtual Boyfriend" (2011)
 "Ghoulish" (2011)

References

Other websites
Poly Styrene's official website
Poly's Punky Party 

Category:1957 births
Category:2011 deaths
Category:Black British musicians
Category:British punk musicians
Category:Cancer deaths in England
Category:Deaths from breast cancer
Category:Disease-related deaths in Sussex
Category:English rock musicians
Category:English singer-songwriters
Category:Musicians from Kent
Category:People from Bromley
Category:Musicians from Brixton
Category:People with bipolar disorder
Category:Singers from London
Category:New wave singers