Poly Styrene 2223967 219145827 2008-06-13T19:57:41Z 79.68.109.188 {{Infobox musical artist |Img=Replace this image female.svg <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | Name = Poly Styrene | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Marian Joan Elliott | Alias = | Born = 1957 | Origin = | Died = | Genre = [[Punk rock|Punk]], [[Rock music|Rock]] | Occupation = Vocalist | Years_active = 1976&ndash;present | Label = [[United Artists]], [[Receiver]] | Associated_acts = [[X-Ray Spex]] | URL = }} {{For|the polymer used in Styrofoam|Polystyrene}} '''Poly Styrene''' is the [[stage name]] of '''Marian Joan Elliott Said'''<ref>[http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1514667&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 Poly Styrene's [[ASCAP]] legal entry for copyright collect]; her real first name is spelt Marian, and not Marianne or Marion, as widely reported.</ref> (born 1957), best known as the [[singer]] of [[England|English]] [[punk rock]] band [[X-Ray Spex]]. She also recorded a [[solo (music)|solo]] [[album]], ''[[Translucence (album)|Translucence]]'', in 1980. In 1986 Styrene released the [[Extended play|EP]] ''God's & Godesses''<!-- Do not correct the odd punctuation in this record title, it is correct --> [[Sic (Latin)|[''sic'']]] on the Awesome [[record label]].She also made a guest appearance at the 30th anniversary concert of rock against racism in victoria park in 2008. ==Personal life== In the 1980s she joined the [[Hare Krishna]] movement and recorded at the movement's [[recording studio]]s. She lives with her husband (a fellow [[priest]]) and daughter Celeste in [[London]]. Elliott is of part [[Somalia|Somali]] ancestry. X-Ray Spex are best known for their album ''[[Germ Free Adolescents]]'' released on EMI in 1978. [[Neneh Cherry]] was impressed enough to cover the title track. A reunion album ''Conscious Consumer'' in 1995 echoed the concerns of the band's debut. ==Notes== <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Styrene, Poly}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:English female singers]] [[Category:Female punk rock singers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Punk rock musicians]] [[Category:English punk rock singers]] [[Category:Black rock musicians]] [[Category:Converts to Hinduism]] [[Category:English Hindus]] {{UK-singer-stub}} [[fi:Poly Styrene]]