| Marianne Elliot former
check-out girl at the local branch of woolies and without
a doubt Punk Rocks most effective, hearty, original
punkette vocalist ever ! Friendly, colourful and
infatuated with plastic society, Miss 'dayglo warrior'
fronted one of the most original Punk outfits (forget
that two of them went on to play with Classix Nouveaux !)
of this era. With her unique vocal delivery and the use
of saxophone in their chainsaw compositions made X Ray
Spex a one-off.
This shy Brixton girl complete with
toothbrace threatened the world ..."I would shave me 'ead tomorrow if I became a sex symbol !" But fate
had other plans in store for punks Stockwell tube
visionary. Poly's art-i-ficial, alienated lyrics would
later become a precursor to her ant-fashion status. As
with most of her original contemporaries the X Ray Spex
bubble was soon gonna burst. She became disillusioned
with the music business and her world really did turn
dayglo one day.
Yeah that same sickly bright orange
colour that the Krishna monks who chanted up and down the
Tottenham Court Road banging their gongs worn on their sahri's. She discovered religion in a big way ! And
joined the Krishna sect ! Poly did make a brief comeback
on home turf at the Brixton Academy in '89. And released
a piss poor follow up to the classic 'Germ Free
Adolescence' LP. But the anger and urgency had gone
forever ! She now lives with her husband (fellow priest)
and daughter Celeste in London.
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