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Born on July 3, 1957, Poly Styrene was from London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom. Public records list Poly Styrene as a singer-songwriter, vocalist and singer. Death is recorded on April 25, 2011, at the age of 53.
My Take
Poly Styrene is one of those artists I keep returning to. Born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said and raised in Bromley, she fronted X-Ray Spex and is rightly called a pioneer of feminist punk. But what moves me is not the label; it is the nerve of a young woman in braces shouting down consumer culture and rigid ideas of beauty and gender. Her voice still sounds astonishingly free decades on. She died far too young in 2011, yet her work refuses to age. To me she represents punk at its bravest and most joyfully defiant.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Poly Styrene
- Name (Japanese)
- ポリー・スタイリーン
- Reading
- ぽりー・すたいりーん
- Born
- July 3, 1957 – April 25, 2011
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rooster
- Origin
- London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / vocalist / singer
2. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.poly-styrene.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/poly_styrene
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly%20Styrene
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2273733
3. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-20
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Poly Styrene born?
Born July 3, 1957.
When did Poly Styrene die?
Died April 25, 2011, aged 53.
Where was Poly Styrene from?
Poly Styrene was from London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom.
What did Poly Styrene do?
Poly Styrene worked as singer-songwriter, vocalist, singer.
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