Poly Styrene was a singer-songwriter, an artist, a free-thinker, a
post-modern style pioneer and a lifelong spiritual seeker: a true
punk icon. But this rebel queen with the cheeky grin was also a
latter-day pop artist with a wickedly perceptive gift for
satirising the world around her - her brightly coloured, playful
aesthetic sharply at odds with the stark monochrome style and
nihilism of punk. Here, for the first time, the vibrant jigsaw of
Poly s inspiring and often moving story has been lovingly pieced
together by her daughter, singer-songwriter Celeste Bell, and
writer/artist Zoë Howe (author of the acclaimed Typical Girls? The
Story Of The Slits, amongst many others). From growing up
mixed-race in Brixton in the 1960s, to being at the forefront of
the emerging punk scene with X-Ray Spex in the 1970s, to finding
faith with the Hare Krishna movement, to balancing single
motherhood with a solo music career and often debilitating mental
health issues, the book honestly and openly explores Poly s
exceptional life, up until her untimely passing in 2011. Based on
interviews with those who knew and loved Poly whether personally or
through music, this oral history book includes testimonies from
Vivienne Westwood, Don Letts, Glen Matlock, Jonathan Ross, Neneh
Cherry, The Slits Tessa Pollitt, Thurston Moore, Jon Savage, and
many others. Heavily illustrated throughout including personal
photographs, flyers from the punk scene and hand-drawn artwork and
lyrics for X-Ray Spex and beyond the book beautifully captures Poly
Styrene s creative and personal legacy, reminding us that if anyone
had the power to turn our worlds dayglo, it was her.
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