• X-Ray Spex were an English punk rock band formed in 1976 in London. During their first incarnation (1976–1979), X-Ray Spex released five singles and one...
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  • Germfree Adolescents is the 1978 debut album of English punk rock band X-Ray Spex. It contained the UK hit singles "The Day the World Turned Dayglo" (No...
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  • no X-rays are involved. The current paper version is sold under the name "X-Ray Spex"; a similar product is sold under the name "X-Ray Gogs". X-Ray Specs...
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    Poly Styrene (category X-Ray Spex members)
    English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. Poly Styrene was born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said in 1957 in Bromley,...
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  • Jak Airport (category X-Ray Spex members)
    February 1958 – 13 August 2004) was the guitarist of 1970s punk band X-Ray Spex and new wave band Classix Nouveaux. Born and raised in Catford, London...
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  • Conscious Consumer (category X-Ray Spex albums)
    Consumer is the second and final studio album by English punk rock band X-Ray Spex, the first new material recorded by the band in seventeen years. It was...
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  • Lora Logic (category X-Ray Spex members)
    of London punk band X-Ray Spex, and wrote the saxophone parts for their debut album, Germfree Adolescents. After leaving X-Ray Spex, Logic founded her...
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  • This group was led by Wayne Cregan, who was one of the first members of X-Ray Spex. Bromley was closely linked with the early punk movement – first through...
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  • Oh Bondage Up Yours! (category X-Ray Spex songs)
    "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" is the debut single by English punk rock band X-Ray Spex. Released in September 1977, it is regarded by critics as a prototypic...
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    Again" – Manfred Mann's Earth Band "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo" – X-Ray Spex "Deep in the Motherlode" – Genesis "Déjà Vu" – Dionne Warwick "Denis"...
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  • The The Transvision Vamp Towers of London Toyah U.K. Subs Jah Wobble X-Ray Spex Akercocke Angel Witch Charlie 'Ungry Deep Machine DragonForce Gillan Girlschool...
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    post-punk band formed in 1978 by saxophonist Lora Logic after leaving X-Ray Spex. The band initially consisted of Lora on vocals, Phil Legg on guitar and...
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    Heads: 82  Tedeschi Trucks Band Tonight Alive Within Temptation Wet Leg X X-Ray Spex The Archies, from Archie Comics Big Fun, from Heathers Blue Wells from...
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  • "Ma and Pa" by Fishbone; "Germfree Adolescents" and "I Am a Poseur" by X-Ray Spex; "Ghost Town" by the Specials; "River" by Ibeyi; "The Wolf" by the Brat;...
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  • Ultravox! The Vibrators VOM Warsaw (later to become Joy Division) Wire X-Ray Spex The Zeros Albums Ramones – Ramones The Runaways – The Runaways Blondie...
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  • performances by the Sex Pistols, The Dead Boys, Generation X (with Billy Idol), The Rich Kids, X-Ray Spex, and Sham 69, with additional music from The Clash,...
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  • Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex) Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy) Lacey Sturm (Flyleaf) Rachel Sweet Skye Sweetnam Koko Taylor Maria Taylor (Azure Ray, Now It's Overhead)...
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    (Boomtown Rats) on guitar. The band debuted at Polyfest 3 playing a mix of X-ray Spex classics and Republica hits. In June 2022 Saffron took part in the Electric...
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  • Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 December 2021. Pelly, Jenn (15 January 2017). "X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 January 2017. Sherburne...
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    Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Patti Smith and Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex. They have also named influences such as Bikini Kill, Mecca Normal, Bratmobile...
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    always going in and getting one single at a time. That's why I've got X-Ray Spex and the Buzzcocks, practically the first edition of everything." The Sex...
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    Australia, Israel, Poland and Iceland.[citation needed] The break-up of X-Ray Spex triggered an advertisement placed in Melody Maker, searching for a new...
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  • divorce a week prior to the attack. Poly Styrene, the lead singer of X-Ray Spex, recorded a song in 2010 called "Black Christmas", which contains references...
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  • September, Generation X and the Clash reached the top forty with, respectively, "Your Generation" and "Complete Control". X-Ray Spex's "Oh Bondage Up Yours...
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    at a jam session with punk bands in the late 1970s, the drummer from X-Ray Spex shouted "Oh, you can fucking play, can you? Oh, listen to him, he can...
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  • both discs, some of the tracks have been changed (e.g. Wire's "1 2 X U", X-Ray Spex' "Oh Bondage Up Yours!", etc.) The Receiver album was re-released in...
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  • finally pitched on Spex – which means "glasses" in English slang. The name Spex reminds of the then very famous punk band X-Ray Spex. The magazine was...
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    festival concerts in the US. Back in London, Lachman worked with former X-Ray Spex saxophonist Lora Logic. Valentine formed Fire Escape in 1998 with violinist...
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  • strip "X-Ray Specs", a 1991 song by Sweet X-Ray Spex, an English punk band This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title X-Ray Specs...
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    Then he formed the pop group Classix Nouveaux, with former members of X-Ray Spex, which became associated with the burgeoning New Romantic movement. They...
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