The 12 near-perfect songs on “Germfree Adolescents,” the 1978 debut album by X-Ray Spex, clock in at just over a half hour, but the shock waves they detonated keep rippling out 44 years later. One of ...

Although the face of punk rock is often represented by white males and their rage and nihilistic attitudes, it was actually a black woman at the forefront of shaping punk’s political consciousness—and ...

Poly Styrene performing with X-Ray Spex at England’s Roxy Club in 1977. Photo: Gus Stewart/Redferns The first eleven seconds of X-Ray Spex’s debut single, from 1977, rank among the most memorable punk ...

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. sales firm Utopia has picked up world rights excluding the UK to biographical doc Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché, narrated by Ruth Negga (Loving). The doc, which will unspool at the ...

Celebrating 25 Years of J Dilla's 'Welcome 2 Detroit' On 'Welcome 2 Detroit,' the legendary rapper/producer did more than just announce himself, he painted a picture of his city using a palette from ...

“Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard/But I think "oh bondage, up yours!” Those are the opening lyrics to the 1977 song “Oh Bondage Up Yours!” by the British punk rock group ...

The cationic polymerization of isobutylene and styrene represents a pivotal area in polymer chemistry, combining precise control over molecular architecture with diverse application potentials. This ...

A new documentary surrounding the life of X-Ray Spex’s Poly Styrene has been announced. Titled Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, director Paul Sng has set up an IndieGoGo campaign for the film, which is ...

The X-Ray Spex singer is revealed as a mystic, rebellious working-class woman of colour in this valuable film The siren-wail of Poly Styrene’s voice was the authentic sound of punk: derisive, ...

'Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché' documentary explores the life of late X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene, with her daughter co-directing and narrating. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director For a band ...

The kinetics of styrene-free radical bulk polymerization was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The data obtained from DSC thermograms were used to model and predict the ...

A decade ago, if someone asked, “What is the worst business in the chemical industry?,” styrenics would have been a fantastic answer. Styrene and polystyrene perennially lost money for chemical makers ...