https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/band-that-made-beth-ditto-rethink-everything/
Although the lyrical genius of Styrene went somewhat underappreciated during her time, the music of X-Ray Spex later acted as a huge influence on riot grrrl and queercore punk movements. Queercore, as a genre, emerged from punk rock during the 1980s, often rebelling against societal attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Spex
X-Ray Spex was an English punk rock band formed in 1976 in London. ... bondage, up yours!", the song could be interpreted as a premonition of the riot grrrl movement 15 years later, ... Then, in February 1978, before the release of their second single, X-Ray Spex recorded the first of two sessions for John Peel at BBC Radio 1.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/arts/music/poly-styrene-i-am-a-cliche-documentary.html
The singer and creative force behind X-Ray Spex died from ... still-emerging impact of the riot grrrl movement. ... Hanna first heard X-Ray Spex in 1989 — the year before her band Bikini Kill

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/27/717757017/the-story-of-the-fabulous-stains-and-riot-grrrl
MCCABE: That's because it was made a decade before a riot grrrl. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WHITE RIOT") ... X-RAY SPEX: Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard. But I think oh, bondage.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/r7pvyy/in-romanticising-riot-grrrl-weve-forgotten-the-women-of-uk-punk-that-paved-the-way
In Romanticizing Riot Grrrl, We've Forgotten the Women of UK Punk That Paved the Way. Bands like Bikini Kill have been credited for inspiring a new generation of creative women, but X-Ray Spex

https://www.altpress.com/punk-riot-grrrl-music-history-films/
Recently, there has been a spike in movies about the feminist punk movement, and TikTok users have repopularized bands such as Bikini Kill and X-Ray Spex. In 2021, the history and legacy of riot

https://www.fluxmagazine.com/poly-styrene-interview/
Poly Styrene interview printed in tribute to the X-Ray Spex singer. She will be missed. Poly Styrene was the iconic lead singer of the vibrant punk band. The band was a breath of fresh air in the late seventies in an oversubscribed genre. Poly Styrene songs were about the plastic nature of consumerism with her seemingly untamed voice which she

https://www.loudersound.com/features/punk-politics-women-who-changed-rock-n-roll
Far from it. Hynde's Pretenders became one of the signal bands of the era. In 1980, to celebrate this golden moment for women in music, Debbie Harry arranged "a little tea party" - a summit meeting involving herself, Hynde, Viv Albertine of The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux, X-Ray Spex's Poly Styrene and Pauline Black of ska band The Selecter.

https://riotgrrrlarchive.commons.gc.cuny.edu/riot-grrrl-media/
Before Riot Grrrl: X-Ray Spex & "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" (16:41) Bikini Kill concert at Yale - filmed by a fan in New Haven in 1996 (48:38) Bikini Kill in the U.K. 1993 by Lucy Thane (24:49) Bikini Kill, the Linda Lindas and a 30-year riot by PBS NewsHour (7:23)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_grrrl
Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that began during the early 1990s within the United States ... England had previously spawned such influential all-female or female-fronted punk bands as X-Ray Spex, ... while Bratmobile reunited to release two albums, before Allison Wolfe began singing with other all-women bands, Cold Cold

https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/43847/1/poly-styrene-dayglo-xray-spex-celeste-bell-style-riot-grrrl-punk
Having also pretty much pre-empted the Riot Grrrl movement of the early 1990s, inside the book Bikini Kill founder Kathleen Hanna asserts that, had X-Ray Spex not come before them, her own band might never have come into being. "The idea that just anyone could (start a band) was really big to me," she explains.

https://www.vogue.com/article/poly-styrene-documentary-celeste-bell
In 2016, five years after the death of Poly Styrene—the punk legend and trailblazing frontwoman of the short-lived but fiercely beloved band X-Ray Spex—her daughter, Celeste Bell, finally

https://thevinylfactory.com/features/capturing-the-riot-grrrl-attitude-in-10-records/
The parallels between Downtown Boys and X-Ray Spex are impossible to avoid, but hey, if there were more bands in the world that sounded like X-Ray Spex, and less that sounded like Coldplay, the world might be a better place. Downtown Boys formed in 2011, and their debut album Full Communism was released in March this year. 'Monstro' is the

https://www.shalonvantine.com/secondasfarce/2018/5/14/rebel-girl-the-riot-grrrl-movement-and-generation-x-feminism
One of the most important influences on the Riot Grrrl movement was Poly Styrene from the band X-Ray Spex. Not only did Styrene stand out in the male-dominated British punk scene, but her musical style was sonically experimental, similar to other female-fronted British punk artists like the Slits and the Raincoats. Styrene dealt with feminist issues that were subtler than the traditional

https://www.reddit.com/r/riotgrrrl/comments/me24zt/do_you_think_that_other_punks_criticisms_of_riot/
x ray spex was an inspiration to riot grrl but the band lived and died before riot grrl. i think we shouldn't "no true scotsman" riot grrl: the original scene was predominantly white, even though it was also queerer and more female than most punk rock at the time (afaik). that doesn't discount the scene entirely, obviously, especially when there was a similar point for many many macho hardcore

https://www.spin.com/2022/09/the-20-best-riot-grrrl-songs/
17. Huggy Bear - "Her Jazz". Across the Atlantic, the "boy-girl revolutionaries" of Huggy Bear led the charge in the U.K. In 1993, the co-ed quintet gave an instantly legendary

https://stimpunks.org/bricolage/
Before Riot Grrrl: X-Ray Spex & "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" | New British Canon - YouTube Pretty much immediately Poly Styrene and X-Ray Spex's influence was felt. Just like seeing the Sex Pistols had convinced Styrene that getting onstage without much musical grounding was possible, a generation of punk and new wave women saw X-Ray Spex and

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/x-ray-spex-singer-poly-styrene-dies-at-53/
Poly Styrene, the braces-wearing singer who belted out "Oh bondage, up yours!" with the band X-Ray Spex, has died at the age of 53. Styrene, whose real name was Marion Elliott-Said, had been

https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/jtzbcj/anyone_else_on_here_listen_to_xray_spex_so_happy/
RIP Poly. There's a great documentary about the Rock Against Racism movement called White Riot (2019). RAR put on a few shows from 1976-78 but then, in April 1978, they had a 100,000 strong march that ended with the Carnival Against Rascism where X-Ray Specs, the Clash, Steel Pulse, and others rocked the crowd.

https://chordify.net/chords/before-riot-grrrl-x-ray-spex-oh-bondage-up-yours-new-british-canon-trash-theory
Chords: C, Cm, Am. Chords for Before Riot Grrrl: X-Ray Spex & "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" | New British Canon. Chordify is your #1 platform for chords. Includes MIDI and

https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2011-04-26/poly-styrene-influential-singer-for-x-ray-spex-has-died
Poly Styrene, whose clarion call, 'Oh bondage, up yours!' became the rallying cry of punk feminists everywhere and foretold the Riot Grrrl movement, died Monday at the age of 53 after a long

https://berkeleybside.com/racist-grrrl/
Gunk zine issue 4 by Bikceem Ramdasha. Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that originated in the 1990s in the Pacific Northweast of the United States, although some argue the genre truly started in the 1970s with bands like X-Ray Spex and The Slits. Often associated with third wave feminism, riot grrrl centers the political

https://www.today.com/popculture/x-ray-spex-singer-poly-styrene-dies-53-1C9501706
Poly Styrene, the braces-wearing singer who belted out "Oh bondage, up yours!" with the band X-Ray Spex, has died at the age of 53.Styrene, whose real name was Marion Elliott-Said, had been

https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_grrrl
21-րդ դարում riot grrrl շարժման հետևորդները վերջնակապես դուրս թռան լրատվամիջոցների ուշադրության կիզակետից և ձեռնամուխ եղան պրակտիկ գործունեություն ծավալելուն՝ կազմակերպելով կանանց