Poly Styrene overleden

Op 25 april is Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, beter bekend als Poly Styrene van punk band X-Ray Spex, overleden aan kanker. The Guardian publiceerde onlangs dit stuk over haar: She was also a feminist and "misfit superstar" who paved the way for everyone from Kim Gordon to Karen O. Beth Ditto credits her with "shaping my identity" and her fans include Boy George and David Baddiel. But for generations of followers, the unassuming singer was more than an icon: she was someone who felt like one of us, and who will be mourned like an absent friend. Poly taught me about subjects that school didn't: identity crises, genetic engineering, and consumer society. Haar laatste muzikale werk was het solo album Generation Indigo.