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 ...

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 ...

CLEVES, Ohio — A rail car in the Cleves and Whitewater Township area began leaking styrene on Tuesday, prompting evacuations and the closure of roads and businesses in the area amid safety concerns.

You still have a few days left of the MKE Film Festival to catch "Poly Styrene: I am a Cliche" about a trailblazing, black, female punk icon in the 1970s. Here are a few of our thoughts about the film ...

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 received the ...

WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - Styrene, a toxic flammable chemical leaking from a railyard in western Hamilton County is widely used to make plastics and rubber. Those products are used to ...

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 ...

This week’s new music Friday also features Jill Scott, Kodak Black, Pusha T and Danny Brown. 1 day ago The film, co-directed by Paul Sng and named after the song "I Am A Cliché" — a single originally ...

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 ...

In this new documentary, Poly Styrene’s daughter grapples tenderly with the legacy of her punk rock mother. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Copolymer (ABS) World, Regions and Countries Market Analysis 2019-2024 and Outlook to 2034" report has been added to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...