X-Ray Spex was an English punk band from London formed in 1976. Career Initially, the band featured singer Poly Styrene (born Marian Joan Elliott) on vocals, Jak Airport (Jack Stafford) on guitars, Paul Dean on bass, Paul 'B. P.' Hurding on drums, and Lora Logic (born Susan Whitby) onsaxophone. This latter instrument was an atypical addition to the standard punk instrumental line-up, and became one of the group's most distinctive features. X-Ray Spex's other distinctive musical element was Poly Styrene's voice, which has been variously described as "effervescently discordant"[LINK: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g1320r5ai48j] allmusic review of The Anthology and "powerful enough to drill holes through sheet metal".[LINK: http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/poly.html] Poly Styrene from comnet.ca/~rina As Mari Elliot, Poly had released a re

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