X-Ray Spex, un des groupes séminaux de la scène keupon britannique. Créé autour de deux gamines de 18 ans, Poly Styrene et Laura Logic, X-Ray Spex balança ses bombinettes à la face du monde durant deux années et explosa en plein vol en 1979 après seulement un album et 5 singles, laminé par les excès et les tournées. Pour la petite histoire, Poly Styrene finit par échouer dans une communauté Hare Krishna. Reste de cette aventure une pochette mythique, quelques concepts toujours d'actualité (sur la base de revendications féministes et de critiques acerbes de l'aliénation générée par la société de consommation), la voix rageuse de Poly Styrene et son appareil dentaire, le saxo de Laura Logic (vite remplacée d'ailleurs), qui vient perturber tous les morceaux, même les plus énervés, et une poignée de morceaux qui tiennent encore la route. C'est d'ailleurs surtout lorsque le combo lève un peu le pied (Warrior In Woolworths, Plastic Bag, la ballade synthétique Germ Free Adolescents) que l'on se dit que l'on tenait là un vrai potentiel, un peu arty d'ailleurs, maheureusement inexploité.
X-Ray Spex is a seminal punk band created around two 18 years old girls, Poly Styrene and Ana Logic. They split up after one album, Germfree Adolescents and 5 singles. Their legacy is a mythic album cover and a handfull of scathing punk songs.
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