The Return of Punk's First Lady: Poly Styrene
Nick Hasted, Independent, The, 21 November 2008
Thirty years after singing of bondage and toothpaste, via a stay at a psychiatric hospital and motherhood, Poly Styrene is back on stage, without X-Ray Spex and ready to take on the music world again.
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