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    Posted: April 26 2011 at 15:40
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/sns-rt-music-us-polystyrentre73p3m2-20110426,0,6439760.story

Germfree Adolescents was one of the more intriguing artifacts of the punk era, largely due to the startling voice of Poly Styrene.




Edited by zappaholic - April 26 2011 at 15:41
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 26 2011 at 15:52
As I said in the Shred. Very sad. I remember buying "Oh Bondage Up Yours" quite clearly.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2011 at 04:16
^ Likewise ''The Day The World Turned Day-Glo''. Very sad indeed.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2011 at 04:19
Originally posted by seventhsojourn seventhsojourn wrote:

^ Likewise ''The Day The World Turned Day-Glo''. Very sad indeed.

God, I remember that one. Too many people from my past dying now.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2011 at 04:22
True. There seem to have been a lot recently.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2011 at 04:37
Very sad news. She was quite an unusal character and singer, and someone I remember very clearly from my childhood for that reason.

I remember asking my dad (when I was 9 years old) to buy me 'Germfree adolescence' when it was released, and he refused because it was 'too wierd' I had to convince my mum instead. She was a little more open minded than my dad, who saw the punk movement as the beginning of the end of western civilization....

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2011 at 05:27
Wasn't a fan but sad news nevertheless, especially when someone so young goes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2011 at 14:17
First, Ari Up; then, Poly??? For f**k's sake, who's next??? I swear, if anything ever happens to Siouxsie Sioux, I... What could we do, anyway?...
I hate news like that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2011 at 16:15
Not one of my idols; but such a shame that she's gone so soon.
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