X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
Steve Lamacq plays X-Ray Spex's debut album from 1978 in full, introduced with an archive interview with frontwoman Poly Styrene.
Steve Lamacq plays X-Ray Spex's debut album in full, introduced with an archive interview with frontwoman Poly Styrene.
Released in 1978, this was the first and last album that the band would release. It was recorded at Essex Studios and released on EMI. Poly Styrene was inspired to start a punk band after watching The Sex Pistols perform at Hastings Pier Pavilion two years before. Germfree Adolescents has influenced a wide range of artists ever since, from Karen O to Kim Gordon, Beth Ditto and FKA Twigs.
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The Long Blondes
Once And Never Again
- Rough Trade Records.
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Regressive Left
Cream Militia
- Self Release.
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X‐Ray Spex
Oh Bondage Up Yours
- Virgin.
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X‐Ray Spex
Art-i-Ficial
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Sanctuary Records Ltd.
- 1.
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X‐Ray Spex
Obsessed With You
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 2.
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X‐Ray Spex
Warrior In Woolworths
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Sanctuary Records Group.
- 3.
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X‐Ray Spex
Let's Submerge
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Sanctuary Records Ltd.
- 4.
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X‐Ray Spex
I Can't Do Anything
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Crimson Productions Ltd.
- 5.
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X‐Ray Spex
Identity
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 6.
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X‐Ray Spex
Genetic Engineering
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Sanctuary Records Ltd.
- 7.
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X‐Ray Spex
I Live Off You
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Pickwick Group Ltd.
- 8.
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X‐Ray Spex
I Am A Poseur
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Sanctuary Records Group.
- 9.
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X‐Ray Spex
Germfree Adolescence
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Sanctuary Records Ltd.
- 10.
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X‐Ray Spex
Plastic Bag
- X-Ray Spex.
- Pickwick Group Ltd.
- 11.
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X‐Ray Spex
The Day The World Turned Dayglo
- Germfree Adolescents.
- Sanctuary Records Group.
- 12.
Broadcast
- Wed 4 Aug 202118:00BBC Radio 6 Music
