Various media sources are reporting that singer Marianne Elliot-Said has died of complications of breast cancer at age 53. Elliot-Said was better known under the stage name Poly Styrene, a name she used while singing with X-Ray Spex. X-Ray Spex had a short career. In 1976, Elliot-Said was taking voice lessons, learning how to sing … Continue reading Poly Styrene: an appreciation