Oh bondage up yours! Celebrating 25 years of She Bop

Bugeye's Rock, Pop, Rambles

We look at the life and work of Poly Styrene from X-Ray Spex and Celebrate 25 years of 'She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Popular Music' by Lucy O'Brien who is also our special guest this week.

New music hot picks are from Nervous Twitch and Skinny Girl Diet.

SHE BOP is out now and you can grab a copy here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/she-bop/lucy-obrien/9781911036678

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SHOW RESEARCH

Nervous Twitch

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NERVOUSTWITTA

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nervoustwitchband

Bandcamp: https://nervoustwitch.bandcamp.com

Skinny Girl Diet

Bandcamp: https://skinnygirldietuk.bandcamp.com/album/heavyflow

Twitter: https://twitter.com/skinnygirldiett

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skinnygirldiet

Poly Styrene

Book: Dayglo - The Poly Styrene Story by Celeste Bell and Zoe Howe https://www.waterstones.com/book/dayglo/celeste-bell/zoe-howe/9781785586163

The Roxy Club: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roxy_(Covent_Garden)

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/apr/28/my-mum-the-punk-pioneer-poly-styrenes-daughter-remembers-the-x-ray-spex-leader

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Spex

Factmag: https://www.factmag.com/2017/03/29/poly-styrene-documentary-celebrating-40-years-x-ray-spexs/

Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22316-germfree-adolescents/

Songfacts: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/x-ray-spex/oh-bondage-up-yours

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