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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.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 4 Aug 2021 18:00

Music Played

  • The Long Blondes

    Once And Never Again

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Regressive Left

    Cream Militia

    • Self Release.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Oh Bondage Up Yours

    • Virgin.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Art-i-Ficial

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sanctuary Records Ltd.
    • 1.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Obsessed With You

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 2.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Warrior In Woolworths

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sanctuary Records Group.
    • 3.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Let's Submerge

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sanctuary Records Ltd.
    • 4.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    I Can't Do Anything

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Crimson Productions Ltd.
    • 5.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Identity

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 6.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Genetic Engineering

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sanctuary Records Ltd.
    • 7.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    I Live Off You

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Pickwick Group Ltd.
    • 8.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    I Am A Poseur

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sanctuary Records Group.
    • 9.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Germfree Adolescence

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sanctuary Records Ltd.
    • 10.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Plastic Bag

    • X-Ray Spex.
    • Pickwick Group Ltd.
    • 11.
  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    The Day The World Turned Dayglo

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sanctuary Records Group.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Aug 2021 18:00