X-Ray Spex News

Formed in the Southwestern England city of Bristol in 1978, Vice Squad took its early cues from X-Ray Spex and gigged sporadically before signing with EMI and releasing its debut album, "No Cause for Concern," in 1981.

Nothing says '80s punk and new wave like a sax solo: X-Ray Spex , Adam & the Ants, Siouxsie.

FOR a man with a producer's credit on the record known to history as the first buzzsaw howl of British punk, Nick Lowe has a pretty surprising take on music these days.

If Mika Miko wanted to make the perfect SoCal punk album, they just might have succeeded with We Be Xuxa .

PR: Classic Punk and Reggae Films From Director Wolfgang Buld German film maker Wolfgang Buld is known for his early work covering the Sex Pistols, Stranglers, the Clash, X-Ray Spex, Boomtown Rats, Adverts, Rough Trade, Killjoys, Jolt, Jam, Lurkers, Anonymous Chaos, Electric Chairs, Subway Sect, and more.

Ray Spex were, in my mind, the very best of the one-album-wonder punk bands. Germfree Adolescents is very nearly a perfect album, and then Poly Styrene got religion and quit.

Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. Band Members: Julia Kugel , Stephanie Luke , Candice Jones , Meredith Franco Album: Scramble For Fans Of: X-Ray Spex, Le Tigre.

Musicians including Fionn Regan and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly 's Sam Duckworth joined the likes of ex- London mayor Ken Livingstone at Highgate pub The Boogaloo in the UK capital last night , to debate the virtues of modern British life.

A range of artists and music industry figures including Gang Of Four 's Andy Gill , X-Ray Spex 's Poly Styrene and Jools Holland have accused Google of underpaying songwriters' royalties.

When Karole Armitage showed her Drastic-Classicism here in 1981, the dance scene was pretty well mannered.

What could be more fun than punk footage shot in 1977? Among London's second wave of punk bands, X-Ray Spex channeled manic energy alongside a saxophone player.

London four-piece the KASMs have been described as "new goth", but have far too pronounced a sense of fun to fit the mould.