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Poly Styrene performs at the Roundhouse in London in 1978. Gus Stewart/Redferns/Getty Images Members of punk bands the Raincoats, X-Ray Spex, and the Slits paid tribute to feminist punk legend Poly Styrene with a fiery performance at London’s Up Yours! God Save the Queens! festival on Friday evening.
Gina Birch (The Raincoats), Hollie Cook (The Slits), Paul Dean (X-Ray Spex), Lora Logic (X-Ray Spex/Essential Logic), and Akiko Matsuura (Comanechi / Pre) announced their appearance at the one-night-only festival last month and led the charge on the tribute to Styrene. Big Joanie’s bassist Estella Adeyeri, The Membranes’ frontman John Robb, Skunk Anansie’s frontwoman Skin, The Bodysnatchers’ lead singer Rhoda Dakar, and British-Bengali multi-instrumentalist Bishi also performed at the festival.
The supergroup performed punk anthems like X-Ray Spex’s “Oh Bondage Up Yours!” and “The Day The World Turned Dayglo,” plus the Slits’ cover of Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”
Up Yours! God Save the Queens! celebrated 50 years of She-Punk history at London’s Electric Brixton, featuring performances, artwork, and additional archival materials. Celeste Bell, Styrene’s daughter, curated the event alongside Vivien Goldman, the author of Revenge of the She-Punks.
