The 12 near-perfect songs on “Germfree Adolescents,” the 1978 debut album by X-Ray Spex, clock in at just over a half hour, but the shock waves they detonated keep rippling out 44 years later. One of ...

How do you make a documentary about your own mother? And how do you tell that story when you grew up in an unstable environment, with a fractured relationship? That’s the challenge that Celeste Bell ...

Although the face of punk rock is often represented by white males and their rage and nihilistic attitudes, it was actually a black woman at the forefront of shaping punk’s political consciousness—and ...

In 2016, five years after the death of Poly Styrene—the punk legend and trailblazing frontwoman of the short-lived but fiercely beloved band X-Ray Spex—her daughter, Celeste Bell, finally received the ...

At the beginning of the documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, Celeste Bell, the daughter of former X-Ray Spex singer Poly Styrene, says: “My mother was a punk rock icon. People often asked me if ...

In this new documentary, Poly Styrene’s daughter grapples tenderly with the legacy of her punk rock mother. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...

“My mother was a punk rock icon,” Celeste Bell intones offscreen as her mum watches herself on a wall of televisions in the first few seconds of her unique and affecting new documentary, Poly Styrene: ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Poly Styrene stood out in British ...