{"id":2949,"date":"2011-05-05T22:18:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T05:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/05\/oh-bondage-rest-in-peace\/"},"modified":"2011-05-10T22:33:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T05:33:12","slug":"oh-bondage-rest-in-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/05\/oh-bondage-rest-in-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Bondage Rest in Peace! – Poly Styrene Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Village Voice\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Poly Styrene, Lost & Found<\/h1>\n

Like many of her peers, she discovered the sound of being a grown woman<\/h2>\n

By\u00a0Vivien Goldman<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Janette Beckman<\/p>\n

It was meant to be a delicious comeback for the transgressive girl whose defiant 1977 single, “Oh Bondage! Up Yours!” fired up Afro-Punk, riot grrrl, and every punk worth their peroxide. Instead, the return of\u00a0Poly Styrene<\/a>\u00a0became one of pop’s most poignant ironies.\u00a0Generation Indigo<\/em> \u2014 a bubbly, cuddly, insightful record, her first in seven years\u2014was released on the day her death was announced last week.<\/p>\n

The loss of 53-year-old Poly Styrene six months after the death of 48-year-old Ari-Up, the dreadlocked singer-songwriter of the Slits, is a reminder: how few were those brave women who shattered all pre-existing models during U.K. punk’s first wave. This ragtag crew was the first self-determined generation of women musicians, and their influence is incalculable; today, their giddy progeny have stormed the malls with their camouflage, neon fishnets, and combat boots worn with gowns. And while their sounds may resonate differently, today’s alpha women\u2014Lady Gaga<\/a>,\u00a0Nicki Minaj<\/a>,\u00a0Pink<\/a> \u2014 still ride the whirlwind of independent female energy that shook mid-1970s\u00a0London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[ click to continue reading at The Village Voice<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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