Esinye sezibalo ezinkulu zepunk zama-70s, umculi-umbhali wengoma uMarianne Joan Elliott-Said, eyaziwa kangcono ngokuthi I-Poly Styrene, washona ngo-Ephreli 26, eneminyaka engama-53, lapho eqala ukulwa nomdlavuza webele owatholakala ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambili.
Umholi weqembu le-X-Ray Spex, isishoshovu sabesifazane, kanye nethonya elingenakuphikwa labaculi abaningi be-rock okhule embuka esteji, uPoly ubesanda kukhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu, Isizukulwane Indigo.
Isifiso sakhe sokuqamba nokwakha izingoma sazalwa ngemuva kokubona uhlelo ngu Sex Pistols, lapho engakabi neminyaka engama-20 ubudala. Lapho wanquma ukusungula iqembu lakhe, I-X-Ray Spex, ukuthi kungathathi isikhathi eside ukuthola i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala nokuwukuphela kwayo erekhodwayo: Intsha Ekhululekile YamaGerm. Kulolo daba, olukhishwe ngo-1978, phakathi kwe-punk hubbub, wagqama O Bondage, Up Wakho, udaba olwalugxeka kabuhlungu inkolelo-mbono yabesifazane eyayisakazeka ngaleso sikhathi.
Phakathi kwempumelelo etholakele, I-Poly Styrene Wangeniswa esikhungweni sempilo yengqondo ngemuva kokutholakala ukuthi une-schizophrenia. Lokho uPoly ayenakho ngempela kwakuyisithombe se-bipolar, kepha lokho kwaziwa ngemuva kwesikhathi eside, ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-90., I-X-Ray Spex wasala engenalo ikusasa, elingisa amaqembu amaningi e-punk aleyo minyaka. Ngo-1980 wasungula I-Translucence, umzamo wakhe wokuqala wokwakha umsebenzi wokuzimela. I-Translucence Akuzange kuphumelele, futhi wanquma ukujoyina umphakathi we-Hare Krishna, lapho aqhubeka khona ukumqambela nokuqopha kuye.
Ngo-2004 yashicilelwa, Indiza yezimbali, impahla yakhe yesibili eyedwa, engazange ibonwe. Cishe ngo-2008, ukugubha iminyaka engama-30 Isikhumbuzo seminyaka yobusha yabakwaGerm, kwahlelwa i-recital eyaba yimpumelelo. UPoly wasizakala ngokuhlanza nokukhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu, Isizukulwane Indigo, ekuqaleni kwalonyaka. Abagxeki bamemukele ngezandla ezimhlophe, bedumisa i-albhamu, kanye neyokuqala, Isoka elibonakalayo, kuzwakale inqobo nje uma kunemisakazo eNgilandi. Ukubuyela kwakhe esiteji kwaba nobubi ngesikhathi ethola umdlavuza webele, ngoFebhuwari odlule.
Ukufa kwenzeka ngo-Ephreli 25, eSussex, eNgilandi. Kusuka kuwebhusayithi yabo esemthethweni, bamemezele ukunyamalala kwabo ngamagama ambalwa kodwa asuka enhliziyweni: "Singakuqinisekisa ukuthi uPoly Styrene omuhle, oke waba ngumlwi weqiniso, wayinqoba impi yakhe yokuya ezindaweni eziphakeme ”.