Punk badges 1977 - X-Ray Spex, Siouxsie and the Banshees
Another couple of my punk badges which I wore during 1977.
The top badge is an X-Ray Spex badge and features a photo of Poly Styrene who was their lead singer. X-Ray Spex were a fantastic band and their record: 'Oh Bondage, Up Yours!’ was a classic punk single. Their guitarist Jak Airport dated my cousin Vicky for a short while. I went round to my Grandma’s house one afternoon in ’77 or ’78 and Jak was there. We talked for a while about the band over a cup of tea.
Sadly Jak Airport died of cancer in 2004 and Poly Styrene died of spinal and breast cancer on 25 April 2011.
The bottom badge is of Siouxsie Sioux, lead singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees. I am not sure where I bought this badge but I don’t think it could have been from Joly MacFie’s Better Badges stall because Siouxsie is misspelt as: ‘Siouxie’!
These two badges of Poly Styrene and Siouxsie Sioux are examples of the important role that women played in punk rock. Up until then the music industry was dominated by all male bands but that was another barrier that punk broke down.
Punk badges 1977 - X-Ray Spex, Siouxsie and the Banshees
Another couple of my punk badges which I wore during 1977.
The top badge is an X-Ray Spex badge and features a photo of Poly Styrene who was their lead singer. X-Ray Spex were a fantastic band and their record: 'Oh Bondage, Up Yours!’ was a classic punk single. Their guitarist Jak Airport dated my cousin Vicky for a short while. I went round to my Grandma’s house one afternoon in ’77 or ’78 and Jak was there. We talked for a while about the band over a cup of tea.
Sadly Jak Airport died of cancer in 2004 and Poly Styrene died of spinal and breast cancer on 25 April 2011.
The bottom badge is of Siouxsie Sioux, lead singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees. I am not sure where I bought this badge but I don’t think it could have been from Joly MacFie’s Better Badges stall because Siouxsie is misspelt as: ‘Siouxie’!
These two badges of Poly Styrene and Siouxsie Sioux are examples of the important role that women played in punk rock. Up until then the music industry was dominated by all male bands but that was another barrier that punk broke down.