Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Celeste Bell, co-director of the documentary film Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché and daughter of the influential X-Ray Spex singer. We discuss Poly's life with bipolar and how it informed her music and writing in the London punk scene and beyond.

www.celeste-bell.com

Featured song clips:

X-Ray Spex - "I Am a Cliché" from Germfree Adolescents (Caroline Records reissue, 1991)

X-Ray Spex - "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" from Germfree Adolescents (Caroline Records reissue, 1991)

1978 TV interview clip from Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

X-Ray Spex - "Plastic Bag" from Germfree Adolescents (EMI, 1978)

X-Ray Spex - "Identity" from Germfree Adolescents (EMI, 1978)

About this podcast:

Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH!

teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy

Intro/background music clips:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache"

Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus"

Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör Jason Schreurs. Innehållet i podden är skapat av Jason Schreurs och inte av, eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.