Whilst researching this piece on Poly Styrene, the frontwoman of the 1970s British punk band X-Ray Spex, I developed a sort of parasocial kinship for both Poly (a.k.a. Marian Elliot) and her daughter, Celeste. I'm in no way the first to do this. Celeste's poignant documentary about her mum's life -- Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché -- takes anecdotes from rock icons inspired by the late, great, and complicated Styrene herself. Kathleen Hanna, Pauline Black, Neneh Cherry; all recognised Poly's game-changing contributions to a genre dominated by skinny angry white guys.

The lore of The Runaways is conflicting. The 2010 biopic attempts to chronicle the rapid rise and fall of the band's four-year run from the lead singer Cherie Curie's memoir, Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway, but there's a notable absence in the film. The gaping hole left by the bassist -- who the film renames 'Robin Robins' -- is formed by the longest-lasting bassist's refusal to be involved in the biopic's making.