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The Styrenes are a protopunk group originating in Cleveland, Ohio, United States but based in New York since 1980. Various sources record them as having been formed in 1971, 1973 and 1975.

They were contemporaries of bands such as Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys, and included members of other groups such as Pere Ubu, The Electric Eels, The Pagans, The Golden Palominos, The Feelies, The Mirrors and John Zorn's band. Like The Electric Eels, the group's music showed influences from free jazz alongside the more usual rock and roll and garage rock.

The band sometimes performed under variations of their name, including the Poli Styrene Jass Band, The George Money Band, The Styrene-Money Band and The Styrene Band.

Discography

 * Girl Crazy (Mustard, 1981)
 * A Monster and the Devil (Tinnitus, 1989)
 * It's Artastic (Homestead, 1991)
 * All the Wrong People Are Dying (Overground, 1998)
 * We Care, So You Don't Have To (Scat, 1998)
 * It's Still Artastic (ROIR, 2002)
 * In C (Enja, 2005)
 * City of Women (2007)

Compilations

 * Those Were Different Times

Personnel

 * Paul Marotta – piano, vocals
 * Al Margolis – bass, vocals
 * UK Rattay – guitar
 * John Keith – drums, vocals

Former members

 * Craig Bell – bass
 * Jim Crook – guitar
 * Anton Fier – drums
 * Mike Hoffman – drums
 * Mike Hudson – vocals, poetry
 * Jim Jones – bass
 * Jamie Klimek – guitar
 * Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
 * Mike Weldon – drums