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The Slits

Formed 1976

  • Principal Members
  • Viv Albertine
  • Budgie
  • Hollie Cook
  • Palmolive
  • Tessa Pollitt
  • Ari Up

Biography

The Slits are an all female post-punk band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The members were Ari Up (Arianna Forster) and Palmolive (Paloma Romera, who later left to join The Raincoats), with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members Kate Korus and Suzy Gutsy.

Palmolive was replaced by male drummer Budgie (aka Pete Clarke), formerly of The Spitfire Boys and later to join Siouxsie & the Banshees...

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Artist Timeline

  • 1976 Formed by members of The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators
  • 1977 Support the Clash on the White Riot Tour
  • 1977 Legendary Peel session recorded
  • 1979 'Cut' recorded with new drummer Budgie
  • 1981 Pop Group drummer Bruce Smith joins
  • 1982 The band effectively dissolves
  • 2006 Ari Up and Tessa Pollit reform The Slits
 

Key Releases

  • Cut

    1979

    Punk and dub collide in a dizzyingly inventive mash-up that hasn't dated a jot.

    Review on BBC Music

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Inspired

Influences

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • The Pop Group


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