The Slits earned a place in rock history the hard way, enduring sexist taunts and even the occasional stabbing as an opening act on The Clash's "White Riot" tour. But after only two albums, including ...

In 1979, a fearless punk song challenging gender expectations arrived with a voice unlike anything listeners had heard before. "Typical Girls" by The Slits was later ranked by Rolling Stone among the ...

When I first heard them as a teenager, the Slits changed my life. They sounded like no other band — like some wild girl gang obsessed with reggae who’d concocted their very own, wiry guitar sound. It ...

Ari Up, the dreadlocked lead singer of the Slits, the first all-girl U.K. punk band, died Oct. 20 in England. She was 48. A posting on the website of Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten ...

The band member who underpins the film is bassist Tessa Pollitt, with her ragged Slits scrapbook. She comes across as one who’s seen it all, been burnt many times, but has come out of it with her ...

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