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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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