Friday, February 16, 2007

The Slits

1976 – 1981
2006 - present

Website: The Slits
The Slits @ YouTube


Video from a documentary called "Girls Bite Back" directed by Wolfgang Budd in 1980. Interview with the Slits and others (Girlschool?). Partial performances of "Animal Space", "Grapevine", and "Man Next Door".








Musicians:
Ari Up (1976-present)
Hollie Cook
Adele Wilson
Nadya
Tessa Pollitt
Anna Schulte
Kate Korus
Suzy Gutsy
Palmolive
Viv Albertine
Bruce Smith
Budgie

Discography:

Studio albums

* Cut (Island Records, 1979)
* Return of the Giant Slits (CBS, 1981)
* Revenge Of The Killer Slits (EP),(2006)

Live albums

* Bootleg Retrospective (Rough Trade, 1980)
* Live at the Gibus Club

Compilation albums

* The Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit, 1988)
* In the Beginning (Jungle Records, 1997)

Singles

* "Typical Girls"/"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Island, 1979) UK #60
* "In The Beginning There Was Rhythm" (split single with The Pop Group), (Y Records/Rough Trade, 1980)
* "Man Next Door" (Y Records/Rough Trade, 1980)
* "Animal Space" (Human Records, 1980)
* "Earthbeat" (CBS, 1981)