The Slits - Or What It Is?

It was remiss of me not to post a tribute to Ari Up when she died of cancer last autumn. I always thought of her as one of punk's more interesting characters.

The Slits' music, which blended punk and dub and African tribal rhythms all topped with Ari's ... erm ... "interesting" vocals, was probably something of an acquired taste and I wouldn't say I ever fully acquired it. But they were a hard band not to admire, anyway.

This is from their second album, Return of the Giant Slits, from 1981.