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Iggy Pop photographed by Brad Elterman.

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Joe Strummer exchanges shirts with a fan during a Clash concert at The Rainbow, London, 14th May 1977 © Chris Moorhouse

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fredperry.com:

Don Letts - Culture Clash, Chapter 11

Typical Girls

I got fed up working at Boy, so I went off to try and manage The Slits, try being the operative word. The crucial four were Ari Up (who was just 15 at the time), Viv Albertine, Tessa Pollit and Palmolive.

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They were rough, rugged and they rocked. These girls came with an attitude unlike anything I’d ever seen before, male or female! They soon gained a reputation for being unpredictable, chaotic and downright scary. But what intimidated the A&R men, inspired and empowered legions of young girls up and down the country who were fed up with the options open to them at that time. The Clash were impressed enough to take them on the White Riot tour (Mick Jones would have to tune their guitars for them!). It was at this point I realised that I was trying to manage the unmanageable. Bands fighting each other was one thing (and not unheard of) but The Slits would be fighting on stage, off stage, and all points in between. The thing about The Slits was they were The Slits twenty-four seven, not just while they were on stage performing. It wasn’t an act. I remember trying to check the girls into a hotel one time, but before I’d even signed them in, we were being thrown out. Ari had decided to start wrecking the joint while we were still in reception. Such was the chaos that was the Slits.

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John Cale, Lou Reed, Patti Smith and David Byrne, NYC, 1976

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Paul Simonon - London Calling

The Palladium, New York City, September 21, 1979

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The Slits: Ari Up in the basement at 6 Surrendale Place, Maida Vale, London, early 1977. Photo by Julian Yewdall.

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Strummer, Tokyo, 1982.

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The Clash; captured by Youri Lenquette (1981)

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