Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits

wild, defiant and startlingly inventive, the slits were way ahead of their time. although they created records which were a hybrid of dub reggae, pop punk, african rhythms, funk and free jazz, they were dismissed as being unable to play. their lyrics were witty and perceptive while their influential first album, 'cut' , challenged perceptions of punk and of girl bands, but they were still misunderstood. too long seen as a note in the margin of the history of rock, the slits at last get a fair hearing in this revealing biography. author zoe street howe has interviewed the slits themselves , former manager don letts, mentor and pil guitarist keith levene, plus many other friends and collaborators to discover just how the sloits phenomenon came about and to celebrate the legacy of a seminal band long overdue its rightful acclaim.