The Slits were a British punk rock band. The Slits were a British punk rock band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators.

Cut is the 1979 debut album by English punk band The Slits. It was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Rusper and produced by Dennis Bovell. The album was originally released on 7 September 1979 on the Island Records label in the UK and on Antilles in the US. It reached number 30 on the UK album charts at the time. In 2004 it was voted at no 58 in The Observer's list, The 100 Greatest British Albums.

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Cut by The Slits introduced an atypical group at the vanguard of female-fronted punk, influencing on everyone from Massive Attack to Sleater-Kinney. Sassy and streetwise: The Slits were everything girls in a band weren’t supposed to be before punk levelled the playing field, and their debut album, Cut, continues to astound. Admittedly, the feisty London-based quartet were well-placed to surf punk’s first wave. Dreadlocked, live-wire vocalist Arianna Forster (aka Ari Up) was the daughter of Nora Forster, future wife of Sex Pistols’ vocalist Johnny Rotten, while guitarist Viv Albertine dated The Clash’s Mick Jones and hung out with Sid Vicious. The Slits, though, were no one’s appendages and were determined to make a mark on their own terms.

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Strange isn’t it" On the contrary Cut doesn’t seem like that groundbreaking of a record upon first listen however once you invest some time with it you’ll being to realize why the album is so critically acclaimed. Tracks range from the chilled out, Jamaica influenced Instant Hit to the erratic rhythms and bouncy melodies found on Shoplifting.

LP (12" album, 33 rpm). Originally released in 1979, this is the earth shattering debut from British all-girl post-punk band The Slits. The Slits mixed a punk attitude and . Y style with reggae rhythms and dub recording techniques, assisted by brilliant producer Dennis Bovell. 180 gram vinyl reissue.

The Slits could hardly play an instrument among them at first - when they opened on the Clash's White Riot Tour, Mick Jones tuned their guitars for them - but they went on to become one of the most influential early female punk bands.