Typical girls? : the story of The Slits
Howe, Zoë2009
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Wild, defiant and startlingly inventive, The Slits were ahead of their time. Although they created some unique hybrids - dub reggae and 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 challenged perceptions of punk and of girl bands - but they were still misunderstood. And that infamous debut album cover, with the band aearing topless and mud-daubed, prompted further misreadings of the first ladies of punk. Author Zoe Howe reveals exactly how The Slits phenomenon came about.
Main title:
Typical girls? : the story of The Slits / Zoë Howe.
Author:
Howe, Zoë, author
Imprint:
London : Omnibus Press, [2009]©2009
Collation:
xxi, 226 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and discography.
ISBN:
9781847727800 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
782.42166782.421660922
Local class:
782.421660922
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
931984