Name: Cut
Brand: The Slits

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

UVIS5481862.2

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Download code: No

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2013-12-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

731454818629

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Slits

Genre US

Label US

Universal

The Slits were a UK feminist punk outfit formed in 1976. The original lineup included Ari-Up on vocals, Katherine Corris on guitar, Paloma Romero on drums (later of The Raincoats), and Suzi Webb on bass. They gained attention for their aggressive and confrontational music, captured in their first two John Peel sessions. Despite their talent, they struggled to secure a record contract during the initial wave of punk. Eventually signed to Island Records, they released the dub-influenced album "Cut," which featured a controversial nude cover.

Over the years, the band experienced several lineup changes and collaborations with musicians like Prince Hammer and Don Cherry. However, by 1981, The Slits had lost some of their original edge and disbanded at the end of that year. In the new millennium, Ari-Up revived The Slits for a series of intimate live performances.

Discover the influential sounds of this pioneering feminist punk group through their iconic recordings and experience firsthand how they challenged conventions within the music industry.

New Wave / Post Punk

On its release in 1979, the record was regarded as a five-star triumph. The pioneering mix of the band's punk roots and legendary reggae producer Dennis Bovell created an extraordinary masterpiece that ranked alongside other 1979 ground-breaking post-punk classics such as <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/public-image-limited">Pil's</a> Metal Box, Unknown Pleasures by <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/joy-division">Joy Division</a> and the <a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/artist/the-pop-group">Pop Group's</a> Y albums. Thirty Seven years on, Cut is still a landmark album and one that sounds as essential as the day it was released.

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/cut">LP version available here.</a>

Music US