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The First Cut Is The Deepest: The Slits’ Classic Debut Turns 40

September 18, 2019October 18, 2021 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, adblock, Ari Up, Cut, Dennis Bovell, Island Records, Palmolive, Punky Reggae Party, Reggae, Teresa Pollitt, The Clash, The Police, The Ruts, The Slits, Typical Girls, Viv Albertine

They were a band willing and able to transcend their peers’ three-chord pop songs and political sloganeering to create something that really did chip away at the rock ‘n’ roll myth