Tag: Trapped Animal

The Slits release video for 'Lazy Slam,' the 'final work' of late frontwoman Ari Up

The Slits release video for ‘Lazy Slam,’ the ‘final work’ of late frontwoman Ari Up

A day after Ari Up, iconic frontwoman of The Slits, succumbed to a long illness, her label Narnack Records has released what it bills as the band’s ‘final work’: a heretofore unreleased video for the song ‘Lazy Slam,’ off last year’s ‘Trapped Animal’ album.

The Slits' Ari Up, 1962-2010

The Slits’ Ari Up, 1962-2010

German-born punk pioneer Ari Up — the frontwoman of The Slits who learned guitar from Joe Strummer and was John Lydon’s stepdaughter — died today at age 48 following ‘a serious illness,’ Lydon and her mother, Nora Foster, announced via Public Image Ltd.’s website.