Talk:The Slits

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Contents 1 Dog Faced Hermans 2 "Heard it Through the Grapevine" 3 Mostly all-women? 4 You Tube

[edit] Dog Faced Hermans

I can find no record of The Slits having any connection with The Dog Faced Hermans, AKAIK they were 2 completely separate bands, the only common demoninator being that both bands had female members.

I'm sure there is no direct connection between Dog face Hermans & The Slits. I'd be happy to stand corrected, but until such time I'm placing the text here;

"The Slits were later to get involved in other projects like "The Dog Faced Hermans" (are you sure? What is the link?)."

[edit] "Heard it Through the Grapevine"

Wasn't "Heard it Through the Grapevine" actually a B-side to "Typical Girls"? I'm not certain, so I'll leave the discog as it is for now. --Camembert

Ya, "Head it through the Grapvine" was the b-side. They were asked by Island Records to release it as the single but the band didn't want to because they wanted to release their own material. [1] Underneath-it-All 15:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mostly all-women?

How can a band be "mostly" all-women? —Chowbok 05:19, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

The Slits started out as all female, and tend to be thought of as an 'all women' band. However they had at least 2 male drummers during their career, Budgie (Pete Clarke) and Bruce Smith of The Pop Group, but I think these tended to be on a 'guest musician' basis rather than permanent members. Not sure how to edit the text to reflect this, but I agree that 'mostly all female' is bad grammar to say the least.... quercus robur 21:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

We are now back to an 'all female band' description (18 April 2006). But, whilst largely true, this does not accurately reflect the input of the two male drummers (see quercus robur comments above). Yes, this article still needs further work, and better wording, to give a more rounded and accurate overview of the situation. Over to you, someone....

Derek R Bullamore 21:58, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I changed it to "all female". Whilst the role of any guest musician (or producer; Dennis Bovell) should be recorded, the musical direction of the band and its lyrics were always the role of the long lasting trio - and Palmolive when she was in the band. Whilst Budgie may have been considered a member he was quickly persuaded to become a Banshee. Bruce Smith, as noted, was already a member of another band and continued to be so. On that basis the creative core of The Slits is, I suggest, exclusively female.LessHeard vanU 12:55, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Um, Palmolive was gone before they even recorded Cut. Budgie was responsible for most (if not all) if their drumming while recording. Smith was a guest drummer, never a part of the band. It's all in the book "Rip it up and start again".--151.188.0.235 14:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)not logged in User:DogNewTricks

I think, this page of them should be updated because their doing some tours now. So, can someone just updated.

[edit] You Tube

This could be: 1) independent live footage of the Slits live at the Vortex Club 2) a four minute clip from Punk! The Early Years.

If it is #1, it could have been uploaded by the author. If it is #2, it is arguably fair use, under substantiality, and there is no way to determine that the uploader is not a rep for MVD. The copyright on the underlying music is owned by CBS, which has a deal with You Tube. In the absence of any complaints, the weight of the evidence indicates that there is insufficent suspicion that this is a "knowing" infringement.-Cindery 22:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)