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Re: Metal Shadows


yeah joe dated palmolive (who was with him since the 101ers till
about 77) and viv dated mick. train in vain is about viv!!!

--- In theslits@yahoogroups.com, Martin Percival
<martinpercival@y...> wrote:
> Larissa
>
> In 1980 when the Slits first toured the US my friend
> Paul talked to Tessa and Ari in Boston and showed them
> the Banshee's Metal Shadows bootleg lp. Their reaction
> was "Wow! We didn't know the Banshees recorded Love
> and Romance". In actual fact the track is a rogue
> track that's from a Slits John Peel session. The
> Banshees never recorded it, it shouldn't have been on
> the lp. By the way Ari was in the audience at the
> Banshees show at Roseland in NYC in April this year.
>
> The Slits toured with the Clash twice in the UK -
> White Riot tour in May 1977 and the December 1978
> tour. There were supposedly a few romantic connections
> between various band members!
>
> Martin
>
>
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> > From: Larissa Loyva
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> > Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:05:27 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Larissa Loyva <larissa_slurpee@y...>
> > Subject: Re: new slits-group member
> >
> > Hi Max, and everyone. I know you wrote that email
> > ages
> > ago, but I just joined the group like 5 minutes ago
> > and thought I'd give a few messages a read-through.
> > I'm on a million mailing lists, but I hardly ever
> > write. I'm pretty much in your position (although
> > I'm
> > only 22 and didn't know the Slits existed until
> > about
> > a year ago). That's so cool that you've seen them!
> > And
> > the Clash!! And I don't think I'm much of a fan, as
> > I
> > have only a burnt copy of that Island Classics
> > reissue, or whatever it is, and I just picked up the
> > New Age Steppers CDs too (which are soooo awesome).
> > I was wondering if you might recommend some dub
> > reggae, as I seem to be getting into that as well.
> > It's funny, because I read a great article online
> > about how punk and goth morphed into new wave and
> > dub
> > and stuff, and my own music tastes have done the
> > exact
> > same thing. (Sorry, I can't find the link right
> > now.)
> > Unfortunately, I can't help you out with finding the
> > rare stuff. I live in Vancouver, BC, and I can't
> > even
> > readily find new Slits/NAS stuff. Actually, when
> > it's
> > new, I'm usually not in a hurry to buy it because I
> > know it's there...
> > Anyway, I'm also a huge Siouxsie & the Banshees fan,
> > and I don't know if this has ever been brought up,
> > but
> > I've got this record of theirs called Metal Shadows,
> > and it's all old Siouxsie stuff, but one of the
> > songs
> > is Love & Romance, I think, and I swear it's the
> > Slits
> > singing and playing and everything! On vinyl! Like,
> > how'd that get there? It's really weird. Anyone know
> > anything about this phenomenon?
> > Hope this email wasn't too babbly. Have to get ready
> > for school now...
> > ~Larissa
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/larissa_slurpee <--
> > CD/LP
> > collection in "Music"
> >
> > --- In theslits@y..., Max Johnson
> > <funhouse3131@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi - I actually saw the Slits in concert once.
> > They
> > > were the opening act for the Clash one night in
> > NYC
> > in
> > > 1981. It was a great show but I didn't really
> > > appreciate them then like I do now. After seeing
> > "The
> > > Filth and the Fury" last year and reading a recent
> > > book about punk history I was reminded about how
> > > reggae, and specifically dub reggae was a part of
> > the
> > > early punk scene (which I experienced a bit of.) I
> > > recently began to buy a bunch of old dub music on
> > CD
> > > re-issues, and all this inevitably lead me to the
> > > Slits. I love their music today in a way I
> > couldn't
> > > have back then, and I'm trying to get my hands on
> > as
> > > much of it as possible.
> > >
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Larissa In 1980 when the Slits first toured the US my friend Paul talked to Tessa and Ari in Boston and showed them the Banshee's Metal Shadows bootleg lp....
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yeah joe dated palmolive (who was with him since the 101ers till about 77) and viv dated mick. train in vain is about viv!!! ... ...
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