The Punk Rock Movie
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| - | + | '''''The Punk Rock Movie''''' was assembled from [[Super 8 mm film|Super 8]] camera footage shot by [[Don Letts]], the [[disc jockey]] at [[The Roxy]] club during the early days of the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[punk rock]] movement, principally during the 100 days in 1977 in which punk acts were featured at [[The Roxy]] club in London. | |
| - | '''Ariane Forster''' (1 January 1962 – 20 October 2010), better known by her [[stage name]] '''Ari Up''', was a [[singer|vocalist]] best known as a member of the [[England|English]] [[Punk rock|punk]] [[band (music)|group]], [[The Slits]]. | + | |
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| - | Forster was born in [[Munich]], [[Germany]], the granddaughter of a wealthy German newspaper proprietor (''[[Der Spiegel]]''). Forster's mother, Nora, was known in the [[music industry]], as she was a friend of [[Jimi Hendrix]], and dated [[Chris Spedding]] for three years. Nora would later date and marry the [[Sex Pistols]]' lead singer, [[John Lydon]]. Their home was known to be something of a [[Punk rock|punk]] domain, where Nora would take in poor musicians. The constant presence of punk music led to Ari Up experimenting in it herself, learning guitar skills from The Clash's [[Joe Strummer]]. | + | |
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| - | Ari Up was only fourteen when she formed [[The Slits]] with drummer [[Palmolive (musician)|Palmolive]] in 1976. Ari Up's love of [[reggae]] led The Slits into a "jungly", [[dub music|dub]] style. She was the most flamboyant member of the group. Her wild hair and crazy stage outfits became her trademarks. She can be seen briefly in [[The Clash]] [[film|movie]], ''[[Rude Boy (film)|Rude Boy]]'', with the band backstage. Her 1977 performances with The Slits are featured in ''[[The Punk Rock Movie]]'', a 1992 release of various punk group club performances, principally at [[The Roxy]]. | + | |
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| - | After The Slits split in 1981, she moved with her husband and twin children to jungle regions of [[Indonesia]] and [[Belize]], living among indigenous people in those areas. Later, they moved to [[Jamaica]], eventually settling in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]. | + | |
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| - | She continued to make music, first with the [[New Age Steppers]], then solo as Baby Ari, Madussa, and Ari Up. | + | |
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| - | Despite growing up in England, Ari Up possesses an unusual accent which is the result of a cross between German and Jamaican. | + | |
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| - | Her first full length solo album entitled ''Dread More Dan Dead'' was released in 2005. | + | |
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| - | In 2006 Ari Up reformed The Slits with original bass player [[Tessa Pollitt]]. They released an [[Gramophone record|EP]] ''Return of the Giant Slits'' and have since toured in [[Europe]], [[North America]], [[Australia]], and [[Japan]]. She occasionally played solo concerts in New York, and toured the UK with her backing band 'The True Warriors' | + | |
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| - | She also recorded with the Jammyland All Stars, and the German [[techno]]-[[dancehall]] outfit, [[Terranova (band)|Terranova]]. | + | |
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| - | Ari Up appeared on the [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]]'s 2008 album, ''[[Repentance (2008 album)|Repentance]]'', and performed a [[duet (music)|duet]] on a [[cover version]] of [[The Yardbirds]]' [[song]] "Mister You're a Better Man Than I" on [[Mark Stewart (musician)|Mark Stewart's]] 2008 album, ''Edit''. In July 2009, she performed with Perry and Austrian dub band [[Dubblestandart]] in Brooklyn, New York just prior to the [[Central Park SummerStage]] festival. | + | |
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| - | On 20 October 2010, [[John Lydon]]'s homepage announced, on behalf of John and Ari's mother [[Nora Forster]], Ari Up's passing that morning from a "serious illness". | + | |
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| - | *[[The Slits]] | + | |
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The Punk Rock Movie was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at The Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, principally during the 100 days in 1977 in which punk acts were featured at The Roxy club in London.
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