• News

• All

Oct 21, 2010 By Laura Studarus The Slits

Ari Up, vocalist for The Slits, died yesterday at age 48 after a long battle with illness. She is survived by her family, including her three sons, mother, and stepfather Johnny Rotten. There are currently no plans for a service.

Says manager Jeff Jacquin in a press release statement: “In my 20 years as a manager I have never seen or felt such inspiration and unyielding passion for music and life as I had with my dear friend and client Ari Up. She was truly one of a kind, and there will never be another like her. She influenced generations of women and created some of the most memorable music of our time, but Ari’s true magic was how she affected people on the street, face to face every day. She ate life up and spit it out, she lived it on her own terms and never gave an inch! The Slits will live on forever and continue to change the way people feel about music and themselves and that’s just the way Ari would want it! We will all miss you so much!”

Today, Up postumuously released her final work, a video for cut from 2009 album Trapped Animal, “Lazy Slam.”

Our condolences go to Up’s family and friends.

(www.myspace.com/theslits)