RIP Ari-Up

Photography by Caroline Coon
Arianna Forster(1962-2010)
I was very sad to hear that Arianna died yesterday of lymphatic cancer aged 48.  The trailblazing frontwoman and founder member of The Slits with Viv Albertine, Palmolive and Tessa Pollitt.  Arianna was fifteen when The Slits embarked on the White Riot Tour of 1977 with The Clash and Subway Sect.
Arianna's mother Nora was a friend of Jimi