V


iv Albertine is a woman who should need no


introduction. You may want a refresher as to what she means to the music industry now, but her legacy is screamingly apparent – you just might not realise it. As guitarist and main songwriter for 70s punk band, The Slits, she played her part in establishing a place for female bands in the punk scene way before ‘girl’ became ‘grrrl’. She invented what lay at the end of the path, and has led female bands down it ever since. We are simply honoured to spend a little bit of time talking to Viv ahead of her Ladyfest gig this month…


Have you got a hectic summer ahead of you, Viv? Not hectic, and do you know what, unlike when I was in The Slits, I don’t mind. It’s not to do with, ‘oh, I’m too tired’, because I’m absolutely driving – my energy is absolutely focused, but it’s more because I trust, I dunno… I just trust a sense of timing a lot more. You get to a stage where you think ‘if I put the work in - it’s like that build it and they will come type of thing. I usually have a gig one or two times a week and then I’m recording a couple of days each week. It’s just so good at the moment; I just can’t believe how good I feel about life nowadays actually.


It’s great to hear someone speak so positively about the process, many younger bands treat it as an arduous job… It was hard in the 70s in a different way, you know; you had to claw your way out of


38 / JULY 2010 / outlineonline.co.uk


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