Wednesday, October 20, 2010

RIP Ari Up


R.I.P. Ari Up of the Slits

Arianna Foster, aka Ari Up, frontwoman for pioneering English punk band the Slits, has passed away, according to the website of John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd., who was also Up's stepfather. According to Lydon's site, Up died "after a serious illness." She was 48 years old.
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Oddly, my sister just posted the above drawing I did of Ari Up in 1978 or so...