who needs boys when you’ve got guitars?
the Slits reminisced about the masculine opposition to women in punk in the book “Punk Rock: So What?”
Drummer Palmolive recalled Malcom McLaren (best known as manager of the Sex Pistols) approaching the band. Alledgedly he said “I want to work with you because youre girls and you play music. I hate music and I hate girls. I thrive on hate. I wanna work with you.”
to which Palmolive replied “No, thank you,” thinking he was trying to break them up.
the slits with “typical girls”
(i find it not dissimilar to a lot of current girl bands including Robots in Disguise)
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-kass
