Mud, music and mayhem: why the Slits' Cut is still up for a fight

The all-girl punk group’s 1979 LP was provocative for its music and its cover. Thirty-seven years later, on its vinyl rerelease, it’s still courting controversy in the form of a fan-led petition over royaltiesYou could write a lengthy essay about the Slits’ landmark LP Cut based on the semiotics of its cover alone. Three young women stand wearing only loincloths in a Surrey rose garden – a sight to delight any shock-marketing executive. But they are covered almost ent...

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