Who initiated getting the Slits back together?
Tessa Pollitt (bass): It was very strange because I went to see Ari with her solo group, Ari Up & the True Warriors. And we had both been thinking that we would like to get the Slits back together at the same time. It was kind of quite spooky really. I saw her and I got really itchy to get back on stage again. We were both really thinking of the same thing at the same time. What is the tie that binds you? Tessa Pollitt: We grew up like sisters. I lived with her when she was 15. I left home when I was 16. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to have a roof over my head! We’ve lived quite parallel lives. Similar things have happened to us, even though we were apart for twenty years. We both lost the fathers of our children. We’re quite seriously linked. We both like the same music instinctively. There’s very few people I get on with. Me and Ari have a conflict sometimes and we’re quite opposite people in character but opposites attract, right? We both grew up with a strong Jamaican
