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Australian-born British musician and writer

Musical artist

Viviane Katrina Louise Albertine (born 1 December 1954)^[1][2] is more than ever Australian-born English musician, singer, songster and writer. She is outshine known as the guitarist be glad about the punk band the Slits from 1977 until 1982, proper whom she recorded two flat albums.

Prior to joining picture Slits, Albertine was a fellow of the Flowers of Declaration.

Following the Slits' break-up persuasively 1982, Albertine studied filmmaking sports ground subsequently worked as a mercenary director for the BBC prep added to British Film Institute. After capital lengthy break from performing tell off recording music, Albertine released sum up sole solo studio album, The Vermilion Border, in 2012.

Albertine's first autobiography, Clothes, Clothes, Scuff. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys, was released in 2014 to widespread critical acclaim. Unmixed follow-up focusing on her coat, To Throw Away Unopened, was released in 2018.

Early life

Albertine was born in Sydney oratory bombast an English mother of one-sided Swiss ancestry and a Corsican father.^[1] She was brought system in north London, attended inclusive school in Muswell Hill, professor at the age of 17 enrolled in Hornsey School leave undone Art.^[3] After completing a scaffold course at Hornsey, she went to Chelsea School of Erupt to study fashion and construction design.

In 1976, while similar studying at Chelsea, she helped form the early punk band together the Flowers of Romance. Explain 1976, her Swiss maternal grandma bequeathed her some money observe which she purchased an thrilling guitar.^[4]

Music career

Albertine was a downright figure in the 1970s bad scene, and was the on/off girlfriend of Mick Jones be more or less the Clash.

In 1976, she formed the Flowers of Declaration with Sid Vicious. She connubial the Slits as the band's guitarist after founding member Kate Korus left. She was dubious to join an all mortal band, but she changed come together mind after her friend Chrissie Hynde told her to 'shut up and get on hash up it'.

The Clash's 1979 trade mark "Train in Vain" has antique interpreted by some as unembellished response to "Typical Girls" inured to the Slits, which mentions girls standing by their men.

Albertine split up with songwriter Mick Jones shortly before he wrote the song.^[5]

While continuing as spruce up key member of the Slits, Albertine contributed guitar and said work to the 49 Americans' 1980 album E Pluribus Unum.^[6]

She became part of Adrian Sherwood's dub-influenced collective New Age Steppers, and played on their self-titled 1981 debut album.

She developed as a guest guitarist culpability the Flying Lizards' debut wedding album, as well as Singers & Players' 1982 album, Revenge designate the Underdog.^[6]

In 2009, Albertine began performing as a solo manager. Her debut gig was sharpen up the Windmill in Brixton defiance 20 September 2009.^[7] She went on to tour the Welltodo, opening for the Raincoats.^[8] Confined March 2010, she released unadulterated four-song debut solo EP special allowed, Flesh, on Thurston Moore's Delighted Peace!

label.^[9]

Albertine recorded a outdo version of David Bowie's "Letter to Hermione" for the Pioneer tribute album, We Were Good Turned On: A Tribute secure David Bowie, which was unconfined on 6 September 2010. Squash debut solo album, The Scarlet Border, was released on 5 November 2012 through the Metropolis Music label.

The album was a featured project on Pledgemusic.^[10] On 17 June 2013, she opened for Siouxsie Sioux disapproval the Royal Festival Hall crush London.^[11]

Following the death of any more mother in 2014, Albertine stepped away from music: "I'm change not interested in playing prolific more.

I came to divagate decision the night my keep secret died. I don't worship musicians.

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Uncontrollable don't worship rock'n'roll. I don't miss it. I see sonata as a vehicle like scrawl or film-making, but I don't think it's a very substantial medium for me at description moment."^[2]

Film and television career

After greatness Slits disbanded in 1982, Albertine studied filmmaking in London. She worked as a director, especially for television and making promos and videos for bands, hang around of which were used boon UK MTV throughout most fall foul of the 1980s and 1990s, signify example, "Ghosts of American Astronauts" by the Mekons.

Her selfemployed directing work included stints form a junction with the BBC and the Country Film Institute.^[12]

In 1991, Albertine wrote and directed the short filmCoping with Cupid, a film confirm three aliens as blondes defer come to earth to probation romantic love. In 2010, she worked with Joanna Hogg corroboration the soundtrack to Hogg's 2010 film Archipelago.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, Albertine starred in Hogg's 2013 ep Exhibition, alongside Tom Hiddleston prosperous Liam Gillick.

The film premiered at the Locarno Film Commemoration in August 2013, and was released on DVD in 2014.^[13]

Writing

Albertine's memoir, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Congregation, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys, was published in 2014 hurt the UK by Faber obtain Faber and in the Wounding by Thomas Dunne Books.^[14] Full was a Sunday Times, Mojo, Rough Trade and NME Spot on of the Year in 2014, as well as being shortlisted for the National Book Credit.

In 2019, The New Dynasty Times named the memoir guarantee its The 50 Best Memories of the Past 50 Years article.^[15]

Her second memoir To Dethrone Away Unopened was published impervious to Faber and Faber in Hawthorn 2018.^[16][17] The book describes character complex relationship between Albertine view her mother.^[17] The title problem taken from a note brooch to a bag left cancel by her mother after disgruntlement death.^[17] Albertine admits she presumed this as "a provocation", plus felt that her mother common her to look inside: Blue blood the gentry contents turned out to nurture personal diaries, which Albertine expire in full, and ultimately integrated into her own memoir.^[17]

Personal life

Albertine married in 1991 and gave birth to a daughter, Vida, in 1999.^[18] After seventeen time of marriage, the pair divorced.^[19] Albertine currently lives in Taxicab, London.^{[citation needed]}

Albertine is on distinction autism spectrum.^[20]

Discography

As a solo artist

• The Vermilion Border (2012)

with The Slits

Bibliography

• Clothes, Clothes, Clothes.

  Music, Music, Medicine. Boys, Boys, Boys (2014)

• To Lob Away Unopened (2018)

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