Tessa Pollitt
{{short description|British musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tessa Pollitt
| image = The Slits.jpg
| caption = Ari Up, Pollitt, and Adele Wilson of the Slits, performing in 2007
| birth_name = Teresa Mary Clare Pollitt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|05|07}}
| birth_place = London, England
| occupation = Musician, artist
| years_active = 1976–81, 2006–2010
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| instrument = Bass, guitar, vocals
| label = Island
| website =
}}
}}
Teresa Mary Clare Pollitt (born 7 May 1959){{cite web|last1=Bolden|first1=Buddy|title=Tessa Pollitt|url=http://mincingupthemorning.blogspot.com/2009/01/tessa-pollitt.html|website=Mincing Up The Morning|date=January 2009 |publisher=Blogspot.com|accessdate=17 July 2015}} is an English musician who is best known as the bass guitarist for the punk rock band the Slits between 1976 and 1982.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8390319/the-slits-documentary-interview|title=The Slits' Tessa Pollitt & Documentary Director Talk Punk Pioneers' Legacy|magazine=Billboard|access-date=8 January 2019}}
Music career
At 16 years old, Pollitt replaced the Slits's original bassist, Suzi Gutsy.{{cite web |url=http://mog.com/music/Ari_Up/bio |title=Ari-Up Biography |publisher=Mog.com |date=20 October 2010 |accessdate=21 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911144914/http://mog.com/music/Ari_Up/bio |archivedate=11 September 2014 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2018/05/we-hear-you-an-interview-with-the-slits-tessa-pollitt/|title=Rookie » We Hear You: An Interview with The Slits' Tessa Pollitt|last=Valentino|first=Bianca|date=10 May 2018|website=www.rookiemag.com|language=en-US|access-date=8 January 2019}} The Slits disbanded in 1982 after the release of their second album, Return of the Giant Slits.
In the mid-2000s, Pollitt and Slits singer Ari Up reformed the band with new members, including singer Hollie Cook, guitarist Dr. No and drummer Anna Schulte. In 2006, the record label S.A.F. Records released an EP titled Revenge of the Killer Slits.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/saf-records-mn0000875177|title=SAF Records {{!}} Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=8 January 2019}} The EP line-up included Paul Cook, formerly of the Sex Pistols, and Marco Pirroni, formerly of Adam and the Ants.{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/03030-typical-girls-to-trapped-animals-the-slits-interveiw|title=Not Typical Girls Not Trapped Animals: The Slits Interview|last1=Parkhouse|first1=Will|date=22 October 2009 |publisher=The Quietus|accessdate=28 November 2015}} In 2009, the Slits released the album ,Trapped Animal.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13598-trapped-animal/|title=The Slits: Trapped Animal|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=8 January 2019}}
Personal life
Pollitt married Sean Oliver and has a daughter with him.{{cite web|url=http://www.3ammagazine.com/musicarchives/2003/nov/interview_tessa_pollitt.html|title=In The Beginning, There Was Sound|website=3am|accessdate=17 July 2015}} Oliver died in 1990 from sickle cell anemia. During the 1980s, Pollitt lived in Africa, on hiatus from the music industry.{{cite book|title=1988: The New Wave Punk Rock Explosion|last1=Coon|first1=Caroline|date=1977|publisher=Hawthorne Books|isbn=978-0801561290|location=London}}{{failed verification|date=July 2024}}
References
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Category:English rock bass guitarists
Category:Musicians from London
Category:British women bass guitarists
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