songs she wrote while with the band, can be heard on the group's 1977 and 1978 John Peel Sessions. In November 1978, Palmolive appeared as drummer with Spizzoil in a gig at the Hammersmith Odeon, then soon joined her friend Gina Birch and Ana DaSilva in the Raincoats. Palmolive recruited violinist Vicky Aspinall into the group by hanging an ad in Compendium Books, a “centre for alternative thinkers.” Her drumming is characterized by Raincoats biographer Jenn Pelly as "more like painting, abstract-expressionist, not at all like a metronome." It fitted well with the band's non-linear, non-hierarchical approach to making music. Palmolive played on the Raincoats initial EP and their first album, The Raincoats, considered a "feminine response to rock'n'roll hegemony." She drummed for the Raincoats on a UK tour with Rough Trade labelmates Kleenex (later renamed LiliPUT after Kimberly-Clark, the manufacturer of the tissue paper brand, threatened legal action) in 1979. Post-punk life Palmolive left the Raincoats after that tour for a pilgrimage to India with her friend Dave McLardy. The couple moved to Spain, then back to England before relocating to the United States, where they have lived in Cape Cod, Massachusetts since 1989. At her arrival she joined a controversial right-wing Pentecostal church named Victory Chapel in Hyannis until leaving a few years later after recognizing the church’s troubling characteristics. Palmolive, no longer involved with organized religion, still embraces Jesus. She considers herself to be a "punk mystic", an identity that influences her outlook on life and her deep concern for social welfare and environmental issues. In a July 2021 interview on the BBC World Service programme “Outlook”, she refers to herself as a Quaker. She has taught Spanish to children in public and private schools on Cape Cod for over 16 years, having earned a BA in American Studies from Lesley University along with teacher certification. Palmolive's influence on punk and her role as an inspiration for women in music is chronicled in the documentary film Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits, Jenn Pelly's book The Raincoats, part of the 33 1/3 books series and the God Save the Queens: Pioneras del Punk. Palmolive participates in frequent Q&A sessions at screenings of the film and other events, and was part of a keynote panel about women and music at the 2018 Pop Conference held at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington. She