join her band that same night. Ari immediately agreed. Palmolive next asked Kate Korus, whom she knew from the time of the 101'ers, to play guitar in the band; she too agreed. The three were joined by bassist Suzy Gutsy to form the first version of the Slits. On 17 January 1977, the English tabloid News of the World published the first article about female punks in London. The Slits were featured, along with the Castrators, another all-female band. Things were not working with Suzy, so Palmolive and Ari asked the Castrator's bassist, Tessa Pollitt, to join them. The Slits, now including Tessa, performed their first gig at the Harlesden Coliseum in London on 11 March 1977 along with the Buzzcocks, Subway Sect, and the Clash. Vivien Goldman's review of the article in Sounds proclaimed that the group had "PRESENCE". Ari's "unfettered vocal frenzy" coupled with Palmolive's “fierce percussive pounding” and the overall freedom and wildness of the band's musical and physical performance took the audience by surprise. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones (of the Clash) said Kate didn't look cool, and proposed to replace her with Viv Albertine, Mick's girlfriend. Paloma agreed, and Viv joined the band. The Slits gained immediate attention and soon opened for the Clash's 1977 White Riot tour. Palmolive's passionate drumming was key to the overall brashness of the group's performances. The group's audacity – on-stage and in the street – was met by violence from men offended by their refusal of traditionally feminine attitudes and attire. The Slits’ raucous on-stage behaviour belied the democratic way they wrote their songs. Members would bring lyrics, then create the music collaboratively, exchanging ideas, and devising arrangements together. Palmolive wrote the lyrics to several of the Slits’ initial songs, including Number One Enemy, Shoplifting, New Town, FM, and Adventures Close to Home. By the time that these songs were recorded for release on the Slits' first album, Cut, Palmolive was no longer in the band. She was unhappy due to tensions with the rest of the band over management and creative decisions. Disagreements built up and she was kicked out of the band just before they signed a contract with Island Records. She later claimed that the disagreements included posing nude on the cover of Cut. but Viv Albertine said Palmolive had been asked to leave the band several months previously. Her drumming, along with some of the