Summary: <p>This week we bring you the incredible story of <strong>Viv Albertine </strong>which begins with the birth of punk rock in England.</p> <p>As a fashion student at the Chelsea School of Art she began dating <strong>Mick Jones</strong> (who would shortly form his band <strong>The Clash</strong>) and made friends with <strong>Malcolm McLaren</strong> and <strong>Vivienne Westwood</strong>. When McLaren invited her out to see <strong>The Sex Pistols</strong> perform, Viv’s life would change forever. Dreaming of a music career since she was a child, she now saw in punk rock a bridge to her dream. Viv got a guitar and formed a band with her new best friend <strong>Sid Ritchie</strong> (you may know him as<strong> Sid Vicious</strong>) and began creating her own unique sound. When Sid left to join <strong>The Sex Pistols,</strong> Viv found her place in the kick ass all girl punk band <strong>The Slits</strong>. They would go on to record 2 albums and tour with punk icons such as <strong>The Buzzcocks, The Clash</strong> and <strong>Subway Sect</strong>.</p> <p>Viv’s relationship with Mick didn’t last (nor did her fling with New York Doll <strong>Johnny Thunders</strong>) but made rock n roll history when it ended up as material in songs like The Slits’ <em>Ping-Pong Affair</em> and The Clash’s classic <em>Train in Vain</em>. After The Slits broke up, Viv focused her talents on film directing many music videos for a new channel called MTV as well as working in tv with the BBC.</p> <p>She married and became a mother burying her musical side until <strong>Vincent Gallo</strong> came into her life. Their friendship was “like a secret door being opened again to a world I left a long time ago.” Their conversations reignited a spark in Viv and in 2009 she began performing again, this time as a solo artist. Viv recounts her punk rock journey in her incredible memoir<em><strong> Clothes, Music, Boys</strong></em> as well as her battle with cancer, her struggles trying to become a mother and her search for identity outside the roles of “wife” and “mother”.</p> <p>The punk spirit lives on in Viv. In 2016 she “defaced” a male-focused punk exhibit at the British Library, taking a pen and adding in all the incredible female musicians who were at the forefront of punk. She also has a song called <em>Confessions of a MILF</em>!</p> <p>You can find Viv on twitter @viv_albertine & Instagram @vivalbertine and we highly recommend picking up her memoirs.</p> <p>You can find us on twitter @ChantyandLynx and Instagram @musesandstuffpodcast</p> <p>This episode is brought to you by www.electrifiedporcupine.com</p> <p>Stream the episode on iTunes or listen here:</p>
