Editing The Slits (section)

===2005–2010===
Ari Up and Tessa Pollitt reformed the band with new members in 2005, as Viv Albertine was unwilling to rejoin, and in 2006 released the [[Extended play|EP]] ''Revenge of the Killer Slits''.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p14289/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography by John Dougan |publisher=Allmusic.com |access-date=23 April 2009}}</ref> The EP featured former [[Sex Pistols]] member [[Paul Cook]] and former [[Adam and the Ants]] members [[Chris Constantinou]] and [[Marco Pirroni]] as both musicians and co-[[record producer|producers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2555884-The-Slits-Revenge-Of-The-Killer-Slits |title= The Slits – Revenge Of The Killer Slits|publisher= [[Discogs]]|date= |access-date= 13 July 2023}}</ref> Cook's daughter [[Hollie Cook|Hollie]] played with the band, singing and playing keyboards. Other members of the reformed band were No (of the Home Office) on guitar, German drummer Anna Schulte, and Adele Wilson on guitar.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08080/866469-42.stm |title=Music Preview: The Slits are back with a Pistols daughter |date=20 March 2008 |first=Scott |last=Mervis }}</ref>

The band toured the United States for the first time in twenty-five years during 2006's 'States of Mind' tour, and followed this with tours of Australia and Japan, as well as opening for [[Sonic Youth]] at [[New York City|New York's]] [[McCarren Park Pool]].<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44064-slits-set-for-us-summer-tour Slits Set for U.S. Summer Tour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113121620/https://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44064-slits-set-for-us-summer-tour |date=13 January 2009 }} [[Pitchfork Media]], 6 July 2007.</ref> Adele Wilson and No left the band, to be replaced by American guitarist Michelle Hill. A biography – ''Typical Girls? The Story of the Slits'' by [[Zoë Street Howe]] was published in the UK by [[Omnibus Press]] in July 2009,<ref>{{cite book | isbn=978-1-84772-780-0|title=Typical Girls: The Story of the Slits|author=Zoe Street Howe|year=2009|publisher= Omnibus Press|pages=all}}</ref> and the band's third full-length album entitled ''[[Trapped Animal]]'' was released three months later.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ross |first=Dalton |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/06/the-slits-ladypunk-legends-return.html |title=The Slits: lady-punk legends to return with first full-length since 1981 Entertainment Weekly 29 June 2009 |publisher=Music-mix.ew.com |date=29 June 2009 |access-date=21 February 2012 |archive-date=1 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701001216/http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/06/the-slits-ladypunk-legends-return.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

Founding member Ari Up died in Los Angeles in October 2010 at the age of 48.<ref name="Moynihan">{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Ari Up, a Founder of the Slits Punk Band, Dies at 48|first=Colin|last=Moynihan|date=22 October 2010|page=A33 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/arts/music/22ariup.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110921032623/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/arts/music/22ariup.html| archive-date=21 September 2011| url-status= live}}</ref> The band's final work, the [[music video|video]] for the song "Lazy Slam" from ''Trapped Animal'', was released posthumously according to Ari Up's wishes.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://narnackrecords.com/beta/ari-up-r-i-p-1962-2010
 |title = Ari Up R.I.P. (1962–2010)d
 |publisher = narnackrecords.com
 |date = 21 October 2010
 |access-date = 20 October 2009
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120722010854/http://narnackrecords.com/ari-up-r-i-p-1962-2010/
 |archive-date = 22 July 2012
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> A final song, the unreleased 1981 recording "Coulda Woulda Shoulda", was due to be released in early 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Original Slits Lineup to Release Cassette of "Last Ever Song" {{!}} Exclaim!|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/original_slits_lineup_to_release_cassette_of_last_ever_song|access-date=21 February 2022|website=exclaim.ca|language=en}}</ref>