The Slits' Ari Up Is Just Your Typical Girl -- Picture Book

Each week, in Picture Book, we present an iconic photo from rock 'n' roll's past or present, accompanied with insightful commentary. Whether it's a famous picture or an unearthed rarity, these striking images will serve to illustrate the visual side of music.

Ari Up of the Slits, Cardiff, Wales, 1977

As the Clash bassist Paul Simonon looks on, Ari Up of the Slits teases her trademark untamed hair in a Cardiff, Wales, dressing room. In 1977, two watershed events occurred in punk rock: The Silver Jubilee -- the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the throne -- inspired the Sex Pistols' anti-monarchy song 'God Save the Queen.' And the London-based Slits, the influential all-female punk band, debuted, touring with the Clash. Here, the 15-year-old Ari Up (born Arianna Forster in Germany), who would later become Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten's stepdaughter, wears one of her favorite outfits -- Silver Jubilee knickers over skintight trousers.

Though a pioneering band, the Slits would record just two albums before breaking up in 1982. Though the group reunited with a different lineup two decades later, the comeback came to an end this week when Up, 48, died from cancer on Oct. 20.