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<p> <b> <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR <br> ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR <br> <i>MOJO </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR <br> </b> <br> In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen a girl play electric guitar. <br> <br> A year later, she was the guitarist in the hugely influential all-girl band <b>the Slits</b>, who fearlessly took on the male-dominated music scene and became part of a movement that changed music. <br> <br> A raw, thrilling story of life on the frontiers and a candid account of Viv's life post-punk - taking in a career in film, the pain of IVF, illness and divorce and the triumph of making music again - <i>Clothes Music Boys</i> is a remarkable memoir.</p>