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Their sound and attitude became increasingly experimental and avant garde during the early 1980's, when they formed an alliance with Bristol post punk mavericks The Pop Group, sharing a drummer (Bruce Smith) and releasing a joint single, "In The Beginning There was Rhythm/Where There's A Will" ( Rough Trade records ). However, by the time of their second 'official' LP release Return Of The Giant Slits(a 'semi-official' bootlegAs a noun, bootleg means the top part of a boot, the part that is around the leg instead of the foot. From the practice of hiding small items in a boot to smuggle them past the authorities, the word became a verb, meaning "to smuggle", and an adjective, d of poorly recorded early material having been released in the interim by Rough Trade), many felt that their initial energy, exuberance and innovativeness had deserted them. Various Slits became involved with On U dub-jamming project New Age Steppers along with free improvisersFree improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the taste of the musicians involved, and not in any particular style. Performers may choose to play in a certain style or key--though free music is far more often atonal--or at such as Steve BeresfordBeresford at the Red Rose club, London, 1990 Steve Beresford (born 1950) is a British musician. He has played a variety of instruments, including piano, trumpet, euphonium, bass guitar and a wide variety of toy instruments, such as the toy piano. He has a.