Ari Up

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ari Up
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Jan 17, 1962(1962-01-17)
Age	62
Date Of Death	2010-10-20
Birthplace	Munich
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ari Up Biography

Ari Up is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on January 17, 1962 in Munich, Germany. Ariane Daniela Forster (17 January 1962 20th October, 2010) who was also known by the performance nickname Ari Up, was a German singer best known for her work as part of The Slits, an English post-punk group The Slits.

Following The Slits disbanded in 1981, Ari moved with her husband and twin sons into jungle areas in Indonesia in the region of Belize and stayed with indigenous people of those regions. Then, they relocated to Jamaica before settling in Kingston. She continued to create music, initially as part of her group the New Age Steppers, then as a solo performer, with stage names like Baby Ari, Madussa, and Ari Up. in 2000 Lydon Nora and Lydon Nora became the legal guardians for Ari’s twin boys. Lydon stated “[Ari] let them run free. They couldn’t read, write or form proper sentences. One day Ari said she couldn’t cope with them any more. I suggested they came to us because I wasn’t having them abandoned. They gave us hell, but I loved having kids around.” Ari’s debut self-titled album Dread More Dan Dead was released in the year 2005.

Ari Up appeared on Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Repentance (2008), and performed a duet on a cover version of Mike Hugg’s song “Mister, You’re a Better Man Than I” on Mark Stewart’s, Edit (2008).

On 20 October 2010, Ari died in Los Angeles, aged 48. Her death was initially announced on Lydon’s homepage. At this time, Lydon and Nora also became guardians of Ari’s third child, Wilton.

Nora later got married to Sex Pistols’ lead singer, John Lydon, in 1979. Their house was said as punk’s domain, where Nora would accept indigent musicians. The continuous existence of the punk genre prompted Ari trying it out for herself as she learned to play the guitar with the Clash’s Joe Strummer.

Ari Up Net Worth

Ari Up is one of the richest Singer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ari Up 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the late in the 1970s The Slits were touring as the opening act of The Clash. Ari Up’s love for reggae pushed The Slits into a “jungly” dub-style. She was the most outrageous members of The Slits and became popular for her wild hairstyle and quirky outfits for stage. She is featured on screen in The Clash film Rude Boy in which she is seen with the band in the backstage area. The 1977 shows she performed with The Slits are included on The Punk Rock Movie, the documentary of various shows by punk groups mostly on stage at The Roxy.

In 1976 at the age of 14years old, Ari began to form The Slits with drummer Palmolive. Within a few months when guitar player Viv Albertine joined The Slits and was impressed by the singer’s young talent. “English was her second language,” Albertine stated when she spoke to. “It was not easy for her and she had to fight to be taken seriously.” She did it: “Ari was the most dynamic woman I have ever known,” said Albertine. “The way she carried herself was a revolution.”

In 2008, Ari was diagnosed with breast cancer. However she refused the physician-recommended chemotherapy. Lydon later commented, “who refuses chemo because they don’t want their Rasta locks cut off? Ariane was just…not sensible. She thought she could cure herself with witch doctors. We spent hundreds of thousands trying to save her, but it was too late.” Despite the diagnosis, she performed in July, 2009, with Perry and Austrian dub band Dubblestandart in Brooklyn, New York, just prior to the Central Park SummerStage festival. One of Ari’s last recordings took place in May 2010, in New York with Lee Scratch Perry. The sessions were recorded by the Subatomic Sound System and released in August 2010 on 7″ vinyl, titled “Hello, Hell is Very Low” b/w “Bed Athletes.” The Slits’ final work, the video for the song “Lazy Slam” from Trapped Animal, was released posthumously in accordance with Ari’s wishes.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Ari Up Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Ari Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Ari Up celebrates birthday on January 17 of every year.

How old was Ari up when she died?

48 years (1962–2010)

How many children did Ari Up have?

Ari began to travel and spent time living in New York, Jamaica, Indonesia and Belize. She used the alias Medusa, and had three children – Pablo, Pedro and Wilton. She also immersed herself in reggae, particularly dancehall.

Is Ari Up still alive?

October 20, 2010

Is Johnny Rotten married?

Nora Forster

What killed Ari?

She was 48. Her death was reported on the Web site of her stepfather, John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten, the singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. The site (johnlydon.com) said that Ms. Forster died after “ a serious illness.”