What is Vi Subversa?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Vi Subversa |image = poisongirls.jpg |caption = |background = solo_singer |birth_name = |alias = |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|6|20}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|19|1935|6|20|df=y}} |birth_place = London, England |death_place = London, England |instrument = Vocals, guitar |genre = [[Anarcho punk]] |occupation = Musician, singer |years_active = 1975–2016 |label = [[Crass Records|Crass]], XNTrix |associated_acts = [[Poison Girls]] }} '''Frances Sokolov''' (20 June 1935 – 19 February 2016),<ref name=death>{{cite web|author=Ged Babey|url=http://louderthanwar.com/vi-subversa-20th-june-1935-19th-february-2016-flesh-and-blood-is-what-we-are/ |title=Vi Subversa: 20th June 1935 – 19th February 2016: Flesh and blood is what we are|publisher=LouderThanWar |date=20 February 2016 |access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref> better known by her stage name '''Vi Subversa''', was a [[British people|British]] singer and guitarist. She was a member of the [[anarcho-punk]] band [[Poison Girls]].<ref>Raha, Maria. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8-NGokpBxFcC&dq=nancy+spungen&pg=PA67 ''Cinderella's big score: women of the punk and indie underground'']{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Seal Press, 2005.</ref> She was born in [[London]], [[England]]. Subversa died of [[cancer]] at her home in London on 19 February 2016. She was aged 80. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Subversa, Vi}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in London]] [[Category:British guitarists]] [[Category:Singers from London]] [[Category:Musicians from London]] {{bio-stub}}