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September 30, 1997

Mick Jones and B.A.D. Poised to Deliver New Ride

Megatop Phoenix

Big Audio Dynamite has always succeeded in making the trendy accessible, absorbing everything from hip-hop to house into a distinctive and inviting sound. Like the band's other three albums, Megatop Phoenix boasts danceable beat-box rhythms and infectious melodies yet remains arty as all getout. And...

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1986

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With Big Audio Dynamite, Mick Jones took the mixing of styles he had experimented with in the Clash to adventurous extremes, creating a rock-reggae-house-hip-hop fusion ahead of its time. B.A.D. was one of the first British bands to sample and mix club and rock music, prefiguring such groups as EMF and the Farm.

Just over a year after he was kicked out of the Clash by Joe Strummer and Paul...

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