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April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 30) The Clash

By The Edge
March 24, 2003

Titans of the Clash

Joe Strummer's death put a definitive end to the band's turbulent history
February 28, 2003

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Clash

In a last interview, Strummer recounts his band's wild ride
March 8, 1979

The Clash: Anger on the Left

Punk leaders set sights on America

Recordings and Reviews

Live at Shea Stadium

In late 1982, the greatest punk band of all time was in the midst of a swift, sad decline: Though the Clash had just released their most commercially successful album, Combat Rock, they had also just booted longtime drummer and then-smack addict Topper Headon — a move that, according to late,...

2008 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Essential Clash

2003

The Story Of The Clash Volume 1

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Carbon/Silicon's Mick Jones and Tony James Talk Ferris Bueller, Fascism

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Biography

The Clash took the raw anger of British punk and worked it into a political and aesthetic agenda. Outstripping all of their peers in terms of length and depth of career, the Clash were rebels with a cause - with many causes, from anti-Thatcherism to racial unity to the Sandinistas. Their music was roots-based but future-visionary; their experiments with funk, reggae, and rap never took them far fr...

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