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Live at Shea Stadium is a live album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was recorded at Shea Stadium in New York City on 13 October 1982, the band's second night opening for The Who; the concert was produced by Kosmo Vinyl. The album features Terry Chimes on drums instead of Topper Headon, who was fired for heroin abuse earlier in the ...
The Clash The most well-known lineup of the Clash post breakup. Top: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones ; Bottom: Paul Simonon, Topper Headon Background information Origin London, England Genres Punk rock, post-punk Years active 1976–1986 Past members Joe Strummer Paul Simonon Mick Jones Terry Chimes Keith Levene Rob Harper Topper Headon Pete Howard Nick Sheppard Vince White The Clash were an English ...
"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track "Mustapha Dance", it also reached number eight on the dance chart.
Don Letts mid-tour video shoot for 'Rock the Casbah', June 1982, captures the band performing in front of an oil well in the Texas desert with Bernie Rhodes dressed up as an Arab. Joe's hair is cut in the shape of a red-dyed mohican whilst Mick refuses to be left out in the weirdness stakes.
In October 1977, the Clash set out on the "Out of Control" UK tour. The tour was due to open at the Ulster Hall , Belfast but the insurance was pulled and the gig was cancelled at the last moment. This led to punks blocking the road outside the venue and a confrontation between the punks and the police, which became known as the "Battle of ...
The Clash's first official recording was the single for "White Riot", released by CBS Records in March 1977. In April, CBS released their self-titled debut album, The Clash, in the United Kingdom, but refused to release it in the United States, saying that the sound was not "radio friendly". [1]
The tour occurred at a high point in the Clash's popularity just after the release of the album London Calling. The album was first only released in the UK, but a US release soon followed due to high demand. The 1993 reissue CD included the tracks from the Texas Special bonus EP that had accompanied the Live Shots LP.
Impressed with each other's performances, the two bands later toured together, including appearances in Ely's hometown of Lubbock, as well as Laredo and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas. [3] The Clash paid tribute to Joe Ely by including the lyrics "Well there ain't no better blend than Joe Ely and his Texas Men ...