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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 ...
Before the Clash's founding, the band's future members were active in different parts of the London music scene. Joe Strummer, whose real name was John Graham Mellor, sang and played rhythm guitar in the pub rock band The 101ers, which he had formed in 1974 with Alvaro Pena-Rojas. [3]
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German band Beatsteaks paid tribute to Strummer on their 2004 album Smack Smash with the song "Hello Joe". In 2004, German punk band Die Toten Hosen released an EP called "Friss oder stirb", which included a tribute song for Strummer called "Goodbye Garageland"; it is a lyrical co-production with Matt Dangerfield from London's 77 punk band the ...
The most enduring Clash image is that of a legs-akimbo Simonon smashing his bass guitar in frustration against the stage, providing Pennie Smith with an irresistible photo-opportunity, immortalised on the front cover picture of the band's album, London Calling, one of the most recognisable and enduring of rock'n'roll icons.
The punk pioneer, who also co-founded Public Image Ltd with John Lydon, helped define the sound of alternative rock.
Rude Boy is a 1980 British film directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay and filmed in 1978 and early 1979.. The film, part fiction, part rockumentary, tells the story of Ray Gange, a young Clash fan who leaves his dead-end job in a sleazy Soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band.
The band had a new opening act every night, including The Fall, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Kraut, Lee "Scratch" Perry and many more. Many of the hip-hop groups that opened were either picketed or booed off the stage, which prompted Joe to chide the audience as soon as The Clash came on stage afterwards.