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The Clash
The Clash
Formed: 1976 in London, England
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Disbanded: 1986
Genre: Alternative
Styles: Punk Rock, Rock and Roll, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Europe, Oldies, Pop, Rock, New Wave
Group Members: Joe Strummer, Terry Chimes, Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Nick Sheppard, Paul Simonon, Vince White
Biography: The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, ...Read full biography
London Calling
Released: 1979
Label: EPIC
Critics' Rating:
Give 'Em Enough Rope, for all of its many attributes, was essentially a holding pattern for the Clash, but the double-album London Calling is a remarkable leap forward, incorporating the punk aesthetic ...Read full review
The Clash (UK Version) [UK]
Released: 1977
Label: EPIC
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The Clash's self-titled U.K. debut sees the band in its most primal, punk form. Despite Mickey Foote's low-key, lo-fi production, Strummer, Jones, Simonon, and Chimes mesh and unite with a snarling ferocity ...Read full review
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