Even the Clash were tired of their reputation as a punk band by 1979. Only two albums into their career, they were starting to see the limits of being associated with the genre. As dozens of groups ...

Forty years ago, The Clash's iconic album London Calling and its equally famous record cover featuring Pennie Smith's image of the demise of a bass guitar, appeared in record stores across the UK.

Just how good is London Calling, the landmark third album by English rockers The Clash? Rolling Stone ranked the double LP #1 on its list of the “100 Best Albums of the Eighties,” even though it ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. British Punk musician Paul Simonon, of the group the Clash, plays bass guitar as he performs onstage at the Capitol Theatre, ...

The band didn't write "Revolution Rock," Joe Strummer started "Lost in the Supermarket" on the back of a guitar-string package, and Paul Simonon smashed his bass a day earlier than everyone thinks 1.

The exhibit marking the anniversary of the band's landmark third album will open in November and feature Paul Simonon's smashed Fender bass and Joe Strummer's lyric notebook. By Gil Kaufman A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In late 1979, British rock band the Clash released an album that would go on to be a staple in classic rock history. The record, ...

Get our track-by-track take on an album that no respectable record collection is without. By Kenneth Partridge Any punk band worth its leather and studs can do dystopian, apocalyptic angst. The world ...

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