“The thing is, I didn’t connect with the Clash, initially,” Public Enemy’s Chuck D confesses when we catch up to discuss Spotify’s new eight-part podcast “Stay Free: The Story of The Clash,” which the ...

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NEW YORK -- One Sunday morning last December Joe Strummer faxed a message to Paul Simonon, his old friend from the Clash. Simonon was the holdout. Strummer, Mick Jones and "Topper" Headon wanted to ...

In 1977, The Clash was known as “The Only Band That Matters.” Today, The Clash — Westway to the World — the band’s story as told by its members to filmmaker and friend Don Letts — underscores that ...

In five short decades, musician Joe Strummer created a legacy that still looms large nearly 20 years removed from his untimely death at the age of 50. That legacy, which preached the power of music to ...

A Ukrainian punk band has released an anti-war spin on The Clash’s hit song “London Calling,” with the blessing of the English band itself. The cover, which describes Ukrainian resistance to the ...

Paul Simonon says he and his Clash bandmates are proud of their new "Sound System" box set for one simple reason. By Gary Graff Paul Simonon says he and his Clash bandmates are proud of their new ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The crowd for a reformed Big Audio Dynamite set Saturday night wasn’t ...

The Clash was the first punk band that could play their instruments and the first to articulate their fury in a coherent way. They steered clear of the Sex Pistols’ scattershot nihilism, and the ...

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