Joe Strummer

John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), better known by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. He was also a member of The 101ers, The Mescaleros and The Pogues.

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It’s not for the cock, it’s for a beautiful mess and chaotic success
  Glastonbury Festival 2009   Spotify this bad boy while you read!  http://open.spotify.com/user/g-town/playlist/6ApR9k7FLFzGkJA7Va15He      After a Thursday night spent tragically missing East 17, wondering from field to field in the rain, catching great sets my Kap Bambino and Metronomy and having the news of the King of Pop’s ™...
"If you don't know what's happening, just ask the person next to you": The Clash's Live at Shea Stadium
There are times when I actually forget how much The Clash means to me. They were the first band to show me that music could be intelligent and political, but that it could also be worth rocking out to, too. I finally managed to buy a copy of Live at Shea Stadium, albeit two months after its release, and it caused all those feelings bound up in The Clash to come flooding back to me, nearly making...
It’s not for the cock, it’s not for the Fiction
Fiction   Fiction are a new four piece collective of musicians from London. Boring part over, let’s now delve into what makes them really quite a fucking exciting band.  Firstly, they manage to feature the combination of the unhinged yelps of the dearly missed Joe Strummer with the sardonic tones of a young, smirking David Byrne whilst, all the while, sounding fresher than a...
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Grasshouse; The Dangers Of Folk and Folk-Related Materials
All this folk music that’s been on ANBAD recently is making me feel decidedly uneasy. Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with folk, I hasten to add, it’s just that – well… that’s the music my dad listens to, isn’t it? Am I, in the words of Joe Strummer, ‘growing up and calming down’? Maybe. I do, after all work for...
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Band name: Late of the Pier, ZZT (sadly not ZZ Top) , The Dead 60s, Alabama 3 Label: Various indie schmindies at a guess Teaser: Cindy Suzuki listens to a batch of singles, and then tells us what she thinks of them. Pull quote 2: For Gawds sake though lads, that verse is terrible. “You really don’t understand my madness!” Nope, I don’t. So just cut to the chorus ...
Kingdom of Fear
Band name: Shit Disco Label: Fierce Panda Teaser: Reef reviews debut from Scottish art punks and Viz letters page sponsors, Shit Disco Pull quote 2: Wit, relentless energy and an invading sense of the good times are hammered out First para: It ain’t a real party if ShitDisco haven’t crashed it. While it’s unlikely you’ll see it adorning television screens under...
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