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The Clash in 1979
“I don’t think Joe would’ve been happy retreading any steps he’d made already”: Paul Simonon on why The Clash never reunited

By Niall Doherty Published

The Clash bassist added that he still keeps in touch with his old bandmates

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The Clash pose outside a Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles in 1982
Tension, ego, heroin: How The Clash's epic unreleased double album Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg all but finished them off

By Kris Needs Published

Combat Rock would gave The Clash their biggest singles, but it was only part of a bigger, more ambitious mothership

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"I'll never forgive myself for shutting my mouth. From that day on it was never any good": Joe Strummer on the day he knew that The Clash had lost their soul

By Paul Brannigan Published

Joe Strummer knew that The Clash's days were numbered long before he fired Mick Jones from the band

Interviews
The Clash onstage in America, 1979
"I'd seen Led Zeppelin, loved it, but you can't touch them: they fly away on a jet plane that says 'Led Zeppelin' on it. The Clash pulled up in a station wagon": Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan on the gig that changed his life forever

By Paul Brannigan Published

In October 1979, 15-year-old Michael 'Duff' McKagan attended a punk rock show in Seattle which turned his world upside down

Bands & Artists
Joe Strummer onstage
"If you stormed in here and said the new record was rubbish, I would probably quit": Joe Strummer's struggle after The Clash

By Stephen Dalton Published

Before his death, Joe Strummer could hardly get arrested. After, he was feted as a rock icon. This is the inside story of the solo years of a punk rock warlord

Interviews
A montage of photos of Jimi Hendrix, Ace Frehley, James Hetfield and Kurt Cobain
10 cover versions that are way more popular than the originals (according to Spotify)

By Paul Travers Published

The Beatles, Bowie, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder have all seen covers of their songs become more popular than the original version

Tracks & Singles
The Clash in 1982
“I don’t think they envisaged the madness and chaos...”: How The Clash started falling apart while shooting their Rock The Casbah video

By Niall Doherty Published

In the wake of Combat Rock, Joe Strummer and Mick Jones were at loggerheads: The Clash would not survive

Bands & Artists
The Clash in 1979
“I gave the lyrics to Joe to sing. He said, No, you’ve gotta sing it, they're your lyrics”: The Clash's Paul Simonon on how he wrote the punk icons' defiant classic The Guns Of Brixton

By Niall Doherty Published

London Calling classic The Guns Of Brixton was Clash bassist's Paul Simonon's first-ever composition

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"It was the punk gig of dreams": what happened when The Clash brought Buzzcocks, The Slits and Subway Sect to Manchester

By Mick Middles Published

On May 1, 1977, The Clash started their first ever UK tour. A week later they played at the Electric Circus in Manchester, a night that changed the lives of those lucky enough to be there

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A group portrait of UK punk rock band The Clash, New York, September 1978
How The Clash made history by visiting some of Belfast's most divided and violent streets

By Niall Doherty Published

Punk pioneers The Clash were captured visiting a war-torn, troops-heavy Belfast at the height of the Troubles and it cemented their reputation as a result

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