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The 20 best rock albums of 1977
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
Famous for being punk’s finest hour, 1977 also produced one of the best-selling rock albums in Rumours, and classics from Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Rush and Thin Lizzy

If only these classic album cover football shirts were real
By Classic Rock last updated
Someone's produced a series of imaginary football shirt designs based on classic album sleeves... and they're brilliant

The 20 best rock albums of 1979
By Classic Rock Magazine last updated
The 1970s crash out in style with AC/DC, Pink Floyd and The Clash producing some of their best work, and Led Zeppelin’s last hurrah

What happened when Joe Strummer drank 10 pints of beer then ran the Paris Marathon
By Johnny Black last updated
In 1982 The Clash's Joe Strummer disappeared without telling his bandmates, his manager or his record label. Then he got drunk and ran a marathon

The expanded Combat Rock is a magnificent, vital snapshot of The Clash’s glorious last stand
By Kris Needs published
Apocalypse again! The Clash's classic line-up’s surreal last statement, now with added rarities on Combat Rock + The People's Hall

How a song written in Texas by Buddy Holly's guitarist became a UK punk classic
By Henry Yates published
Written in the late 1950s by Sonny Curtis, I Fought The Law took on a new and decidedly grittier life when The Clash put their stamp on it in 1979

Listen to previously unreleased version of The Clash's Rock The Casbah featuring Ranking Roger
By Fraser Lewry last updated
Rock The Casbah featuring The Beat's Ranking Roger comes from the upcoming 40th Anniversary edition of The Clash's Combat Rock

The Clash’s iconic London Calling bass to go on display at the Museum Of London
By Classic Rock published
Paul Simonon’s smashed Fender Precision, pictured on the cover of The Clash’s London Calling album, is going on permanent display at the Museum of London
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