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How a song written in Texas by Buddy Holly's guitarist became a UK punk classic

By Henry Yates published 24 April 22

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

The Clash sitting in a field in Thailand

Listen to previously unreleased version of The Clash's Rock The Casbah featuring Ranking Roger

By Fraser Lewry published 7 April 22

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 7 July 21

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

Tom Morello with The Clash's London Calling

Why I ❤️ The Clash's London Calling, by Tom Morello

By Tom Morello published 27 April 21

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello on London Calling by The Clash, an album that cast his heavy metal heritage in a new light

The Clash Albums Ranked From Worst To Best – The Ultimate Guide

By Scott Rowley published 7 April 21

Want to know the best albums by The Clash? And the worst? Here is the ultimate guide…

Meet the guy who hated The Clash's last album so much he re-recorded it for them

By Chris Knowles published 7 April 21

Recutting The Crap: The story of one fan's quest to pluck victory from the final Clash LP’s jaws of defeat

Dave Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen onstage at the US Festival

The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave

By Joe Daly published 22 September 20

It's memorial weekend in 1983, and the US Festival is about to change the musical landscape forever

The 20 best rock albums of 1979

By Classic Rock Magazine published 15 September 20

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

The 20 best rock albums of 1978

By Classic Rock Magazine published 7 September 20

Punk fury gives way to classic songwriting, live albums prove dangerous to the charts, and Van Halen, Kate Bush and Dire Straits make their entrance

The 20 best rock albums of 1977

By Classic Rock Magazine published 1 September 20

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

Porcupine Tree are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now

By Jerry Ewing published 17 July 20

What's in the brand new issue of Prog Magazine and where you can get it

Back-stabbing, bullying, busking: how The Clash disintegrated

By Chris Knowles published 1 July 20

In 1983, The Clash sacked founder Mick Jones, hired three new members and tried to return to their punk rock roots. Cue two years of fighting and one of the worst albums ever made

Rock Against Racism: the story of the Anti Nazi League Carnival and the rise of The Clash

By Ian Fortnam published 18 June 20

Tom Robinson thinks of it as “the punk Woodstock”. It was the moment punk turned popular, and people’s band The Clash became real rock stars

BBC Arts share The Clash: London Calling documentary

By Scott Munro published 1 May 20

Film by the BBC ties in with the Museum Of London’s exhibition which celebrated the 40th anniversary of The Clash’s London Calling album

Why The Clash's debut album is no classic

By Ben Myers published 8 April 20

It's gone down in history as a classic, but The Clash's self-tiled debut album offered a thrilling but limited blueprint for the future

The Clash's London Calling exhibition will open its doors in November

By Scott Munro published 14 August 19

London exhibition dedicated to The Clash will run until the spring of 2020 and feature more than 100 items from band’s archive

Stay Free: The Story Of The Clash hits Spotify

By Scott Munro published 28 February 19

Public Enemy’s Chuck D narrates The Story Of The Clash in new Spotify series which explores “the rise, reign and ferocious self-destruction of one of music’s most prolific bands”