Ongoing History Daily: Imagine if this tour had happened
Eddie Vedder and the rest of Pearl Jam were huge fans of the Clash in general and of Joe Strummer in particular. It had been their dream to somehow do
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1023: The Last Moments Of… Part 3
We don’t like to think about our favourite musicians as being mortal. Because let’s face it, we believe that they do extraordinary things and make us feel in ways we
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Ongoing History Daily: The Clash’s slow breakup accelerated with this music video
The Clash never really formally broke up. They just evaporated sometime after 1985. But those close to the band could see that the writing was on the wall. The trouble
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: 20 short stories about Joe Strummer
When Joe Strummer died on December 22, 2002, no one could believe it. First of all, the guy was only 50. Second, here was someone who ran marathons. Third, he’d
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The Clash reunion that never was
The Clash never really properly broke up. After releasing an album called Cut the Crap in 1985, they just sort of faded away, evaporated, without so much as a press
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Hear the isolated vocals for all the songs on the Clash’s London Calling album
I’ve always been fascinated with The Clash’s best album, especially with the expression Joe Strummer in his vocals through songs like the title track and “Brand New Cadillac.” Laughing Squid
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Twenty years ago today, we lost Joe Strummer. Here was his cause of death.
Twenty years ago today–December 22, 2002–former Clash frontman and all-round punk icon Joe Strummer took his dog for a walk in Quantock Hills, Somerset, England. When he returned to the
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, episode 967: 20 short stories about Joe Strummer
When Joe Strummer died on December 22, 2002, no one could believe it. First of all, the guy was only 50. Second, here was someone who ran marathons. Third, he’d
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The missed Clash reunion
The end of the Clash began late in the summer of 1983 when Joe Strummer fired Mick Jones. Joe was pretty old-school with his take on music while Mick was
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Was this the inspiration for “Rock the Casbah?”
One of the greatest Clash songs of all time is “Rock the Casbah” from the band’s 1982 album, Combat Rock. Topper Headon, the drummer, is the guy who came up
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Random music news for Wednesday, September 7, 2022
How would you like to buy NFTs through your TV? No one asked for this yet here we are. And here we are with music news for September 7, 2022.
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