The band didn't write "Revolution Rock," Joe Strummer started "Lost in the Supermarket" on the back of a guitar-string package, and Paul Simonon smashed his bass a day earlier than everyone thinks 1.

Even the Clash were tired of their reputation as a punk band by 1979. Only two albums into their career, they were starting to see the limits of being associated with the genre. As dozens of groups ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

Just how good is London Calling, the landmark third album by English rockers The Clash? Rolling Stone ranked the double LP #1 on its list of the “100 Best Albums of the Eighties,” even though it ...

Allan, what's the inspiration behind 'London Calling?' and Josh, what appealed to you about playing Tommy? Ungar: The inspiration was derived from '90s buddy cop movies. I always wanted to make one, ...

A Ukrainian punk band has rerecorded the Clash’s classic “London Calling” as a protest song and a resistance anthem against the Russian invasion. Beton, a punk-hardcore trio, received permission from ...

Forty years ago, The Clash's iconic album London Calling and its equally famous record cover featuring Pennie Smith's image of the demise of a bass guitar, appeared in record stores across the UK.

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