Genres: Punk, Hard Rock, Punk/New Wave, British Punk, Dance-Rock Active: 70's, 80's Formed: 1976 in London, England
Junior Murvin, Jimmy Cliff, Sly & Robbie, Bob Dylan, Mott the Hoople, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Stooges, The Who, Vince Taylor, Bobby Fuller, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Johnny Burnette, Bo Diddley, Equals, Elvis Presley, New York Dolls, Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie The Specials, The Pogues, The Jam, The Pretenders, Stiff Little Fingers, Tom Robinson, The Undertones, The Damned, Pearl Harbour & the Explosions, The Vibrators, X-Ray Spex, The Stranglers, The Adverts, Stiv Bators, Chelsea, U.K. Subs, Johnny Thunders, Public Image Ltd., Wah! Glasvegas, The Alarm, Radio 4, Lester Bangs, !!!, Dramarama, The Stranglers, XTC, Generation X, Angelic Upstarts, X, Izzy Stradlin, Sham 69, U2, Billy Bragg, U.K. Subs, 1990s, Social Distortion, Meat Puppets |  |
The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with reggae, dub, and rockabilly among other roots musics. Furthermore, they were blessed with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, each with a distinctive voice and style. The Clash copped heavily from classic outlaw imagery, positioning themselves as rebels with a cause. As a result, they won a passionately devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic. While they became rock & roll heroes in the U.K., second only to the Jam in terms of popularity, it took the Clash several years to break into the American market, and when they finally did in 1982, they imploded several months later.
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Release: October 7, 2008
Label: Epic/Legacy, Epic
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Release: October 10, 2008
Label: EPC, Sony Music Distribution
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