Nevermind the Combat Rock Here's the Sandanistas

The Clash for me .

ROCK ROCK CLASH CITY ROCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Clash for me too.

the clash. better tunes.

Hmmm, just got done playing the 45 of Complete Control so I'll go with the Clash today. Nice work Scratch.

I'm gonna buck the trend and say the Pistols, if only because they were first and contributed one brilliant album before self-destructing. If they'd been able to stand the site of one another for longer than two-three years, they would have been huge in the States

But I love the Clash as well

"I believe in this- and its been tested by research, he who fucks nuns will later join the church"

the clash is a real band. sex pistols were all about sales and outrage. not much real politics in rotten's stance.

But Bollocks is a helluva an lp. Someone had to break the doors down. But only one album.

For meself I gotta decline the voting process , for me they'll always be two sides of the same coin , impossible to choose one over the other .

The intro to Anarchy in the UK still , after all these years; transports me back to my parents living room , Tony Wilson introduced them and it is impossible to convey how fuckin powerfull that moment was . The next day at school there were a few of us who turned up with a couple of safety pins discreetly placed around our school uniforms , a small enough gesture but one which kinda signified who could be a fellow traveller , in fact the mates I grew up with pretty much all felt the same ,and by the weekend we'd all got rid of our feathercuts ( sad 70's hairstyle , almost the proto-mullet ). And in John Lydon / Rotten we'd found someone who could articulate the anger / frustrations we felt as we were about to enter either the job market or college .

The Clash though had the tunes and despite Strummers oft derided middle class background , they had the heart . It was also easy to follow the band around , I have never encountered a band so dtermined to help their fans , and this was no gimmick , Mick Jones even now with his new band Carbon-Silicon , spends hours ,literaly , talking to fans post-gig , patiently signin all manner of stuff .

Politically Lydon made me think I had a voice and should use it , the Clash made me read up on stuff , Strummer was often naive ( his initial stances on Northern Ireland the Red Brigade etc were ill informed )but he had a curiosity that made you both forgive him and be inspired to check it out yerself

The Pistols were a one album band , and what a fuckin album , the Clash were the more curious , they left behind some great tunes , some strange tracks and some unfinished business , I always pictured Strummer as an old rockabilly forver playin his latino licks way past retirement age , not to be though .

Reccomended reading :

Pashion is a Fashion , The Clash by Pat Gilbert Riot of our own by Johnny Green Rotten . no irish , no blacks , no dogs by j Lydon

Reading that just sent shivers up and down my spine.

I heard about the Sex Pistols before I ever heard them; the Rolling Stone issue, Rock is sick and living in London. They seemed like vulgar louts... AND they "hated rock."

Then I heard them, late at night on the car radio, the import hour. That first listen changed everything for me from that night forward.

Later, heard the Clash. I've gotta admit that the Clash are still favorites, while the Sex Pistols are a pleasant trip back when I hear them by happenstance. Never cared much about Sid Vicious, but was gutted when Strummer died. My signature line on my email is:

I'm not working for the clampdown No man born with a living soul Can be working for the clampdown

Nice to see you back, Garymac!

nice ta be back Richard ,like puttin on a favourite cardigan and some tartan slippers , with the option of a stroll down memory lane or reading the latest missives from these cheeky young rapscallions on nool , even the odd kind word from those thirty somethings like Shuglet ( wee )can make the prospect of arthiritis and heatlamps seem somewhat distant ;)

Just started reading the new Joe Strummer biog ,and ourkid is dropping of a disc of 101er's ( strummer band ) tunes ,that's just been released over here .

best wishes

Garymac

the clash were one of the first decent bands i ever liked. i remember hearing 'rock the casbah' when i was about 7 (1982) and falling in love with their music...or what little i could get my hands on at that young age! i mostly heard a song here and there until i was 12 or so, when i started buying their albums (tapes, actually). the other band i got into at an early age was talking heads--i bought little creatures when it came out when i was 10 and was really into them as a preteen. and i still love prince & the revolution, of course!

i studied international relations at university and in grad school and anyone who knows me knows it's my passion; i credit the 'rock the casbah' video with piquing my early interest in politics.

My uncle gave me two tickets to see the Clash for my HS graduation, 1984. All I knew was Combat Rock but I left the show singing I'm So Bored With The USA. Unfortunately, Mick Jones was not with them.

yeah, it took two guys to replace Nick on that tour (yes, I saw them also on that tour). Didn't care much for the Mick-replacement guys, but things did sound pretty good with Joe singing.

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: yeah, it took two guys to replace Nick on that tour (yes, I saw them also on that tour). Didn't care much for the Mick-replacement guys, but things did sound pretty good with Joe singing.

I saw them at Oakland Coliseum when Mick Jones was still with them, Combat Rock period. I also saw them at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium with Mick's two replacements. That was the hardest rocking band ever, with those two guys. I loved that version of the Clash...