Reuters - Sep 17, 2009
Former members of The Clash, Mick Jones and Nicky Topper Headon, have recorded together for the first time in almost 30 years by reworking a version of the punk rock band's 1978 song Jail Guitar Doors...
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With their songs of Third World revolution, cries for social justice and broadsides against U.S. foreign policy, British punk rockers The Clash inspired a generation of young Latin Americans who heard...
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As a young boy, Clash guitarist Mick Jones would chase his football idols all over London for autographs. Then he discovered music and dropped the autograph book but not his manic collecting. Over the...
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The Portland Museum of Art has discovered that there s nothing like a little rock n roll to bring in the crowds. The museum in Portland, Maine, drew a record 17,839 visitors in February, thanks to the...
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Now that Shea Stadium is closed for business, New York Mets fans are able to buy mementos from the venue that housed the 1969 Miracle Mets and an improbable 1986 World Series comeback. Shea had a rich...
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These are tough times for the grizzled music veterans of the pop culture wars. The revolutions they instigated during the past five decades -- from the birth of rock 'n' roll and the hippie movement...
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The unlikely image of a 92-year-old war bride screaming The Clash's Should I Stay or Should I Go into a microphone backed by an elderly chorus has already captivated live audiences around the world...
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The architects of British punk have been quietly passing on the baton to a new generation in a tiny London bar, but the secret is out and about to hit America. Founding members of the Clash, the Sex...
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The wife of punk rocker Joe Strummer plans to publish a book based on some of the Clash front man's rare memorabilia jointly with British artist Damien Hirst, she said in an interview published on...
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Armed with guitars, amps and attitude, they rocked the casbah, fought the law and hijacked a train in vain. The Clash were more than a four-piece band. They were rock n roll revolutionaries. And now...
More »USRN - Mar 20, 2003
(3/20/03, 5 p.m.j ET) -- Craig David, Lucy Woodward, the Clash, and the Donnas are among the artists featured the soundtrack to the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures comedy, What A Girl Wants. The Atlantic...
More »USRN - Mar 14, 2003
(3/14/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- An edited version of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony will be shown on VH1 on Sunday (March 16) at 9 p.m. ET. The two-hour program will feature all the highlights...
More »USRN - Mar 12, 2003
(3/12/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- The Clash was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Monday night (March 10th) at New York City s Waldorf Astoria, but the band s Mick Jones had other thoughts on his...
More »USRN - Mar 11, 2003
(3/11/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- AC/DC, the Clash, the Police, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, and the Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Monday (March 10). Also inducted...
More »USRN - Mar 10, 2003
(3/10/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- AC/DC, the Clash, the Police, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, and the Righteous Brothers were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Monday (March 10). Also going in...
More »USRN - Mar 4, 2003
(3/4/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- The surviving members of the Clash won t perform at their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony on Monday (March 10) in New York City. Bassist Paul Simonon told BBC radio...
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(2/17/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- A tribute to Joe Strummer and the Clash will be one of the highlights of the upcoming Grammy Awards show. The late Clash singer-guitarist, who died in December at age 50, will...
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(2/14/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- The list of inductors for this year s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony has been announced. The event, which takes place March 10 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City...
More »USRN - Jan 21, 2003
(1/21/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Clash and Joe Strummer fans are being asked to plant trees for the late frontman, who died December 22 after suffering a heart attack at home in London. Future Forests, an environmental...
More »USRN - Jan 15, 2003
(1/15/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- A posthumous album by Joe Strummer and a collection by his former band the Clash are both slated to see release this spring. Strummer, who died December 22, 2002 at the age of...
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The funeral for punk-rock legend Joe Strummer was held Monday (December 30) in West London. The former leader of the Clash, born John Mellor, died at the age of 50 of a heart attack at his home on December...
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