The Clash

Music Journalism Punk Rock 

A Londoner Dies in New York

April 5, 2025April 5, 2025 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 0 Comments Frank Sinatra, Peter Silverton, Sid Vicious, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Trouser Press Books

An excerpt from Peter Silverton’s excellent book London Calling New York New York

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Garage Rock New Wave Pop Punk Rock Rockabilly 

Mrs. Clash: A Chat with Pearl Harbour

April 12, 2024April 15, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 1980, Don't Follow Me I'm Lost Too, Ian Dury, Liberation Hall Records, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Pearl Harbour, Pearl Harbour and the Explosions, The Clash, The Tubes, Topper Headon

The punk/New Wave era luminary offers insight into her wild career in rock ‘n’ roll

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us Doesn’t Quite Give Up the Gun

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2024, Ezra Koenig, Jerry Seinfeld, Jonah Hill, Kanye West, Only God Was Above Us, R.E.M., The Clash, Vampire Weekend

Why the band’s fifth album is also their weakest

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Punk Rock 

Why Stiff Little Fingers’ Debut Remains a Punk Rock Beacon

January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Alternative Ulster, Deep Purple, Inflammable Material, Jake Burns, Rough Trade, Stiff Little Fingers, Suspect Package, The Clash

Looking back on 45 years of Inflammable Material

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Rock 

The Who Live at Shea Stadium to See Official Audio Release

January 18, 2024February 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1982, John Entwistle, Kenney Jones, live album, Mercury Studios, New York, Pete Townshend, Queens, Roger Daltrey, Shea Stadium, The Clash, The Who

The famous 1982 concert will be released on CD and vinyl March 1st

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Folk Irish Pub Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

The Ghost of a Smile: Remembering Shane MacGowan

December 1, 2023February 19, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Cait O'Riordan, Dublin, Elvis Costello, Ireland, RIP, Shane MacGowan, Shane MacGowan and The Popes, Spider Stacy, The Clash, The Nipple Erectors, The Nips, The Pogues

The rowdy and rambunctious leader of Celt-rock combo The Pogues died at age 65

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Folk Punk Rock World 

Long Shadow: Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros’ Streetcore at 20

October 21, 2023October 21, 2023 Addie Moore 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Bob Marley, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin, Streetcore, The Clash

Looking back on the British punk great’s final studio salvo

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Irish Punk Rock 

Nobody’s Hero: Stiff Little Fingers’ Jake Burns at 65

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 7 Comments 65th birthday, Alternative Ulster, Belfast, Inflammable Material, Jake Burns, Northern Ireland, Stiff Little Fingers, Suspect Device, The Clash, U2

The Irish punk icon tells all in new interview

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Bruce Music Journalism Rock Soul 

Bruce Springsteen: The Last Civil War Widow and the Happy Death of Minstrelsy

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, Chuck Berry, Columbia Records, Fleetwood Mac, Kraftwerk, Little Richard, Neurosis, Only The Strong Survive, Sleep, The Alarm, The Beatles, The Clash, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones

Is the latest Boss album the final straw for a certain kind of cultural appropriation in rock?

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Folk Pub Rock Punk 

Mr. Love & Justice: Billy Bragg at 65

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Billy Bragg, England, folk, Michelle Shocked, Punk, The Clash

Jim Sullivan recounts his adventures with the English folk-punk legend

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Dylan Music Journalism 

Bob Dylan’s Infinite Playlist

November 24, 2022November 23, 2022 Craig Peters 1 Comment Bob Dylan, Bobby Bare, Dean Martin, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and Uncle Dave Macon, Judy Garland, Little Richard, Perry Como, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Santana and The Eagles, Stephen Foster, The Clash, The Fugs, The Philosophy of Modern Song, Vic Damone, Warren Zevon

Inside his new book The Philosophy of Modern Song

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Glam Punk Rock 

In The Mouth Of Madness: A Chat With Richard Strange

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment David Bowie, Doctors of Madness, England, Julian Cope, Kid Strange, Lou Reed, Magazine, Muse, Radiohead, Richard Strange, Simple Minds, Stone Roses, Suede, The Adverts, The Clash, The Damned, The Sex Pistols, The Verve, UK, Velvet Underground, William S. Burroughs, XTC

Rediscovering the greatest English band from the mid-‘70s you’ve never heard of

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Glam Rock 

A Funky Little Boat Race: Mott The Hoople’s All the Young Dudes at 50

September 19, 2022September 20, 2022 Tim Sommer 7 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, All the Young Dudes, David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, The Clash, The Kinks

What makes it one of the weakest albums from one of the greatest British rock bands

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Punk 

The Art School Abandon of San Francisco Punks The Mutants

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Randy Haecker 1 Comment 2022, Chrissie Hynde, Chrome, Crime, Curse of the Easily Amused, Liberation Hall Records, Mabuhay Gardens, Marc Bolan, San Francisco, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, The Mutants, The Nuns

Talking old school West Coast underground with the band who opened for The Cramps at Napa State Mental Hospital

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Punk Rock 

Give ‘Em Enough Hope: Joe Strummer at 70

August 21, 2022August 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1979, 70th Birthday, Bob Marley, Eddy Grant, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, RIP, The Clash

Celebrating the life of the man called the “backbone” of punk

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