Joe Strummer





Joe Strummer

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born
in Ankara, Turkey
August 21, 1952

died
December 22, 2002

gender
male

genre


About this author

John Graham Mellor, better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. He was also a member of the The 101'ers, The Mescaleros and (temporarily) The Pogues.


Average rating: 4.23 · 94 ratings · 16 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors
The Clash
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4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
The Clash: Strummer, Jones,...
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011
The Clash
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
Joe Strummer and the Legend...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2005
Clash: Second Songbook
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979
More books by Joe Strummer…
“And so now I'd like to say - people can change anything they want to. And that means everything in the world. People are running about following their little tracks - I am one of them. But we've all got to stop just following our own little mouse trail. People can do anything - this is something that I'm beginning to learn. People are out there doing bad things to each other. That's because they've been dehumanised. It's time to take the humanity back into the center of the ring and follow that for a time. Greed, it ain't going anywhere. They should have that in a big billboard across Times Square. Without people you're nothing. That's my spiel.”
Joe Strummer

“If I had five million pounds I'd start a radio station because something needs to be done. It would be nice to turn on the radio and hear something that didn't make you feel like smashing up the kitchen and strangling the cat.”
Joe Strummer

“Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realised that you either became a power or you were crushed”
Joe Strummer