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The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town - 2nd Edition
by
Marcus Gray
Revised and updated to cover the Clash's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the band members' post-Clash careers, The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town now includes the first full account of Joe Strummer's "Wilderness Years," his triumphant comeback with the Mescaleros, and his sudden and tragic early death. Extensively revised and updated fro...more
Paperback, 524 pages
Published
October 1st 2004
by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
(first published 2002)
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too much information and really wordy, like a freakin' textbook. still liked it, though.
The definitive history of The Clash. The 3rd Edition goes up to and includes Joe's new band the Mescaleros and Strummer's untimely death. An encyclopedic look at the English punk scene, this book also reveals a great deal about the music business in general.
A must-own for any Clash fan!
A must-own for any Clash fan!
Without the author's terrible grudge against The Clash, this would be a good history of a remarkable time in pop music and Western politics.
Dense reading for a music biography. True fans will love it. Casual fans might not care to know that much detail
A bit bitter, obviously no direct interviews.
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“But the Clash as a performing band, either live on-stage, or back together in the studio: that can never happen again. It was hard enough to envisage a Clash without Mick Jones in 1983, but it is impossible to envisage one without Joe Strummer now or at any time in the future. Even if the other members of the band do get back together, and they (or Sony) choose to use the name, it won't be the Clash. Joe Strummer is dead, and irreplaceable. That's it, now. From here to eternity.”
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“She felt the State of Rock was symbolised by the stadium-type concerts given earlier that summer by the likes of the Who the Stones and Elton John, causing her to opine, 'The time is right for an aggressive infusion of life blood.' She also claimed the new London punk scene had not been inspired by the New York new wave, but was instead developing parallel to it.”
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