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A quarter-century on from its 1979 release, The Clash's London Calling remains one of ... Clash documentarian Don Letts' film about the album's creation. And that's not even getting into the ...
The Clash may not have been ... their third album, London Calling, was particularly critical in establishing the band’s legacy. The album helped the London-hailing band gain more traction ...
Before London Calling was released, The Clash was struggling to stay together. After releasing their second album, the band ended their relationship with their management and found themselves ...
Former Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon will co-executive produce a new biopic about the making of the band’s classic 1979 album London Calling, the BBC reported Wednesday. The script ...
charts and news On the opening title track of its third album, London Calling — a rock’n’roll landmark released 35 years ago this week, on Dec. 14, 1979 — The Clash approached doomsday as ...
If the Clash were musically in a brand new place on London Calling, lyrically they were expanding on themes for which they were already well known. The album is as politically agitated as its ...
Joe Strummer’s early drafts of “London Calling” are far different than what wound up on the album. Lyrics for the ... Calling was crafted while the Clash traveled across the globe in 1979.
Just how good is London Calling, the landmark third album by English rockers The Clash? Rolling Stone ranked the double LP #1 on its list of the “100 Best Albums of the Eighties,” even though ...
The curator of The Clash: London Calling exhibition ... had a sense of his own musical legacy and whether he had a favourite album. “Joe was very hard on himself,” he says, softly.
All guitars and no personality, the album was an early indication the Clash was ... Last week, Sony Legacy released a three-disc, 25th anniversary edition of “London Calling,” featuring ...
By Gil Kaufman A wide-ranging exhibit chronicling The Clash‘s landmark third album, London Calling, will hit the Museum of London this winter. The 40th anniversary celebration, The Clash ...
Tonight’s performance won’t be limited to “London Calling.” The band will start with four songs from the Clash’s first two albums and, after rolling through the 19 tracks on “London ...