- Rock The Casbah (Ranking Roger) - Single · 2022
- The Cost of Living - EP · 2013
- The Cost of Living - EP · 2013
- The Cost of Living - EP · 2013
- Hits Back (Deluxe Edition) · 2013
- Tech House Selection Vol.3 · 2009
- Progressive House Vol. 5 · 2008
- Live at Shea Stadium · 2008
- Live at Shea Stadium · 2008
- Live at Shea Stadium · 2008
- Live at Shea Stadium · 2008
- Live at Shea Stadium · 2008
- Live at Shea Stadium · 2008
Essential Albums
- In 1980, The Clash named this 36-song album after Nicaraguan insurgents, experimented with disparate genres and sonic abstractions, and refused to edit themselves. Yet their punk spirit is alive throughout—from the organ-drenched gospel of “The Sound of Sinners” to the Dadaist noise collage “Silicone on Sapphire” to ambient dub blast “The Crooked Beat”. “Police on My Back” is straight-up punk-in-the-streets, and “Hitsville U.K.” is Euro-pop pretty. There’s even a jazz cover (Mose Allison’s “Look Here”). The album reveals a great band brave enough to fail, although they come out heroes.
Albums
- 1985
- 1982
- 1980
Artist Playlists
- They were once rightfully dubbed “The Only Band That Matters”.
- Their rough-hewn aesthetic is true to their music.
- Behind a brilliant punk band lay a considerable Caribbean influence.
- The punk rock legends take us to school.
- Soul power and garage-rock stomp set the UK punk icons' sound to blazing.
- The punks' most thrilling detours and final triumphant rant.
Live Albums
Compilations
More To Hear
- From childhood to The Clash and The Mescaleros years.
- Celebrate the life of one of music’s truly righteous rebels.
- Strombo marks the anniversary of The Clash album with Don Letts.
- Matt celebrates the legendary label and London punks.
- Celebrating the legendary label and London punks.
- An episode dedicated to Sacha Baron Cohen's basketball league.
About The Clash
Political punk as we know it was born in 1976, when guitarist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon and drummer Terry Chimes of pub rock group London SS recruited guitarist Keith Levene and guitarist/vocalist Joe Strummer to form a new band. Named The Clash, their first concert was supporting the Sex Pistols, a pairing that set the ideological goalposts for British punk with the Sex Pistols bringing the destruction and The Clash providing the social conscience. The band, which quickly dropped Levene and replaced Chimes with Topper Headon, found lyrical inspiration in the headlines, blending explosive rock guitars and beats gathered from around the world with an ideology that was anti-fascist, anti-violence and anti-racist. Their adrenaline-fueled early records (1977’s The Clash and 1978’s Give ‘Em Enough Rope) gave way to the reggae-inspired rebel music of 1979’s London Calling and disco experiments of 1980’s Sandinista!, which were then streamlined into the platinum-selling anthems of 1982’s Combat Rock. The common thread running through these ever-shifting styles was the group’s condemnation of England’s growing authoritarianism. Burning so bright, hard and fast, it was only inevitable that they’d soon implode. By 1983, Headon and Jones had been ousted from the group while Strummer and Simonon soldiered on through the release of 1985’s Cut the Crap. The Clash broke up the following year, leaving a legacy of in-your-face rebel rock for the ages. Their words still show up on protest signs, their influence is heard in pop-punk and politically conscious bands like U2 and Pearl Jam and their songs are still mandatory listening for conscious punks worldwide.
- ORIGIN
- London, England
- FORMED
- 1976
- GENRE
- Rock