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If punk rock’s heart belonged to any one person, it beat in the chest of Joe Strummer. At a time when the movement was largely defined as a glue-sniffing “blank generation” with no future ...
They mashed reggae, R&B, and rockabilly into classic three-chord ... August 1, 2005 • Music critic Milo Miles tells us about Joe Strummer's pre-Clash band, The 101'ers. Strummer went on to ...
Joe Strummer, who brought punk attitude and ... Strummer’s first post-Clash act, Latino Rockabilly War, had a short life, as did his stint as rhythm guitarist for the Pogues.
RIP, Joe. Recorded in Los Angeles with the colorfully named backing band Latino Rockabilly War, Strummer's 1989 solo debut, 'Earthquake Weather,' is a messy attempt at Clash-style eclecticism.
From his time in The Clash to The Mescaleros to The Latino Rockabilly War to his solo efforts, Joe Strummer has contributed some incredible pieces of work to the world of punk rock and reggae music.
Rock musician Joe Strummer, whose band the Clash helped bring punk rock into ... Calling,” they linked punk’s raw energy with rockabilly, blues, pop and jazz roots. The move risked rejection ...
Joe Strummer, the gravel-voiced lead singer of the legendary band The Clash, whose hits "London ... using musical ideas from reggae and rockabilly as well as punk. With Jones' crisp guitar and ...
Legendary punk rocker Joe Strummer, singer-guitarist of the Clash, died of a heart attack ... A masterpiece of energetic punk that meshes rockabilly and reggae beats, London Calling finds Strummer ...
Strummer and Jones co-wrote the songs. In 2006, Jones said, “Joe would give me the words, and I would make a song out of them.” The Clash recorded ... it the Latino Rockabilly War.
Joe Strummer, The Clash’s iconoclastic frontman ... from 2003—which boasts deep dives into the rock and roll, rockabilly, reggae, hip hop, electronica and EDM Strummer loved so dearly, they also ...