The Clash Talking: The Clash in Their Own Words

By Nick Johnstone

Of all the straight talking bands thrown up in the Seventies punk explosion, none talked straighter than The Clash. Fiercely proud of their rebel status, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon rarely wavered in their commitment to spreading a message of social justice through their music. Here's what they said at the time, and after it was over.Quotes include:"Don't ask me where my politics came from. I did the usual things that young men do. I didn't have nothing behind me. I didn't have nowhere to live." (Joe Strummer)"I don't know any other group that in its soul cares as much as The Clash." (Mick Jones)"Once at a rehearsal, Joe got a piece of chalk and drew a line on the floor and said, on this side is the musicians and on this side are the entertainers. So me and Joe were on one side and Mick and Topper on the other." (Paul Simonon)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846094003
• ISBN13: 9781846094002
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"