The Clash

by Gray, Marcus

• ISBN13: 9780634082405
• ISBN10: 063408240X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp

Summary

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 from both its 1995 and 2001 incarnations, The Clash traces the band members' progress from dispiriting rehearsals in damp London basements to packed American stadiums. A fascinatingly detailed account of the first band to take punk's radical politics to the masses and survive for a decade against all the odds, it also offers an intriguing investigation into the gap between rock mythology and rock reality.

Table of Contents

REVIEWS OF THE FIRST EDITION	i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	v
CONTENTS	ix
AUTHOR'S NOTE	xi
PART ONE: ROCK DREAMS	13	(118)
1 ALL THE WAY FROM STREATHAM	15	(18)
2 DIARY OF A ROCK'N'ROLL STAR	33	(32)
3 JOHNNY TOO BAD	65	(16)
4 I GET AROUND	81	(20)
5 ROUTE 101	101	(30)
PART TWO: RIOT ACTS	131	(168)
6 GARAGELAND	133	(22)
7 WHITE RIOT	155	(20)
8 HATE AND WAR	175	(22)
9 ANARCHY IN THE UK	197	(12)
10 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES	209	(36)
11 COMPLETE CONTROL	245	(26)
12 GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE	271	(28)
PART THREE: STAR TRIPS	299	(132)
13 GATES OF THE WEST	301	(28)
14 VERSION CITY	329	(30)
15 COMBAT ROCK	359	(24)
16 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO	383	(18)
17 DEATH OR GLORY	401	(30)
PART FOUR: AFTER LIVES	431	(82)
18 LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET	433	(32)
19 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY	465	(45)
20 THE ESSENTIAL CLASH	510	(3)
INDEX	513