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Big Country Redux guitarist Bruce Watson picks the soundtrack of his life. "The Rolling Stones are the quietest band on stage I've heard in my life. You can actually talk over the top of them playing"

Bruce Watson picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names some lyrics that'd make a great tattoo

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“Joe stayed up for three days drinking bottle after bottle of brandy, berating everyone around him for their weaknesses, and just really losing it”: Bust-ups, busking and the last days of The Clash

When punk legends the Clash went out, it was with a whimper not a bang

Louder

"That wasn't a football game. It was The Clash in 1977!" Courtney Love has discovered England's "beautiful" football team, and is very, very excited about their progress in the FIFA World Cup

"England, I love you"

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"There were more people there than they had ever cumulatively played to in their career at that point." The story behind the Ramones first ever UK show, on Independence Day 1976

It's now 50 years since Ramones brought their blitzkrieg bops to Britain

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Drummer Stewart Copeland was ‘heartbroken’ after The Police induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Exclusive: Revered drummer and composer is the subject of a new documentary, in which he opens up about his time with the rock band as well as his early life and extensive solo career

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"If one were to cut the crap from The Clash's final album, it could be released as a seven inch single, with no B-side." Ten forgettable punk albums with one killer song

Each of these thoroughly mediocre punk albums features one redeeming, gleaming diamond in the dirt

Louder

"Getting off the bus, you could be attacked by a gang of skinheads, bikers or straights. It was hairy." Riots, teargas and slamdancing – The 80s scene that helped inspire Metallica, Slayer, Napalm Death and beyond

Thrash, black metal, grindcore - none of it would exist without UK82

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"We never said it was a Utopia. Rock'n'roll is played on enemy ground." What happened when The Clash arrived in the USA

It's early 1979, punk is building, and The Clash arrive in theUS to play their first shows there. We were on the road with them and witnessed events first-hand

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“This is a bass guitar that’s going to stir up quite a lot of interest among fans and collectors”: The bass used to record The Specials' gloomy political anthem, Ghost Town, is headed to auction

The Fender Precision was also used in Horace Panter’s supergroup with members of The Clash and Dexy’s Midnight Runners

Guitar World

Fatboy Slim finds positive in Clash lawsuit

Fatboy Slim admitted the one advantage to being sued by The Clash was getting to meet his "heroes".

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“When we were mixing, he used to get so excited that I used to have to hold him down with one hand and try and carry on the manual mix on the desk with the other": The making of the Clash’s mature masterpiece, London Calling

How football, thrown ladders and destroyed pianos combined to create the "album of the 80s"

MusicRadar

Influential country-rock star dies months after being diagnosed with two incurable diseases

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Joe Ely death: Country icon who toured with The Clash dies aged 78

The Flatlanders singer-songwriter was inducted into the ACL Hall of Fame in 2022

The Independent UK

Texas progressive country pioneer Joe Ely, who collaborated with The Clash, dead at 78

Joe Ely, who is known for his work with The Clash, has passed away.

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Media needs to retain opportunities for ‘working-class voices’ – Lorraine Kelly

The ITV presenter chose David Bowie, Dusty Springfield and The Clash for her Desert Island Discs.

Cycling Weekly

The middle-aged punk rocker who forged a press card to follow the Tour de France

Johnny Green, former road manager of The Clash, followed the Tour in 2004 and wrote one of the most revealing books on the sport you could read.

Marie Claire

Finn Wolfhard Shares What Music Shaped Him—and What's on His Playlist Now

With his album 'Happy Birthday' out now, the actor/musician opens up about his musical preferences for the 'Marie Claire' series "Listen Up."

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"A universe in which Karl Marx and Kylie Minogue happily co-exist, that accords Rush and The Clash equal favour, and where Morrissey and Marr meet Torvill and Dean." Manic Street Preachers announce "definitive history", 168 Songs Of Hatred And Failure

Music journalist Keith Cameron has written what Manic Street Preachers say is their definitive history

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"I said, “What’s that?” and they said, “It’s what Quincy Jones and Bruce Swedien use on all the Michael Jackson records": Steve Levine reminisces on 50 years in the industry and where it’s heading next

He’s worked with a list of artists that reads like an A to Z of hitmakers. And now, with a new plugin, you can get your hands on his signature sound

Louder

The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives

24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs

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Grammy Academy to present Lifetime Achievement to Prince and The Clash

Despite Prince and Joe Strummer, er both being dead

Louder

“An album drenched in musical innovation that proves quality is not defined by quantity”: The Clash used the musical language of prog to make the statement that is Combat Rock

Even as they began spiralling out of control, the cut-down double album delivered 46 minutes of creativity, complexity and power

Louder

"Lemmy was a creature of habit; he'd have a huge line of speed and then a big fry-up for breakfast": Topper Headon's wild tales of Johnny Thunders, Keith Moon, Keith Richards and more

Living with Lemmy, Sharing a tour bus with Bo Diddley, refusing to get out of bed for Martin Scorsese – these are the stories of Topper Headon, legendary drummer with The Clash

Guitar World

“It sold for $937,000 to an anonymous buyer who, we assume, doesn't play punk rock for a living”: From Joe Strummer’s Tele to Johnny Ramone's Mosrite, here are the iconic guitars behind the sound of punk – and the modern-day equivalents you can buy today

The filth, the fury, and '80s Fernandes Strat copies – these guitars, amps, and effects defined the sound of some of rock's greatest, and most rebellious, bands

Guitar World

“There are long winding passages, it’s almost womb-like… That’s something that would have really spoken to a guy like Jimi”: How Jimi Hendrix masterminded the ultimate sonic playground where Led Zeppelin and The Clash came to record

A new boxset full of previously unreleased recordings shines a light on Hendrix's bold new vision for Electric Ladyland Studios. Sadly, Hendrix would die before being able to make full use of it, but Jeff Slate, who worked on this new release, tells us how the NYC studio was integral…

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