Redemption Song: Anger Was Cooler [1982-1984]
"(Joe) seemed this sad, lonely figure, confused with life, Hank Williams playing on his ghetto blaster in the background. I felt sorry for him." -- Mark Cooper, Record Mirror
Redemption Song: Red Hand of Fate [1979]
Johnny Greene and a roadie... found a rehearsal room... (it) was at the rear of a garage, the kind of premises you might see in American gangster films as heists are planned... Here, hunkered together with no visible means of financial support, the Clash would rigorously write and rehearse the new songs that would emerge as London Calling, which time would judge one of the finest rock 'n' roll albums ever made...
Redemption Song: Under Heavy Manners [1976-1977]
"... people like Joe Strummer... were like the punk intelligentsia, they were the thinkers... (Joe) knew all the cultural and literary references, all the revolutionary references, and he put it all into context... there's a lot more ideas (sic) in one of Joe's rhyming couplets than there are in some people's entire albums..." -- Don Williams
Monday, May 21 2007
Redemption Song: Straight to Heaven [2002]
"...I learned that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all." -- Joe Strummer
Tuesday, May 15 2007
Various Artists: Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
Evokes the experience of sitting with an old friend discussing music and art, with Strummer more ridiculously hip, politically aware and iconic than any imaginable "old friend".
Thursday, March 22 2007
In Memoriam: Joe Strummer
Mere months before he left us to rock that grand casbah in the clouds, Joe Strummer remained a vital rock 'n' roll warrior.
