All this week PopMatters is offering exclusive excerpts from the new Chris Salewicz biography of Joe Strummer, published this week in the U.S. by Faber & Faber.
Wednesday [5/23]: Strummer hangs with Warhol; Thatcher comes to power, and after a lot of sweaty work in a shadowy space in the back of a garage, London Calling is unveiled like a gleaming, bad-ass drag racer. [read article]
Here we offer some of the best videos from The Clash’s London Calling, Cost of Living EP, and Sandinista!:
The Clash – Clampdown
The Clash – London Calling
The Clash — Jimmy Jazz
The Clash — Guns of Brixton
The Clash — Train in Vain
The Clash — Bankrobber
The Clash – I Fought the Law
The Clash – Magnificent Seven [Live @ Tom Synder Show, 1981]
The Clash — The Call Up
