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Wednesday, Feb 7 2018, 6AM
Coming to you from pirate satellite, it's International Clash Day! www.kexp.org
The first single off of 'Combat Rock', released 3 weeks prior to the album. And here's a link to your rights in the US if you're stopped by the authorities www.aclu.org
First released in February 1978 with the b-side "Jail Guitar Doors," a re-worked version of a song from Joe Strummer's pub rock days. It was later included as the opening track of the belated US version of the band's eponymous debut album. #internationalclashday
Released as the band's first single in March 1977 and also featured on their debut album. There are two versions: the single version (also appearing on the US version of the album released in 1979), and a different version on the UK album. According to their respective label copy the single version is 1:58 in running time while the UK album version is 1:55. USA Wins! internationalclashday.com
When Mike Scott of the Waterboys looked at the Wikipedia entry on himself, he got quite a shock www.theguardian.com
This song is notable in The Clash's canon in that it is the only song of theirs to be played from first show to last. The band played so many shows and had a policy of rotating their setlist night by night, so it's hard to say that it was played at every single show, but it certainly featured in 99% of their shows and tours to all accounts. It was played in their first shows in 1976, and in their farewell shows in 1985.
Joe Strummer talks about the influence The Ramones had on The Clash www.youtube.com
How does T. Rex tie into The Clash? Read on dear Morning Faithful listener #internationalclashday consequenceofsound.net
Alice Cooper found a Warhol print in his house last year. Read about it at Clash Music #internationalclashday www.clashmusic.com
“In the early ’70s David Bowie came out with Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars and they were like a proper band,” says Clash guitarist Mick Jones in John Robb’s Punk Rock: An Oral History. “It wasn’t like the David Bowie we all knew about, the ‘Space Oddity’ David Bowie. This was different. We took that seriously.” #internationalclashday www.kexp.org
In this NYT article from 2012, Iggy disses The Clash and talks about his penis. #whattadick #internationalclashday nyti.ms
Punk rock is considered a product of the ’70s, when bands like the Ramones, the Sex Pistols and the Clash propelled the style into the mainstream. But punk really has its roots in the early ’60s, when three chord bashers with attitude (like MC5) first established their own loud, fast and hard rules for setting rebellion to music. www.gibson.com
There is nothing wrong with your radio. Do not attempt to change the station. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the content. We will control the playlist We have Complete Control. Sit quietly and we will control all that you hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your radio. You are about to participate in a great adventure - it's International Clash Day.
"Police on My Back" was a rare example of the Clash tackling a reggae tune and, rather than trying to fuse its Caribbean rhythms with the band's muscular approach, they stripped the tune to its bones and tackled it as straight rock & roll. "Police on My Back" was written by Eddy Grant when he was leader of the Equals.
"Death or Glory" was written about the previous generation of rock stars who swore that they would die before growing old. Turns out they didn't. Mostly. #internationalclashday internationalclashday.com
Pennie Smith was snapping photos of the Clash at New York's Palladium in September of 1979 when she captured one of the most iconic images in rock history which became the cover of 'London Calling'. Paul Simonon was annoyed by the relatively quiet audience, so he began smashing his bass against the floor. The smashed bass now resides at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. internationalclashday.com
"Brand New Cadillac" is a 1959 song by Vince Taylor, and was originally released as a B-side. The Clash covered it on 'London Calling'
The original rocksteady song by the all-white Rulers, that The Clash covered (in a much quicker arrangement, and written as “Wrong ‘Em Boyo”) on their 1979 classic 'London Calling' album, and which is based on the classic murder tale “Stagger Lee”…
The third and final single from their third studio album, "Train In Vain" was not originally listed on the album's track listing, appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. This was because the track was added to the record at the last minute, when the sleeve was already in production. It was the first Clash song to reach the United States Top 30 charts and in 2004, the song was ranked number 298 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
This album was recorded at Shea Stadium in New York City on October 13, 1982 - the band's second night opening for The Who. The original recordings were unearthed by Clash frontman Joe Strummer while packing for a move.
In the 16th century, Nostradamus predicted that the 6th annual International Clash Day would fall on Wednesday, February 7, 2018
#internationalclashday www.biography.com
This song was written and sung by bassist Paul Simonon, who grew up in Brixton, south London.
Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello talks about how The Clash changed his life #internationalclashday teamrock.com
Originally the song was called "I'm So Bored With You", written by Mick Jones before he joined The Clash. In his first meeting with Joe Strummer, Jones played several of his songs, and when he played "I'm So Bored With You," Strummer apparently misheard the lyrics as "I'm So Bored with the USA."
Thinking that this would form a great song about the social ills of America, Strummer started coming up with new lyrics before Jones could explain that actually it was about his then-current on-off relationship.
This song was originally recorded by the Jamaican group Danny Ray and the Revolutioneers in 1976. Danny Ray sampled the Jackie Edwards song "Get Up" on the track, so Edwards and Ray are the credited songwriters of "Revolution Rock."
When The Clash recorded the song, lead singer Joe Strummer changed some of the original lyrics, inserting a reference to Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife"
"Something About England" is one of many crazy musical variations on the 'Sandinista!' album, with the band experimenting with Music Hall, one of British music's oldest genres, stretching back to Victorian and Edwardian times. #internationalclashday
Watch Chicha Libre perform their cover of "Guns of Brixton" #internationalclashday www.youtube.com
Conoce Tus Derechos! Come join us for Flights & Rights #11 on February 27th in The Gathering Space! #internationalclashday aclu-wa.org
Tijuana No! is a Mexican ska, rock and punk band, from Tijuana BC, México. The band is considered a punk rock,ska band in Mexico and influenced by The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols and Black Flag
Andres Landero passed away in 2000. He was a musician and Colombian composer. He was recognized as The King of the Cumbia .
You can find this track on 'Burning London: The Clash Tribute' which also includes covers by The Afghan Whigs, Cracker and No Doubt! Yeah baby! #internationalclashday
Written by M.I.A. and Diplo, "Paper Plane's" backing track is a replayed sample of "Straight to Hell" by The Clash, and the members of The Clash are credited as co-writers of the song.
From their album 'Combat Rock', "Straight To Hell" was released as a double A-side single with "Should I Stay or Should I Go" on the flip side. What a value! #internationalclashday
Shhh, don't tell anyone - this was Moby's and Joe Strummer's favorite song to dance to. #internationalclashday
The Clash used to have Grandmaster Flash open for their shows in NYC. "The Message" took rap music from the house parties of its origin, to the social platforms later developed by groups like Public Enemy, N.W.A, and Rage Against the Machine. Melle Mel said in an interview with NPR: "Our group, like Flash and the Furious Five, we didn't actually want to do "The Message" because we was used to doing party raps and boasting how good we are and all that."
While you may be more familiar with The Clash's version, the song was originally written by Junior Murvin. The song became an anthem in the UK in 1976 as the Notting Hill Carnival erupted into a riot. Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of the Clash were involved in the rioting, which inspired them to cover the song on their debut album, in a style that they called "'punk reggae', not 'white reggae'"
Want some really cool Clash posters? Then get your buns over to www.kexp.org and download them for free! #internationalclashday
"Armagideon Time" is a song by reggae artist Willi Williams who released it as a single in 1978. The Clash covered it in 1979, and released it as the B-side to their single, "London Calling".
"Rock the Casbah" was musically written by the band's drummer Topper Headon and was based on a piano part that he had been toying with and the band members then filled out the song together. Joe Strummer didn't like Headon's lyrics calling them "a soppy set of lyrics about how much he missed his girlfriend". He took one look at these words and said, 'How incredibly interesting!', screwed the piece of paper into a ball and chucked it backwards over his head.
"Global A Go-Go", features backing vocals from longtime friend of Strummer, Roger Daltrey. #internationalclashday www.kexp.org
This song was one of Joe Strummer's favorites. He continued to play it live with his new band The Mescaleros and it was played at his funeral. #internationalclashday internationalclashday.com