Paul Simonon, bass player for the long-defunct Clash, couldn`t care less about nostalgia. He has a new band, Havana 3 A.M., which headlines Friday at Cabaret Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., and isn`t ...

But it’s Paul Simonon’s comprehensively trashed Fender Precision bass guitar that really grabs the imagination. Simonon famously totalled his bass at the Palladium in New York City after taking ...

Punk legend Paul Simonon, bass player for The Clash, has shared details about the DIY ethic and community spirit which characterised the band’s beginnings and the London punk scene in the 1970s. “We ...

The band didn't write "Revolution Rock," Joe Strummer started "Lost in the Supermarket" on the back of a guitar-string package, and Paul Simonon smashed his bass a day earlier than everyone thinks 1.

The Fender Precision bass smashed by The Clash's Paul Simonon during a show at New York's Palladium in Sept. 1979 will go on permanent display at the Museum of London later this year. By Gil ...