Paul Simonon and Damien Hirst; Spots car painting, 2000; 22 x 3.4 cm. (8.7 x 1.3 in.) close. Medium color offset lithograph Size 22 x 3.4 cm. (8.7 x 1.3 in.) Edition Dummy thicc text, amirite?

Paul Simonon: It’s all off the cuff. Ayers: ... He’s the kind of guy who gets in a car and breaks off the rearview mirror because he’s not going to use it.

Decades ago, “when the Clash was falling apart” – as the band’s bassist Paul Simonon tells it – Joe Strummer wanted to return to his roots busking in public. So he and the band journeyed ...