The Clash were about two and a half years ... But Joe Strummer was still dismayed that his band’s American debut would be in a college town. “We shouldn’t have played here,” Strummer ...

While frontman Joe Strummer and lead guitarist/singer Mick Jones were the principal songwriters in The Clash, Headon co-wrote a number of the band’s noteworthy tunes. In honor of his 70th birthday, ...

The Clash’s name is as much a noble statement as it is the name of one of the most famous rock bands in history. The term represents the political tensions taking place in the 1970s in the band ...

"I started studying fine art in Newport College of Art in 1972 ... In 1983 his band the Three Johns opened for The Clash after he claims Strummer heard them on John Peel's show and put in ...

It was Levene and manager Bernard Rhodes who convinced vocalist Joe Strummer, then the frontman for the 101ers, to join the band. Keith Levene, photographed here in 1980, co-founded The Clash.