The post The Clash’s Combat Rock to Receive 40th Anniversary Reissue appeared first on Consequence. The Clash’s 1982 album Combat Rock is receiving a special re-release for its upcoming 40th ...

The time has come to cut the crap and get your head right about Combat Rock.. Why this album — the amalgamation of pretty much everything that made The Clash cool — does not get its proper due ...

In the spring of 1983, The Clash were a big deal in the United States. With sales of more than two million copies, the quartet’s most recent album, 1982’s Combat Rock – a 40 th anniversary ...

The Clash is one of those bands whose music remains relevant to every decade and is important for the freedom to express political ideas through music. The Clash was not the first punk rock band to ...

The band continued expanding into funk and even new wave, but their career spun out quickly with a lineup change and an overproduced, synthetic sound. Even so, their legacy continues with an ...

“Combat Rock” is the Clash’s most commercially successful album, and it’s also the one that tore them apart. Although it contains their two most-popular songs — “Should I Stay or ...

As the Clash headed into the recording of their fifth album in late 1981, the seams were starting to tear. Combat Rock would end up the band's final album with guitarist, singer ...

Instead, with a focus on the fall-out of the Vietnam war and the decay of American society, The Clash’s fifth album, 1982’s Combat Rock, is not only their last great thematic statement but ...

ska or hip hop into their music owes something to the Clash. With the band’s best-selling album, 1982’s Combat Rock, turning 40 on May 14, let’s take a look at the band’s discography and ...

The time has come to cut the crap and get your head right about Combat Rock. The 40th anniversary expanded edition adds a second disc and is likely the closest hardcore Clash fans will ever get to ...

In hindsight, the Clash's penultimate 1982 album Combat Rock marked the end of an era for the British punk band, as it was the last record to feature the classic lineup of Joe Strummer ...