Rolling Stone named 'London Calling,' the landmark third album by English rockers The Clash, #1 on its list of the 100 Best Albums of the 1980s—and with good reason.

London Calling reached No. 27 in the U.S. and made the Top 10 in the band's native U.K. It encouraged the Clash to get even more ambitious on their next album, 1981's sprawling Sandinista!

Former Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon will co-executive produce a new biopic about the making of the band’s classic 1979 album London Calling, the BBC reported Wednesday.. The script ...

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Clash‘s London Calling.Well, sort of. The album came out in England on December 14th, 1979, but didn’t cross the Atlantic to America until January ...

The Clash enjoyed a fairly long career, but their biggest claim to fame has to be the punk rock classic “London Calling”, as well as the whole of the album of the same name from 1979.

The Origins of ‘London Calling’ by The Clash London was not an easy place to be in 1979. Unemployment was at an all-time high, drug abuse had become an epidemic, and young Londoners were at ...

The Clash's Joe Strummer would no doubt get a chuckle out of one of his band's biggest hits, 'London Calling,' being used to promote next summer's Olympic Games in London. The title track from the ...

The 40th anniversary celebration, The Clash: London Calling, will open on Nov. 15 and feature draft lyrics from singer/guitarist Joe Strummer’s notebook, stage outfits, photos and films.