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 ...

London Calling gave The Clash their first American hit, “Train In Vain,” which reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Guitarist Mick Jones wrote the uncharacteristic love song about his split ...

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 ...

December 14th, 1979: The Clash release London Calling just in time for it to be safety-pinned to every punk’s Christmas wish list. At the affordable price of £5, the double LP peaks at number nine in ...

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.

The post 40 Reasons We Still Love The Clash’s London Calling appeared first on Consequence of Sound. In England, the 1970s were quite an eventful decade. The seemingly untouchable power of the ...

Fresh and relevant as ever, ‘London Calling’ is 40 years old. Graeme Ross trawls through The Clash’s back catalogue to pick out his 20 favourite songs ...

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!

London Calling, the world's premiere tribute to The Clash, will be playing the 'A' & 'B' sides of singles released by The Clash between 1977-1983. The Clash formed in 1976 and are considered one ...

The Clash: London Calling, Museum of London, 15 November – 19 April 2020, admission free. The London Calling Scrapbook, released to mark the 40th Anniversary of the album, is available now.

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 ...