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 ‘London Calling’ at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review. Get our track-by-track take on an album that no respectable record collection is without.

It’s likely a lot of folks thought that a double-album by The Clash was the height of folly before they released London Calling in 1979. How could the band’s potent but straightforward bashing ...

Bono was wrong. All is not quiet on New Year’s Day. 2010 has arrived and with it the 30th anniversary of the Clash’s “London Calling,” released in the United States on Jan. 1, 1980.

The Clash were “The Only Band That Matters.” But more to the point, they were the only band who’s ever gotten away with calling themselves something so self-aggrandizing, because it felt ...

Artwork from The Clash‘s ‘London Calling’ album is set to be auctioned off later this month. Made up of sketches, drawings and designs for the cover of the 1979 album, the auction is ...

“London Calling’is The Clash’s defining album, a rallying call for Londoners and people around the world,” said Beatrice Behlen, senior curator of fashion and decorative arts at the Museum ...

The creation of classic album London Calling by punk band The Clash is to form the basis of a new music biopic. Former Clash members Paul Simonon and Mick Jones will executive produce the film ...

The album sleeve had already been printed, but despite not appearing on the tracklist for London Calling, “Train In Vain” quickly became the album’s biggest hit and The Clash’s first Hot ...

The creation of classic album London Calling by punk band The Clash is to form the basis of a new music biopic.