BUFFALO, N.Y. – By the end of 1983, the Clash had lost two key members: drummer Nicky “Topper” Headon and guitarist/singer Mick Jones. Nevertheless, founding members Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon ...

The Clash’s alarming response: “White Riot.” Meanwhile, CBS was doing their part to increase awareness of their newly-acquired investment, which is not exactly how the fellas in the band ...

He captured candid images of future icons like Billy Idol, The Clash, Dead Kennedys, Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wendy O. Williams of the Plasmatics and others.

Gus Stewart / Redferns/Getty Images file. March 10, 2019, 4:35 PM EDT. ... “The Clash were a band that was built with a clock ticking, like a self-destruct mechanism,” says Andersen.

By Thomas Bond. While some musical groups fade into mere memories, that was never going to be the case with The Clash, once famously dubbed “the only band that matters.”More than two decades ...