The Clash were mere days away from releasing Combat Rock when drummer Topper Headon was unceremoniously fired. Fittingly, he appeared to be pained and out of focus on the subsequent album cover. ...

And this week, there's a fresh round of new product in the form of the concert album "Live at Shea Stadium," the DVD "The Clash Live -- Revolution Rock" and a lavish book, "The Clash by the Clash." × ...

Headon joined The Clash in May 1977, replacing founding drummer Terry Chimes. The first full Clash album Topper played on was the band’s second studio effort, Give ’Em Enough Rope (1978).

The Clash came to a rather sad ending in May 1983. ... But drummer Topper Headon was kicked out of the group for drug abuse in 1982, and Mick Jones and Joe Strummer were barely speaking.

The Clash in 1980: There’ll Be Dancing in the Streets. Maybe it’s the gestalt of the event, or maybe it’s just the sweaty leather-bound mass throbbing around me, but I think it’s the most ...

Portrait of British punk rock group the Clash, from left, Joe Strummer, Topper Headon, Paul Simenon, and Mick Jones, as they give a press conference before their concert at Bond's, New York, New ...

The U.K.-based company claims that The Clash-inscribed tennis rackets are "likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception" among customers who could assume the band endorsed the product.

The Clash only put out six albums, but five of them were absolute classics. ... Topper Headon took over as the band’s new drummer in 1977, and over the next five years, ...

Carbon/Silicon – which also features Generation X‘s Tony James – played a set of songs from their new album ‘The Last Post’, including ‘Why Do Men Fight?’ and ‘What The Fuck ...

The Clash was the politically militant face of the British punk rock movement, ... Paul Simonon and Nicky "Topper" Headon to form London SS, quickly renamed The Clash. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ah, the boom box. The portable stereo brings back memories of a specific time in music, when some of the sounds blaring from the speakers included the stew of punk rock, reggae ...

Oberlin College assistant dean Randal Doane's book on seminal British punk rock group The Clash has been drawing rave reviews -- Los Angeles magazine listed it among 2014's best books on music.