The Clash
The joy of the slow burn record: ‘Not only did I warm to his drawls, I became obsessed’
Sometimes, 20 years after dismissing an album, it’s suddenly exactly what you need. Our writers pick out the music that crept up on them
Dave Simpson, Laura Snapes, Tayyab Amin, Safi Bugel, Tara Joshi, Alexis Petridis, Christine Ochefu and Shaad D'Souza
08, Jun, 2023 @9:38 AM
Forget Take That – here’s the music Charles should have for his coronation
As reports swirl on the big stars playing or snubbing the upcoming coronation, here’s a few numbers that would actually sum up king and country in 2023
Michael Hann
01, Mar, 2023 @4:06 PM
Keith Levene obituary
Guitarist and musician who was a founding member of the Clash and Public Image Ltd
Adam Sweeting
14, Nov, 2022 @7:44 PM
Keith Levene, founding member of the Clash, dies at 65
Influential post-punk musician was an original member of the Clash before founding PiL with John Lydon and Jah Wobble
Vanessa Thorpe and Dave Simpson
12, Nov, 2022 @6:14 PM
Kyiv calling: famous Clash anthem reborn as call to arms
Ukrainian punk band Beton win blessing of Clash’s remaining members to record new version of song to raise funds for support network
Vanessa Thorpe
19, Mar, 2022 @6:01 PM
Rebel Dread review – an engaging portrait of Don Letts
An enjoyable study of the musician, DJ and film-maker could do with fewer talking heads and more joyful tales from Letts himself
Simran Hans
06, Mar, 2022 @11:00 AM
A lust for life … my years backstage with the giants of punk
From Ramones to Iggy Pop, photographer Michael Grecco met them all. An exhibition of his work recreates the movement’s glory days
Rob Walker
05, Sep, 2021 @8:00 AM
Bass guitar smashed at Clash gig to join relics at Museum of London
Fender bass was hurled into stage by Paul Simonon in New York, as seen on London Calling album cover
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
07, Jul, 2021 @6:00 AM
'Woke' culture is threat to protest songs, says Don Letts
Fear of ‘cultural appropriation’ stops some from creating rebellious music, says the Clash videographer
Tobi Thomas
16, Mar, 2021 @12:01 AM
'London calling to the faraway towns': How British music changed this American's life | Geoffrey Kabaservice
As a teenager in 1980s provincial Florida, I heard radio DJs dismiss punk as unlistenable garbage. Then I heard the Clash
Geoffrey Kabaservice
26, Dec, 2020 @12:30 PM
Carla Bruni's teenage obsessions: 'Francis Bacon shows our confusion, desire, madness'
As she returns with a new album, the French chanteuse recalls the genius of the Clash and Henry James, plus encounters with Balearic naturists
Interview by Dave Simpson
16, Oct, 2020 @9:00 AM
Phil May obituary
Powerful vocalist, frontman and songwriter with the Pretty Things, the outlandish rock band that inspired Bowie and Nirvana
Adam Sweeting
17, May, 2020 @2:13 PM
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