Bands have a tendency to implode, particularly after mega success. It took five years for the furore surrounding The Clash, the quintessential English punk band that married rebellion and rock & roll on their breakthrough LP London Calling, to die down and the infighting and disintegration to take hold. The year is 1984. The group's original line-up had been trashed and The Clash mark 2 ran aground. Lead singer Joe Strummer fled London. Very little is known about where he went. A new documentary...
Bands have a tendency to implode, particularly after mega success. It took five years for the furore surrounding The Clash, the quintessential English punk band that married rebellion and rock & roll on their breakthrough LP London Calling, to die down and the infighting and disintegration to take hold. The year is 1984. The group's original line-up had been trashed and The Clash mark 2 ran aground. Lead singer Joe Strummer fled London. Very little is known about where he went. A new documentary...
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