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July 22, 2005

Up in It

Perry parties with No Doubt, Esthero calls out Ashanti
May 25, 2005

Strummer's 101ers Calling

Pre-Clash bandmate revisits punk icon's early days
February 1, 2005

The Return of the Slits

Punk's first frontwoman Ari Up on reissues, reunion
December 9, 2004

Complete Control

The Clash

Essential Clash

Since The Clash's demise, there have been many compilations of their work; unfortunately, most of them sound like they were sequenced with a dartboard. This two-disc collection, organized roughly chronologically, finally does them justice: The first disc shows the young Clash as the best rock band i...

2003 RS: 5of 5 Stars

The Story Of The Clash Volume 1

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The Clash took the raw anger of British punk and worked it into a political and aesthetic agenda. Outstripping all of their peers in terms of length and depth of career, the Clash were rebels with a cause - with many causes, from anti-Thatcherism to racial unity to the Sandinistas. Their music was roots-based but future-visionary; their experiments with funk, reggae, and rap never took them far fr...

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