The British Punk movement was initiated
by the Sex Pistols..........and
on December 1st 1976........the Thames T.V.'s tea-time programme
Today show
gave them more
notoriety....and Punk rock became the 20th
century's second great youth rebellion after rock'n'roll.....
(Joe Strummer ran
the London
Marathon in mid-April 1981 with his girlfriend Gaby Slater) He ran the
London Marathon again in1983 in a time of 3hours 20minutes.
(Paris Marathon, April/May 1982
with his girlfriend Gaby Salter who came last in the race)
Alex Michon
models Clash shirt and "conductor" trousers, 1979
(pictured below) & Krys Kolowska, who designed/made the gear, and Paul
Gorman, author of The Look, will be the presenters.
(Click on the above poster
for a hidden star.......)
The main aim of this site is an attempt to gather
biographicalimages and thoughts about The Clashvia the brilliant and informative "Last Gang In
Town" and "A Riot of Our Own"
resource books. Quoting brief passages of text for 'advertising and study purposes', it is hoped that dedicated
Clash fans around the world will purchase both Marcus Gray and Johnny
Green's superb Clash stories by clicking on the appropriate headings.
This website is totally dedicated to
both authors for their time and efforts over a period of many years in
locating the landmarks & in amassing the anecdotal and factual material
that pertains to them AND to the unique
songwriter Joe Strummer,who died peacefully
at his home
in Somerset on Sunday,22nd December 2002. He was 50 years old.
The
Bridgwater's Palace Theatre
gig, a benefit for The Engine Room,
Somerset's New Media Centre, was an amazing experience..........it
followed on from the previous nights
gig I
had attended......... at Newport's TJ's........my
daughter and I
stood at the feet
of Joe Strummer on Sunday, 17th November 2002....... his opening words informed some lively individuals to
quieten down or he'd come down and sort them out.....during the show he dropped
his USA Nylon .60mm Jim Dunlop plectrum and it was hurriedly grabbed from the stage by my daughter
where it is now used daily on our Fender electric guitar....
The following
pages unfold from my time at school with Mick Jones.....to Joe's year in
Newport to his early years in the 101'ers and the musical influence of The
Clash.......
" I am merely
a spirit in a body,
Who is made a
body and then will depart this body."
Joe Strummer 2002
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