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Remembering Joe Strummer
By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorThe next to last time I saw the man who put the strum in Strummer, it was nearing afterhours at a Lower East Side bar in New York City, somewhere around the turn of the… more »
Joe Strummer: The Leo Connection
By Robert Phoenix, eMusic ContributorOne of the astrological aspects that sets the punk movement apart from its musical counterparts in the 60s and early 70s is a sub-generational shift from Uranus in Cancer to Uranus in Leo. The astrological… more »
The Clash, London Calling
By Ira Robbins, eMusic ContributorLondon Calling pushes the Clash beyond the boundaries of punk rock. The music stretches out in a number of directions, with lyrics that make politics and anger factors rather than focus. "Koka Kola," "Death or… more »
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By Ira Robbins, eMusic ContributorIt took the Clash just six years to go from Westway to the world, to evolve from the small-bore punk vitriol of "London's Burning" to the sophisticated Top 40 global consciousness of "Rock the Casbah."… more »
Dub and Dubber
By Richard Gehr, eMusic ContributorThe Revolutionaries 'ridiculously titled Dub Out Her Blouse and Skirt Vol. 1 introduced me to the ghostly realm of dub reggae a quarter-century ago. And while I subsequently lost the vinyl in a California flood,… more »