Joe Strummer
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Official feed for Joe Strummer of The Clash. “Without people, you’re nothing.” ROCK ART AND THE X-RAY STYLE 2LP & CD reissue OUT NOW!
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Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros’ debut album, ROCK ART AND THE X-RAY STYLE, has been reissued on 2LP Vinyl and CD to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the release. Both editions are OUT NOW!. Go here - - to learn more.
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“Punk rock isn't something you grow out of. Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'.” Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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38 years ago today, 17th April, 1983, Joe ran the London Marathon in a time of 4 hours 13 minutes. Photo by Steve Rapport. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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"Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'." Joe Strummer
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"If you think you miss Joe Strummer now, by the time you get to the end of this boxset, you are really going to miss this guy.“ @henryrollins. Watch the review of the upcoming JOE STRUMMER 002: THE MESCALEROS YEARS 7LP boxset here:
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On this day, 15th November, 2002, Joe reunited on stage with Mick Jones of @TheClash for the first time since 1983 in aid of the striking firefighters at London’s Acton Town Hall. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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“When @TheClash formed there was no real agenda, it was what everybody put in. Mick could already play really great guitar and I could hack it in there. It was all new, all built from the ground up.” Joe Strummer. Happy Birthday, Mick Jones!
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Happy 70th Birthday, Joe!. Share your photos and memories of Joe with the hashtag #joestrummer
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Happy 40th to The Clash’s classic album, “Combat Rock”, released on this day, 14th May, 1982. What’s your favourite track?. Listen - - now!. #TheClash.#JoeStrummer.#CombatRock
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Released 45 years ago today, The Clash’s ‘Give 'Em Enough Rope’ was their first album released in the United States. What’s you favourite track?. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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“Punk ain't the boots or the hair dye. It must be the attitude that you have, that approach to everything in life with that attitude.” Joe Strummer. Photo by George Rose. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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Join us Friday, August 21st at 12 noon PDT / 3pm EDT / 8pm GMT for 'A Song for Joe' - a celebration of the life, legacy and birthday of Joe Strummer. Go to for more information on this very special live event.
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“Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any inherent wisdom. I quickly realized that you either became a power or you were crushed.” Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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“The toughest thing is facing yourself. Being honest with yourself, that's much tougher than beating someone up. That's what I call tough.” Joe Strummer. Photo by Honey Salvadori. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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"I don't have any other message than don't forget you are alive." Joe Strummer. Photo by Julian Yewdall. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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Watch the official video for “Fantastic”, featuring never-before-seen footage from the Joe Strummer archive, HERE: now. Directed by Lance Bangs.
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“Use your vote, your dollar bill is your vote. It's time we stopped giving it in the bucket-loads to these giants corporations. They're not to be trusted with that amount of money. They're only gonna bland us out, robot us out. All they want is our money.” Joe Strummer
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“People are out there doing bad things to each other. It’s because they’ve been de-humanised. It’s time to take that humanity back into the centre of the ring and follow that for a time.” Joe Strummer
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“Joe always wore his heart on his sleeve. With @TheClash, he could knock you flat with his mighty roar, but he could do a lot more than that—his deceptively gruff yowl was an astonishingly flexible instrument, which is how he could hit such a wide emotional range.” @RollingStone
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“In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human being. F**k being an asshole.” - Joe Strummer. Joe interacting with @TheClash fans who attended the band’s historic gig at Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, Italy, on June 1st, 1980. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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On this day, 10th January 1980, @TheClash’s seminal “London Calling” album was released in the US 🇺🇸 When did you first hear The Clash?. Listen: Photo by Ian Dickson. #TheClash.#JoeStrummer
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Some years ago, @hagenmark at @BBCRadio2 asked Joe what he thought of @springsteen. Joe wrote out his thoughts, below. Happy birthday Bruce #Springsteen!
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“I think people ought to know that we’re anti-fascist, we’re anti-violence, we're anti-racist and we’re pro-creative. We’re against ignorance.” Joe Strummer on @TheClash. Photo by Adrian Boot. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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“In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human being. F**k being an asshole.” - Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash.#Brixton.#JoeStrummerXBrixton
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“Punk ain't the boots or the hair dye. I've been asked to define it many times, so I've actually thought about it for a couple of seconds. It must be the attitude that you have, then approach everything in life with that attitude. This is punk rock.” Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer
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Released on this day, May 14th, 1982, @TheClash ‘Combat Rock’. Do you remember when you first heard this classic album?. Listen here - - now!
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“Always being a punk rocker is something everyone can do. And I mean that by attitude. ATTITUDE!” - Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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1977 Calling! On this day, 8th April, 1977, @TheClash released their self-titled debut album in the UK 🇬🇧 What’s your favourite track?. Go here - - listen!. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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“It suddenly occurred to me that songs aren't just stuff that's written on a bit of paper or put on a record. What if a song is like a person? Like a song might have some sort of kinetic energy that we haven't managed to quantify or identify.” Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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“Without people, you’re nothing.” Joe Strummer.
Joe Strummer helping some fans without tickets sneak in to a gig.
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“The biggest temptation on the London Marathon is to run into a pub along the route” - Joe Strummer, 1983. 40 years ago today, 17 April, 1983, Joe ran the @LondonMarathon in a time of 4 hours 13 minutes. Photo by Steve Rapport. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash.#Marathon
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“I don’t want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.” Joe Strummer. Listen here: Photo by Bob Gruen. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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On this day, November 15th, 2002, Joe reunited on stage with Mick Jones of @TheClash for the first time in almost two decades, in support of London’s striking firefighters. Go here - - to listen to the show. Photos by George Binette.
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“Punk ain't the boots or the hair dye. I've been asked to define it many times so I've actually thought about it for a couple of seconds. It must be the attitude that you have, that approach to everything in life with that attitude.” Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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Announcing ‘JOE STRUMMER 001’ Featuring rare and unreleased songs covering his entire career. Out 28.09.18. Pre-order now:
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Joe on producing @poguesofficial album, ‘Hell’s Ditch’, “I tell you, we had a ball! I defy any proto-folk punk band to better it!" Happy St Patrick’s Day 🍀 Hear Joe play @TheClash classic ‘Straight to Hell’ with the Pogues here #JoeStrummer.#ThePogues
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“I’ve always been keen on hearing stuff from anywhere, finding music where you don’t know what the hell is going on or what’s gonna happen next… That’s a great feeling, because you feel like you’re being educated somehow.” Joe Strummer
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“Whatever a group is, it’s the chemical mixture of those four people. It’s some weird thing that no scientist could ever quantify or measure, and thank God for that.” Joe Strummer on @TheClash. The Clash backstage at Day on the Green, Oakland, CA 1982. Photo by Michael Zagaris.
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“Sometimes you save the best for last.” - Joe Strummer. The Mescaleros’ debut album, ‘Rock Art and the X-Ray Style’, was released on this day in 1999. What’s your favourite track?
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of @TheClash’s ‘Sandinista!’’ album. Released on December 12th 1980, the album features the classics ‘Police On My Back’, ‘Washington Bullets’, ‘Junco Partner’ and ‘Career Opportunities’. Do you remember when you first heard this classic album?
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“When Jem said to me in Los Angeles, 'Er, would you dep for Shane on this world tour, thanks', what could I do other than learn the fucking lyrics?” Joe on joining @poguesofficial, for a second time. Photo by Steve Pyke. #JoeStrummer.#Pogues
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“We must use negative situations to refocus and redirect anger and frustration and fashion music that is powerful to all who listen, always upsetting the status quo.” - Joe Strummer. Photo by @bobgruen01. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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“The future is unwritten.” Joe Strummer. Photo by Phil Nicholls. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash.#NYE #NewYear2022
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Joe with @TheClash at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium 39 years ago this month, October, 1982. If you could go back and see just one Clash show, which one would it be? . #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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1977 Calling! On this day, 8th April, 1977, The Clash released their self-titled debut album in the UK 🇬🇧 . Listen here: #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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"It has to be invented again. You remember how it was before Nirvana came out, and then suddenly there was grunge. You can't put a particular number of years on the [rock music] cycle, but it has to be reinvented. People have to make it their own." Joe Strummer
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“Creativity don’t stop. It just gets more intense if you feed it right.“ Joe Strummer. Photo by Ian Davies. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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We’re celebrating the 40th Anniversary of when a mohawked Joe Strummer, dressed in a self-distressed Clash T-Shirt, competed in the London Marathon with the launch of a new Capsule Collection feat. iconic images from photographer Steve Rapport. Store -
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“Jem said to me, 'Er, would you dep for Shane on this world tour, thanks', what could I do other than learn the fucking lyrics? … anyone can get into 'Dirty Old Town' and 'The Broad Majestic Shannon' cos they're such great songs.” Joe on joining @poguesofficial. #stpatricksday
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“London calling to the faraway towns.”.– ‘London Calling’ Joe Strummer and @TheClash .Photo by Peter Byrne
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“It’s music first and political thought next. We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t like to play those guitars. Obviously we have a political bent, but the sound of music infects us.” Joe told @RollingStone about @TheClash’s ‘Sandinista!’ album upon its release on this day, 12/12/80.
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"I don't have any other message than don't forget you are alive." Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash.#TheMescaleros
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“My motto is, 'What's the hurry?' I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.” - Joe Strummer
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This Thurs, Dec 22nd, @jesse_malin & Gates of the West celebrate Joe’s life at the Niagra Bar, the place where friends & fans put candles, flowers & notes along the wall on the side of the east 7st mural by graffiti art masters Dr. Revolt & Zephyr after Joe’s passing 20 years ago
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39 years ago today @TheClash album ‘Sandinista!’ was released. What’s your favorite track?
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Happy Birthday, Joe Strummer! Join us TODAY at 12 noon PDT / 3pm EDT / 8pm GMT for the 'A Song for Joe' event - celebrating the life, legacy and birthday of Joe Strummer. Click here - - to countdown to this very special live event.
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“Joe followed in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Bob Marley. Without Strummer you have to ask, ‘Who speaks for you now?’” Don Letts. #JoeStrummer.#TheClashclash
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ASSEMBLY, the new remastered 16-track collection of Joe's greatest solo work, is out now on vinyl, CD and digitally for streaming & download, accompanied by a new animated video for "I Fought The Law (Live)" created by Spencer Ramsey here:
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Know your rights!. You have the right not to be killed.MURDER IS A CRIME!.Unless it was done.By a policeman.Or an aristocrat. #KnowYourRights.#JoeStrummer.#TheClash. Listen here: from @TheClash album ‘Combat Rock’.
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“Once you're enthralled to your ego in a relentless pursuit of world domination & shoving your boring personality down the throats of as many of the globe's inhabitants as possible, you don't have time for anyone else. In my book, that's not living or being a human." Joe Strummer
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“Punk rock was invented by all the great hopeless garage bands the world over.” Joe Strummer
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40 years ago Joe and @TheClash were touring the world in support of the ‘Sandinista!’ album. What’s your favorite track from the album they played live?. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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Remembering and celebrating the life & music of Joe today. “Without people, you’re nothing.”.
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"All we're trying to do is communicate something. Sometimes we don't know what it is, sometimes we do." Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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“If you have no audience, you have no music. Music is communication.” Joe Strummer. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash.#WithoutPeopleYoureNothing
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“When you're young and your group takes off, you don't really have any life experience. I'd had a bit more than the others 'cos, y'know, I'd worked as a gravedigger, but there were times when I forgot what the world outside rock 'n' roll was like.” Joe Strummer. 📸 by Adrian Boot
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“What if a song is like a person? Like a song might have some sort of kinetic energy that we haven't managed to quantify or identify.” Joe Strummer. Photo by Michael Zagaris. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash
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"I don't have any other message than don't forget you are alive." Joe Strummer
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“The biggest temptation on the London Marathon is to run into a pub along the route.” - Joe Strummer on running the London Marathon 39 years ago this month. Photo by Steve Rapport. #JoeStrummer.#TheClash.#LondonMarathon
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On this day, 4th July, 1976, @TheClash played their debut gig at the Black Swan in Sheffield, opening for the @sexpistols. What was your first introduction to the music of “the only band that matters”?. #TheClash.#JoeStrummer
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“If any band ever stood a chance of living up to its hyperbole, then that band must be The Clash. Dubbed in their heyday “The Only Band That Matters”, there were times during their storied career when that appellation didn’t seem so outlandish.” @Independent. 📸 by Sheila Rock
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“I know it’s hard when you see rock ‘n’ roll bands to hear what the lyrics are, but we’re working on getting the words out and making them mean something,” Joe Strummer
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Stay home and watch @springsteen take on @TheClash song 'London Calling' from his 2009 Hyde Park show.
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“My motto is, 'What's the hurry?' I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.”.― Joe Strummer
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Happy Birthday @johnnyramone "This music not only stands the test of time, it totally obliterates everything before it and after it." Joe Strummer on @RamonesOfficial
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