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The Clash of titans - On the eve of a Joe Strummer retrospective, Barry Egan looks at the inner conflict of the punk firebrand


The plan had been to put Margaret Thatcher s face with a Nazi swastika on the cover of The Clash s EP, The Cost Of Living on the day in May 1979 that she won the British General Election. At the last minute, the band went instead with an image of a soap powder box. In December of that year, they released the single London Calling which featured lead singer Joe Strummer singing dire warnings about what he saw as the Iron Lady s apocalyptic policies which would lead to riots and police brutality: War is declared/We ain t got no swing, except for the ring of the truncheon thing. ....

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LONDON CALLING: Do You Accept The Charges?


LONDON CALLING: Do You Accept The Charges?
This December,
London Calling turns 40 years old, which means it’s both a Sagittarius (versatile, ambitious, rude) and a year and a half younger than me. I doubt many will say that I have held up nearly as well. 
I really thought I was tired of this album, to be honest. It’s the Generation X
White Album. Instead of that baby boomer uncle of yours who loves nothing better than their collection of digitally-repackaged Beatles ephemera, it’s your new dad-in-law jamming out in the garage, somewhat obliviously to the themes of “Death In Glory”, force-bonding with you with his story of the time him and Mick shared a spliff behind the Akron Civic Theater. It’s better to kill your idols than to enshrine them, this is punk rock. ....

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