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The Clash – The Clash album review

By Scott Rowley last updated 10 March 21

Released on 8 April, 1977, The Clash talks about people in boring jobs, with annoying bosses, in a world going to shit and divided by race. No wonder it's so timeless…

The Clash – Combat Rock album review

By Scott Rowley last updated 10 March 21

The Clash's best-selling album it may be – but Combat Rock also explains why the band were never destined to be as big as The Police or U2…

The Clash – Sandinista! album review

By Scott Rowley last updated 10 March 21

In 1980, The Clash released triple album Sandinista!, their greatest folly and an indulgence to match the worst excesses of prog rock. But is there a great 48 minute album lost within?

The Clash – Give Em Enough Rope album review

By Scott Rowley last updated 10 March 21

Their 1978 second album is one of the most overlooked in their canon. Was it because of the 'corporate rock' producer? The boys-own lyrics? Or maybe just the sleeve?

The Clash – Cut The Crap album review

By Scott Rowley last updated 10 March 21

The Clash's last album is a two-dimensional dogs-dinner, hi-jacked by their manager and unloved by the band. But it does have one saving grace...

Glyn Johns: My top 6 productions

By Paul Lester last updated 15 February 21

Legendary producer Glyn Johns remembers six of his most memorable productions, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to The Who

The Clash – London Calling album review

By Scott Rowley last updated 14 December 20

Was London Calling The Clash's finest hour?

The 20 best rock albums of 1978

By Classic Rock Magazine published 7 September 20

Punk fury gives way to classic songwriting, live albums prove dangerous to the charts, and Van Halen, Kate Bush and Dire Straits make their entrance

Back-stabbing, bullying, busking: how The Clash disintegrated

By Chris Knowles published 1 July 20

In 1983, The Clash sacked founder Mick Jones, hired three new members and tried to return to their punk rock roots. Cue two years of fighting and one of the worst albums ever made

Rock Against Racism: the story of the Anti Nazi League Carnival and the rise of The Clash

By Ian Fortnam published 18 June 20

Tom Robinson thinks of it as “the punk Woodstock”. It was the moment punk turned popular, and people’s band The Clash became real rock stars

BBC Arts share The Clash: London Calling documentary

By Scott Munro published 1 May 20

Film by the BBC ties in with the Museum Of London’s exhibition which celebrated the 40th anniversary of The Clash’s London Calling album

Why The Clash's debut album is no classic

By Ben Myers published 8 April 20

It's gone down in history as a classic, but The Clash's self-tiled debut album offered a thrilling but limited blueprint for the future

The Clash's London Calling exhibition will open its doors in November

By Scott Munro published 14 August 19

London exhibition dedicated to The Clash will run until the spring of 2020 and feature more than 100 items from band’s archive

Stay Free: The Story Of The Clash hits Spotify

By Scott Munro published 28 February 19

Public Enemy’s Chuck D narrates The Story Of The Clash in new Spotify series which explores “the rise, reign and ferocious self-destruction of one of music’s most prolific bands”