It’s likely a lot of folks thought that a double-album by The Clash was the height of folly before they released London Calling in 1979. How could the band’s potent but straightforward bashing hold up ...

The argument about whether punk originated in the seedy underbelly of London or New York is still going strong. But it ultimately doesn’t matter. Everybody got to enjoy the golden era of punk toward ...

December 1979 in the UK, January 1980 in the US – London Calling saw The Clash leave punk behind and establish themselves as a rock n’ r ...

“Combat Rock” is the Clash’s most commercially successful album, and it’s also the one that tore them apart. Although it contains their two most-popular songs — “Should I Stay or Should I Go” and ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 04: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Guns n' Roses bassist Duff McKagan performs with Shooter Jennings at SiriusXM Studios on June 04, 2019 in New ...

I don’t think anyone is getting the day off work to celebrate, but today marks International Clash Day, the annual holiday that celebrates one of the greatest bands ever to do it. This year’s ...

Tom Morello and the Edge did the honors of delivering the Clash's induction speech.

Whenever anyone references The Clash — the incendiary punk rock band that exploded onto the London scene in 1977 and became huge everywhere a few years later with London Calling and Combat Rock — the ...

“It was a complete fuck-up,” Joe Strummer told the NME in the summer of 1986, admirably taking the blame. “What you must realize is that a large percentage of people like me are idiots. I sit in a ...