We are the Clash
Subtitle: Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered
By: Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki
Contributors: Heibutzki, Ralph, 1964- author
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781617752933
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Politics and government; Clash (Musical group); Political aspects; Punk rock music; History and criticism
Description: "The Clash was a paradox of revolutionary conviction, musical ambition, and commercial drive. We Are The Clash is a gripping tale of the band's struggle to reinvent itself as George Orwell's 1984 loomed. This bold campaign crashed headlong into a wall of internal contradictions and rising right-wing power. While the world teetered on edge of the nuclear abyss, British miners waged a life-or-death strike, and tens of thousands died from US guns in Central America, Clash cofounders Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, and Bernard Rhodes waged a desperate last stand after ejecting guitarist Mick Jones and drummer Topper Headon. The band shattered just as its controversial final album, Cut the Crap, was emerging. Andersen and Heibutzki weave together extensive archival research and in-depth original interviews with virtually all of the key players involved to tell a moving story of idealism undone by human frailty amid a climatic turning point for our world." -- Publisher's description.