Joe Strummer and the Legend of The Clash
Contributors: Joe Strummer (Introduction)
Publisher: Plexus Publishing
Published: January 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780859653480
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Rock & pop; Rock Music; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Entertainment & Performing Arts - General; Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Description: "In Joe Strummer and the Legend of The Clash, author and journalist Kris Needs tells the story of The Clash with a special focus on Joe Strummer - his life history, his personal passions and his politics. Kris Needs combines his own anecdotes and press reports, plus exclusive interviews with Joe's closest friends, who include Mick Jones, his songwriting partner in The Clash and Don Letts the punk filmmaker, to breathe life into the legend that was Joe Strummer and The Clash. As a young journalist on tour with all of punk's biggest names, Kris forged life-long friendships with all the scene's key figures, while witnessing their unbelievable exploits first-hand. One of the first journalists to see The Clash live, Kris championed the band from the start, becoming close friends with Joe Strummer and the rest of the group, accompanying them on many major tours, and being present at pivotal moments in their career. Weaving in his own material from the era, with a wealth of biographical detail, Needs illuminates Joe's story with accounts of life-changing gigs, on-the-road antics and the recording sessions that produced classic music. Needs looks at Joe's motivations and passions, by drawing on his own experiences with him throughout their friendship, providing an insight into the beliefs and ideals that resonate in The Clash's music. Joe Strummer and the Legend of The Clash conveys the white-hot excitement of their gigs and the intense emotions their music caused, while providing an account of the life and times of Joe Srummer, a true punk pioneer. Kris Needs wrote for NME and Sounds in the mid '70s and was editor of alternative rock zine Zig Zag, He also works as a DJ and musician in his own right. His autobiography Needs Must was published in 1999. He is also the author of The Scream: The Music, Myths and Misbehaviour of Primal Scream, and the forthcoming Keith Richards: Before They Make Me Run."--Publisher's description.