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We are the Clash : Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered
- Title
- We are the Clash : Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered / Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki.
- Author
- Andersen, Mark
- Publication
- Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- 374 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "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.
- Subjects
- Punk rock musicians
- Great Britain
- Clash (Musical group)
- 1979-1997
- Biography
- Politics and government
- Punk rock musicians > Great Britain > Biography
- Punk rock music > Great Britain > History and criticism
- Biographies
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1979-1997
- Punk rock music > Political aspects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Foreword / by The Baker -- Introduction: Drowned out by the sound -- Rebellion into money -- What is Clash? -- Ready for war -- Turning the world -- Out of control -- Got to get a witness -- Gonna be a killing -- Movers and shakers come on -- Knife of Sheffield steel -- Ain't diggin' no grave.
- Call Number
- JME 18-406
- ISBN
- 1617752932
- 9781617752933
- LCCN
- 2017956558
- OCLC
- 1007759538
- Author
- Andersen, Mark, author.
- Title
- We are the Clash : Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered / Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki.
- Publisher
- Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 1979-1997
- Added Author
- Heibutzki, Ralph, 1964- author.Auguste, Barry, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JME 18-406