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farfetchedfrank t1_j92nz3o wrote

I'm surprised you've never heard of them before although they did break up about 30 years ago so I shouldn't be really. They were a snotty punk band that became more polished and actually broke America but like alot of punk bands they didn't survive the 80s. They splintered off and the singer sang with The Pogues before starting another band called Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. The lead guitarist started a band called Big Audio Dynamite.

Anyway you should check out their singles collection, their self titled debut and London Calling.

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efans11 t1_j93bipy wrote

I didn’t know Big Audio Dynamite was related to the Clash. So it’s intentional that their song “Rush” sounds like this one.

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roxek t1_j96ploc wrote

If you give Sandinista a listen, it can help fill the gap to BAD and shows where Mick Jones was trying to take The Clash

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OrthodoxDreams t1_j974y5k wrote

Paul Simonon still occasionally performs as part of the Good, the Bad and the Queen (along with Damon Albarn and others).

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