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12/31/99: Added "Overpowered By Funk" bass tab coutesy of Fernando Ruiz Selmo. Numerous people have reported that VH1 will air the complete 90 minute "Westway" documentary on January 21. I will post up more information as it comes in. VH1 had aired a 60 minute version of the documentary as part of its "Legends" series.
12/15/99: VH1 will be airing a one hour Clash documentary as part of their Legends series. It will air on Sunday December 19 at 10pm Pacific. It will replay later that night at midnight.
12/13/99: Joe Strummer will appear on Reverb which airs on HBO on Tuesday 12/14/99 at 11:30pm Pacific. Remember to set those VCRs! Added a review of Rock Art & the X-Ray Style from 7-9 Magazine including several pictures. The article was provided by Chris.
12/9/99: Added another version of "London Calling" bass tab courtesy of Toni Kallioniemi. Updated "Complete Control" tab courtesy of Ben Kolina
11/24/99: Joe Strummer will be on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on NBC 11/25/1999 at 11:35pm Pacific. Joe Strummer's November 20th concert can be heard via RealPlayer at Primeticket.net. Updated tab to "Jimmy Jazz" guitar tab and "Death or Glory" guitar tab courtesy of Lawman. Bill White also provided some updates to "Death or Glory".
11/17/99: Added X-Ray Style guitar tab and updated lyrics courtesy of Ben Kolina.
11/11/99: Added the setlist of the Joe Strummer concert at the House of Blues in Hollywood on November 6, 1999.
11/10/99: Added a Review of From Here to Eternity from Salon.com October 19, 1999.
11/05/99: Joe Strummer will be performing at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on November 6. He will also perform at the Sun Theatre in Anaheim tonight. Added an interview with Joe Strummer from SFGate.com.
11/03/99: Added track source dates and venues to the From Here to Eternity page. Added an interview with Joe Strummer from The Globe and Mail courtesy of Steve Mereu.
11/02/99: Joe Strummer's Rock Art & the X-Ray Style was released today. Added a setlist, photos and an audio message from Joe Strummer's concert in Cologne August 21, 1999. The aticle was provided by Marco Seifert.
I have received a great deal of email asking about where London Calling and Sandinista! were recorded. Both albums were primarily recorded at Wessex Studios in London.
10/27/99: From Here to Eternity was released yesterday. Added the cover art for the new cd to the discography page.
10/26/99: Added lyrics for "Nitcomb" courtesy of Ior.
10/25/99: Added lyrics for "Willesden to Cricklewood" courtesy of Ior.
10/21/99: Added the From Here to Eternity discography page. It includes links to the lyrics and tablature from the album.
10/20/99: Moved the Joe Strummer information to its own page. Added a discography page for Rock Art & the X-Ray Style. Added lyrics for "Yalla Yalla" (courtesy of RancidPunx) and "X-Ray Style" (courtesy of Lister).
10/14/99: Added my review of Rock Art & the X-Ray Style, Joe Strummer's upcoming solo album to be released on November 2, 1999.
10/12/99: I have changed the free messageboard vendor. Hopefully this will clear up some of the problems with the board. Please visit the new London's Burning Messageboard. Thanks.
10/8/99: Added a Review of From Here to Eternity from Music 365 October 1999 courtesy of the reviewer, John Robb.
10/6/99: Added an excerpt of an interview with Paul Simonon from Bassist Magazine October 1999 courtesy of the interviewer, Scott Rowley. A pic of the magazine cover is also included.
9/30/99: Added an article listing the Clash II tour dates from alt.music.clash December 14, 1997 courtesy of Jeff Dove.
9/24/99: Added an article listing Joe Strummer's November tour dates from SonicNet September 24, 1999.
9/23/99: Added a review of the Westway to the World documentary from SonicNet September 22, 1999.
9/22/99: Added a review of the Joe Strummer concert from SonicNet June 30, 1999 courtesy of Melinda Haire.
9/18/99: You can pre-order the upcoming Clash live cd - "From Here to Eternity" from CDnow. Added a flyer for Joe Strummer's Fall 1999 tour and cover art for Joe's upcoming cd courtesy of Hell Cat Records.
9/17/99: Added an mp3 file of (In the) Pouring Rain courtesy of Steve Satch. The file features the complete song in mp3 (256k bitrate) and is a 10MB download.
9/15/99: Added lyrics to (In the) Pouring Rain courtesy of Rich Kortvelesy. The post-Mick Clash played this song in concert. The lyrics are derived from the May 30, 1984 performance. I will post an mp3 of the track soon.
9/9/99: Added Joe Strummer Fall 1999 Tour Schedule from Pollstar. Tickets for the Los Angeles-area dates have already gone on sale.
9/8/99: Added an article from www.westwaytotheworld.com about the upcoming live cd and Clash catalog re-issue. Added cover image for Black Market Clash courtesy of Gippah. Also added proper cover image for the U.K. version of the debut album.
9/1/99: Added an updated version of City of the Dead tab courtesy of Joe Hecker. The latest edition of Uncut magazine has a huge article about the Clash including an interview with Joe Strummer and many pictures. It's a British magazine that comes with a cd and costs $6.95 in the U.S. Thanks to the many readers who emailed me about this.
8/30/99: Added Sex Mad Roar/War tab courtesy of See Gnolls. Added a listing of the concert sources of the live album from alt.music.clash.
8/27/99: Added Julie's in the Drug Squad bass tab courtesy of Sam Oglethorpe.
8/26/99: Added Train In Vain bass tab courtesy of Andrew Schmidt.
8/25/99: Added If Music Could Talk bass tab courtesy of Kory. Added an article from SonicNet about the upcoming live album. I was quoted in the article. Added a tracklist for the upcoming live album from NME.
8/18/99: Added Charlie Don't Surf bass tab courtesy of Kory.
8/11/99: Added The Crooked Beat bass tab courtesy of Kory.
8/4/99: Added Wrong 'em Boyo bass tab
courtesy of Kory. He runs the The
Crooked Beat - Paul Simonon Page.
I apologize for the problems with the messageboard problems. The board has had
much downtime and message corruption lately. Currently, the messageboard is
served by BeSeen.com. If anyone knows of another free messageboard vendor, I
would really appreciate it. Thanks.
7/28/99: Added Inoculated City bass tab courtesy of Andrew Schmidt.
7/15/99: Added Listen bass tab courtesy of Andrew Schmidt.
7/14/99: Added the review of the Joe Strummer concert at the Palace in Hollywood on July 7, 1999 from the Los Angeles Times. Added an interview with Joe Strummer about his film career from Film Comment July/August 1987 courtesy of Tami Peterson. Added a review of the book Last Gang In Town from Salon September 20, 1996. Added a favorable review of Cut the Crap from CMJ NMR 1998 courtesy of gippah@spyvspy.com. Rewrote the Articles section to make navigation easier due to the number of articles.
7/8/99: Added the setlist of the Joe Strummer concert at the Palace in Hollywood on July 7, 1999. Also included an image of an ad for the concert.
6/30/99: Added a review of the book A Riot of Our Own courtesy of Rita Patel.
6/23/99: Added an article about the The 50 Greatest Albums of the Seventies courtesy of Andreana O'Gormane.
6/10/99: Added tab to Car Jamming courtesy of John Escalante.
6/3/99: Added an interview with Joe Strummer from Rude International January 1999 courtesy of Mark Rubenstein.
5/26/99: Added cover images of the "Cost of Living" EP. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu.
5/19/99: Added bass tab to Stay Free courtesy of Alejandro González. Added cover images of the "This Is England" b/w "Sex Mad Roar/Do It Now" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '81-'91 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu.
5/12/99: Added bass tab to 1-2 Crush On You and Hate and War courtesy of Sam Oglethorpe.
5/5/99: Added cover images of the "Know Your Rights" b/w "First Night Back in London" single and the "Rock the Casbah" b/w "Long Time Jerk" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '81-'91 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu. Burning London: Tribute to the Clash is out. You can purchase the American edition at CDNow. The UK edition has two bonus tracks. The Australian edition has one different bonus track.
4/28/99: Added cover images of the "Hitsville U.K." b/w "Radio One" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '81-'91 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu. Added Sex Pistols Diary: 1976 from Rockmine 1998. Although the article is about the Sex Pistols, it contains many items about the Clash. The article was provided by Rockmine.com.
4/21/99: Added cover images of the "The Call Up" b/w "Stop the World" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu. Added a review of the "White Riot/1977" Single from Sniffing Glue March 1977. The article was provided by Tami Peterson.
4/14/99: Added cover images of the "Train In Vain" b/w "Bankrobber/Rockers Galore...UK Tour" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu. Added interview with the Clash from Search and Destroy 1977. The article was provided by Tami Peterson.
4/7/99: Added cover images of the "London Calling" b/w "Armagideon Time/Justice Tonight/Kick It Over" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu. Added Review of the Clash Tribute Album from Guitar World 1999. The article was provided by Michael Santoro.
3/31/99: Added cover images of the "English Civil War" b/w "Pressure Drop" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu. Added Uncut Crap: Over 56 Things You Never Knew about the Clash from NME March 16, 1991. The article was provided by Tami Peterson.
3/24/99: Added a new version of Jimmy Jazz bass tab courtesy of Michael Santoro. Added cover images of the "Tommy Gun" b/w "1-2 Crush on You" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu. Added a short review of the upcoming Tribute album from Maxim magazine. The article was provided by Stephen J. Murray.
3/15/99: A number of updates today. The Clash Tribute album has been pushed back yet again until May as reported in an article from AllMusic.com. Article contribution by Andrew Gammell. Added cover images of the "Complete Control" and the "Clash City Rockers" singles. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu. Added bass tab to Revolution Rock courtesy of XCheySanx@aol.com. Fixed the lyrics to "Rock the Casbah."
3/10/99: Added tab to One Emotion courtesy of John Escalante. Added cover images of the "Remote Control" b/w "London's Burning" single. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu.
3/3/99: Added cover images of the "White Riot" and the "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" singles. They are located on the U.K. Singles '77-'80 page. The covers were provided by Steve Mereu.
2/23/99: Added bass tab to Guns on the Roof and First Night Back in London courtesy of CraigWh@aol.com.
2/19/99: Added the guitar solo to All the Young Punks courtesy of Mark Davis.
2/17/99: Added a book review of A Riot of Their Own courtesy of Aversion.com
2/3/99: Updated lyrics to Silicone On Sapphire courtesy of A. Anderson.
2/1/99: Added upcoming tribute album information from SonicNet January 14, 1998.
1/20/99: Added lyrics to Living In Fame courtesy of A. Anderson.
1/13/99: Added a excepts from the Year in Records 1981 and 1982 from Rolling Stone 1981 and 1982. The article was provided by Steve Mereu.
1/6/99: Added a review of Cut the Crap and This is Big Audio Dynamite from an unknown magazine 1985. A picture of Joe Strummer is included. The article was provided by Steve Mereu.
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