Bibliograph

We are the Clash, Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered, Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki

Type

Label

We are the Clash, Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered, Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We are the Clash

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1007759538

Responsibility statement

Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki

Sub title

Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered

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

Table Of 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

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