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Reviewed on April 1, 2007
Based on his decade spent fronting positive punk rockers the Clash, Joe Strummer (1952-2002) was deemed a hero by his legion fans. Behind this cursed label he hid throughout most of his life, while his storied band's biographers were more than happy to reinforce it or rip it to shreds. British journalist Salewicz (Reggae Explosion: The Story of Jamaican Music ) is the first writer to bother reaching for the man inside the snarling, politicking mass. Dozens of interviews with ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More