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Last gang in town
the story and myth of the Clash
By Gray, Marcus
- ISBN
- 978-0-80504-640-3
- Publisher
- New York : H. Holt, 1996.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 1996
In the late Seventies, the Clash, along with the Sex Pistols, smashed and reassembled rock music into a so-called "punk" ethos, style, and culture. Gray (It Crawled from the South: An REM Companion, Da Capo, 1993) here offers three distinct explorations of the Clash: "Rock Dreams," an examination of the early lives of band members Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, and Joe Strummer; "Punk Myths," which reconsiders not only the Clash's contribution to the punk scene but the de...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
