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Date : Dec-28-2002 Songs : 03 │ │ Streetdate : 000-00-1991 Playtime : 13:43 min │ │ Year : 1991 Size : 18,9 MB │ │ Grabber : EAC Type : Maxi │ │ Encoder : Lame Source : CDDA │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌─────────────────────────────[ ReleaseNotes ]───────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ Releasenotes: Associated Press │ │ │ │ LONDON, December 23 2002 - Joe Strummer, the gravel-voiced │ │ lead singer of the legendary band The Clash, whose hits │ │ "London Calling" and "Rock the Casbah" electrified the punk │ │ scene, has died at age 50. │ │ The singer, guitarist and songwriter died Sunday at his home │ │ in Broomfield, in the southern county of Somerset, his │ │ record company said. The British Broadcasting Corp. quoted │ │ The Clash's video director Don Letts as saying Strummer died │ │ of a heart attack. │ │ The Clash was the politically militant face of the British │ │ punk rock movement, enjoying chart success both in Britain │ │ and the United States until they split in the mid-1980s. │ │ Their biggest British hit was "London Calling," which │ │ reached No. 11. They cracked the Top 30 in the United States │ │ in 1980 with "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" and had later │ │ hits with "Rock the Casbah" and "Should I Stay or Should I │ │ Go?" which was used in a Levis commercial. │ │ "The Clash was the greatest rock band. They wrote the rule │ │ book for U2," U2's lead singer Bono said Monday. │ │ Strummer - his real name was John Graham Mellor - was born │ │ in Ankara, Turkey, the son of a British diplomat. │ │ He dropped out of art school, spent time busking on the │ │ London Underground and later formed a pub-rock band called │ │ the 101'ers. After seeing The Sex Pistols perform in 1976, │ │ the young musician was captivated by the punk scene, and │ │ joined up with Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Nicky "Topper" │ │ Headon to form London SS, quickly renamed The Clash. │ │ Between 1977 and 1982, Strummer and Jones composed, │ │ performed and recorded dozens of songs, using musical ideas │ │ from reggae and rockabilly as well as punk. With Jones' │ │ crisp guitar and Strummer's distinctive Cockney-accented │ │ vocals, the band, which also included Keith Levene and Terry │ │ Chimes, became hugely popular. │ │ The double album, "London Calling," represented their peak │ │ and is generally considered one of the best in rock history. │ │ "Their music is primitive and aggressive," says the │ │ Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, "but the chemistry is │ │ combustible. On stage they are a complete audiovisual │ │ experience, driven forward on a wave of passion and pure │ │ energy." │ │ In 1980, a fight erupted during a concert in Hamburg, │ │ Germany and Strummer was arrested after hitting a fan with │ │ his guitar. │ │ In 1982, he disappeared for three weeks, forcing the band to │ │ cancel their UK tour. Strummer later explained that he had │ │ doubts about his career, so he went to Paris where he tried │ │ "living like a bum." │ │ The band signed with CBS Records for $200,000, and their │ │ first album "Clash," was released in the United Kingdom in │ │ 1977. The record company considered the album too crude for │ │ U.S. release, however. It wasn't until 1979 that a │ │ compilation album would be released as "The Clash" in │ │ America. │ │ "Here was a record that defined rock's risks and pleasures, │ │ and told us, once again that this was music worth fighting │ │ for," wrote Tom Carson in Rolling Stone of the album. │ │ The band split in the early 1980s after a dispute between │ │ Strummer and Jones, who subsequently formed the group Big │ │ Audio Dynamite (BAD). │ │ Strummer formed a new band, The Mescaleros, in the late │ │ 1990s and toured with them in Britain as recently as │ │ November. Hein van der Rey, managing director of Epitaph │ │ Records, said Strummer had been working on a third album │ │ with The Mescaleros. │ │ Billy Bragg, the British folk-rocker and political activist, │ │ noted that punk bands such as The Sex Pistols, The │ │ Stranglers and The Ramones weren't very political. │ │ "It was The Clash that struck the strong political stance │ │ that really inspired a lot of people, and within The Clash │ │ he was the political engine of the band," Bragg said. │ │ "The thing about Strummer was he walked it like he talked │ │ it. He didn't cop out. He didn't show one face to the public │ │ and have a different face in himself," Bragg said. │ │ The Clash was voted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and │ │ is due to be inducted in a ceremony in New York City next │ │ March.s │ │ Strummer recently collaborated with Bono of U2 and Dave │ │ Stewart of The Eurythmics on a song in honor of former South │ │ African President Nelson Mandela. Titled "48864," Mandela's │ │ number in prison, the song is to be played Feb. 2, at an │ │ AIDS benefit concert Mandela is sponsoring at his former │ │ prison on Robben Island. │ │ Strummer is survived by his wife Lucy, two daughters and a │ │ stepdaughter. │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────[ GroupNews ]─────────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ The Only Group That Matters │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────[ Tracklist ]─────────────────────────────┐ │ │ : : │ │ 01.rock the casbah [03:43] │ │ 02.mustapha dance [04:25] │ │ 03.the magnificent dance [05:35] │ │ ------- │ │ 13:43 min │ │ 18,9 MB │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘