“Burning Streets” (Joe Strummer), 225
Buscemi, Steve, 263
Bush administration, 202, 206, 263, 312
Buzzcocks, 29, 54, 117
Byrne, David, 81
“The Call Up” (The Clash), 147
Capitalism, 4, 6
“Capitol Air” (The Clash), 271–272
“Capitol Radio” (Clash), 43
“Career Opportunities” (The Clash), 8–9, 40–41, 99
Caribbean music, 9, 124, 127
Carmichael, Hoagy, 176
Carmichael, Stokely, 130
Carnival Against the Nazis, 75
Carpentier, Alejo, 256
Carter, Jimmy, 12
Cash, Johnny, 180, 222–228, 236, 238–239, 242, 261
Cashbox magazine, 55
CBS, 80, 92, 96, 102–103
CBS Records, 48
“Cell Block No. 9” (The Clash), 55
Central America, 12
Chao, Manu, 140, 242
Chevron, Philip, 90
Chile, 5, 141, 142–143
Chimes, Terry, 36, 38, 48, 192
Chuck D, 15, 198, 210, 216fig, 248, 265, 290, 308
Circle Jerks, 91
“City of the Dead” (The Clash), 43
Civil rights movement, 130, 148
“Clampdown” (The Clash), 10–11, 107, 117, 212–213, 247, 265
The Clash
audience of, 27–28, 54, 100, 123, 189
breakup of, 13, 61–69, 73, 85, 87, 160, 166–167, 173, 207
criticism of, 11, 43–44, 47, 49–50
drug use and, 43, 47
fans, relationships with of, 64–65
formation of, 35–38, 47–48
heritage of, 23–27
influences on, 6, 28–29
legacy of, 117–118, 178, 191–193
live performances and, 3, 8, 33–34, 39–40, 41–42, 43, 44, 45–46, 123, 189, 191
lyrics of, 4, 8, 126–127
media and, 10
musical style of, 3
naming of, 22
poetry and, 267–282
politics of, 116–117, 139–140, 149–151, 157, 165
popularity and, 34–35, 43, 87, 119, 149
racism and, 123–133
radicalism of, 45–46, 50, 74, 96, 218–219
rap music and, 6
reggae and, 43, 101–102, 183–188
revolution and, 95–105
Rock Against Racism movement and, 5
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and, 15, 191–193
rule structure of, 34
Sandinista revolution and, 11–13
significance of, 43, 150, 213–214
sound of, 8
style of, 34
tempo of, 4, 43
themes of, 10
in United States, 9–10, 50, 53–60, 63–64, 151–152, 169, 170
See also Headon, Nicky “Topper”; Jones, Mick; Punk rock; Simonon, Paul; Strummer, Joe
The Clash, 261–266
The Clash (The Clash), 8, 48, 98–101, 104, 212, 264
Clash on Broadway (documentary), 76
Clash on Broadway tour, 6
Class, 45, 84, 129, 264
Clear Channel Communications, 247–248
Cliff, Jimmy, 16, 130, 188
Clift, Montgomery, 74
Cobain, Kurt, 119
Cobham, Billy, 38
Cohen, Leonard, 224
Cold War, 153
“Coma Girl” (Joe Strummer), 221–222
Combat Rock (The Clash), 13, 14, 62, 104, 118, 151, 152, 153, 161, 162, 212, 269–274, 279, 281
Combat Rock tour, 152, 204
Communism, 10, 98, 105, 150, 272, 284
“Complete Control” (The Clash), 102–103, 118, 119, 185, 264
Conservatism, 126
Cook, Pablo, 78
Coon, Caroline, 109–110
Corleone, Michael, 46
Cosmopolitanism, 160
Costello, Elvis, 55, 79
The Coup, 190, 216
Cox, Alex, 79–80, 84–85, 88–90, 167
Crass, 132
Creative resistance, 5–6
Creative response
art and politics and, 284–285
Bartók, Béla and, 289–290
Basquiat, Jean Michel and, 303–305
Garrincha and, 288–289
ideologies and, 292–293
legacy and influence of, 312–313
new wave film movement and, 296–299
Picasso, Pablo and, 283–286, 291, 312–313
poetry and, 302–303
Provos and, 300–301
Crimes, Tory, 36
Cruyff, Johan, 300
Cuba, 142
“The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception” (Adorno and Horkheimer), 99
Cut the Crap (The Clash), 66, 67, 69, 152, 212
Dadomo, Giovanni, 39
Daily Telegraph, 149
D’Ambrosio, Lorenzo, 221
The Damned, 18, 30, 37, 183, 218
Danticat, Edwidge, 251–259, 303–304
Darwin, Charles, 10, 307
Davies, Ray, 181
De Beauvoir, Simone, 257
De Niro, Robert, 76, 267
Dead Prez, 216
“Death Is a Star” (The Clash), 274, 277
Dekker, Desmond, 263
Demme, Jonathan, 257–258
Democracy, 104, 141, 203, 204, 245, 281, 299
Democratic National Convention (2000), 190
Democratic National Convetion (1968), 280–281
Deren, Maya, 274
Diddley, Bo, 9, 53, 167, 180, 266
Dillon, Matt, 263
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, 198
DIY ethic. See Do-it-yourself ethic
“Do It Again” (Beach Boys), 167
Dogg, Tymon, 78, 138, 273
Do-it-yourself ethic (DIY ethic), 17, 115–116, 118, 119, 213, 274, 299
Dominique, Jan J., 257
Dominique, Jean, 257
Dread, Mikey, 185–186, 198
Drug use, 43, 47, 170–171
Duarte, Rogerio, 73, 145
Dub, 124, 167
Dylan, Bob, 47, 108, 111, 147, 149, 179, 181, 203, 261, 273, 275, 276
Earthquake Weather (Joe Strummer), 73, 119, 153
Ellington, Duke, 261, 304
Embedded (film), 202–203, 206–207
England
conservatism in, 126
freedom in, 170–171
government in, 155–157
imperialism of, 8, 101
London firefighters’ strike in, 5
music scene in, 30–31, 36–37, 76
punk rock in, 17
racism in, 3, 130
English Civil War, 98–102, 285
Ensler, Eve, 293
Epic recording label, 12–13, 51, 119, 151, 153, 160, 213
Epitaph recording label, 120
Essential Logic, 111
Eurythmics, 15
Everybody Needs Music (Spearhead), 200
Everything Is Illuminated (Scrieber), 239–240
Fascism, fascists, 22, 49, 50, 64, 127, 204, 235, 284, 290
Ferréé, Léo, 141
“The Few” (Bragg), 123
Finney, Albert, 99
First Gulf War, 13, 104, 198, 248, 249
Fishbone, 211
Flanagan, Bill, 80
Fo, Dario, 203
Foley, Ellen, 110
Foley, Gary, 110
Folk music, 10, 141–148, 266
Foner, Eric, 233
“48864” (Joe Strummer), 15
Ford, Gerald, 98
Foreigner, 60
Foucault, Michel, 97
France, 4, 141
Franco, Francisco, 234, 284
Frank, Robert, 273
Franti, Michael, 197–202, 205, 206, 208
Free Nelson Mandela, 84, 265
Freedom, 160, 170–171, 285–286, 290
French Revol
ution, 97
Gabriel, Peter, 151, 154
Gange, Ray, 73, 75
Gangs of New York (film), 76, 234
Gangsta rap, 199
“Garageland” (The Clash), 39, 65, 81, 102, 117
Gaughan, Dick, 143
Generation X, 37
Genet, Jean, 280
Genn, Antony, 78
The German Ideology (Marx), 98
“Get Down Moses” (Joe Strummer), 147
“Ghetto Defendant” (The Clash), 246, 277, 278fig, 279
Gibbs, Joe, 184
Gil, Gilberto, 141
Ginsberg, Allen, 128, 162, 163, 246, 268fig, 270–282
Give ‘Em Enough Rope (The Clash), 9–10, 45, 48–49, 51, 101, 103–104, 117, 149, 212
Glam rock, 3–4, 18
Global A Go-Go (Strummer and the Mescaleros), 14–15, 77, 144, 146, 168
Global Noise, 105
Globalization, 14, 97, 237, 248–249
Gogan, Sue, 111
Gogol, Nikolai, 237
Goldman, Vivien, 108–109, 110
Golightly, Holly, 111
González, Sara, 142
Goodman, Benny, 213
Gould, Stephen Jay, 305, 307
Goya, Francisco de, 283–284
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, 6
The Grateful Dead, 54
The Great Rock and Roll Swindle (Sex Pistols), 149
Green, Johnny, 179
Green Day, 120, 121
Guernica (Picasso), 283–286, 291, 312–313
Guerrilla Management, 202
Guevara, Che, 263
“Guns of Brixton” (The Clash), 183, 209–210
“Guns on the Roof” (The Clash), 50, 55
Guthrie, Woody, 14, 138, 147, 149, 190, 266, 291, 309
Gypsies, 231–233, 235–236, 239, 240–241, 289
Haiti, Haitians, 253, 255–257
Haley, Bill, 65
Hall, Albert, 163
Hammond, John, 273, 276
Hard rock, 10
“The Harder They Come, the Harder They Fall” (Jimmy Cliff), 15–16
Harris, Bruce, 51
Harris, Ed, 88, 89
Harris, John, 104 “Hate and War” (The Clash), 95, 99, 264
Headon, Nicky “Topper,” 36, 46, 47, 48, 59, 62, 65, 92, 152, 247
Healey, Jack, 265
Heartbreakers, 218
Heavy metal, 104
Hebdige, Dick, 96, 101, 103
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 105
Heine, Heinrich, 95, 97
Hell, Richard, 274
Hellcat Records, 120, 153
Hell’s Angels (Thomspon), 274–276
Hendrix, Jimi, 174, 269
The Highwaymen, 223
Hip-hop music, 6, 97, 105, 140, 158–159, 199, 215, 216, 248
Hitler, Adolf, 127, 175, 234–235, 246, 256, 284
“Hitsville in the U.K.” (The Clash), 101, 162
Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, 166
Hot Rods, 30, 34
Houston, Penelope, 110
Howard, Pete, 62–63, 69
HüskerDü, 118
Hussein, Saddam, 249, 312
Hütz, Eugene, 231, 236–243
Hyppolite, Hector, 258–259
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash), 92, 93, 264, 271
“If Music Could Talk” (The Clash), 176, 185
“I’m So Bored with the U.S.A.” (The Clash), 8, 57, 62, 63–64, 112
“I’m So Bored with You” (The Clash), 112
Immigration, immigrants, 91, 126, 150, 183, 241–242, 310
Imperialism, 4, 8, 13, 101, 150–151, 153, 155, 198, 246
Indigo Girls, 107
Individualism, 115–116, 309
IRA, 5, 123
Iran, 62
Iraq war, 202, 206, 312, 313
Ireland, 5, 27, 178–179
Islamism, Islamists, 13, 105
Island Records, 131, 201
Isley Brothers, 64–65
Israel, 105
Italy, 5, 105, 203, 232–233
Jagger, Mick, 111, 181
Jaguar, 121
Jail Guitar Doors, 190
The Jam, 80, 126, 183, 218
James, Brian, 18, 30, 37
James, Tony, 37
“Janie Jones (The Clash), 28, 41, 99, 112
Jara, Victor, 142–143, 146, 147–148, 213, 246
Jarmusch, Jim, 73, 81–84, 153, 263, 265
Jazz, 10, 91, 119
Jennings, Waylan, 223
Jimmy the Red, 90
Joe Gibbs and the Professionals, 184
“Johnny Appleseed” (Strummer and the Mescaleros), 14, 242–243, 249
Johnny Guitar (film), 234
Johnson, Linton Kwesi, 131–132, 302–303
Johnson, Lyndon B., 280
Jones, Janie, 110
Jones, Jim, 56
Jones, Lauren, 92
Jones, Mick, 21, 57, 81, 179, 217, 247
The Clash and, 100
The Clash, decline of and, 62
The Clash, formation of and, 35–38
“Career Opportunities” (The Clash) and, 40
The Clash Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and, 192
departure from the Clash of, 13, 140, 152
Give ’Em Enough Rope and, 49
influences on, 28–29
live performances and, 42, 55, 165
post-Clash career of, 152
reggae and, 101
songwriting of, 46
Strummer, Joe and, 5–6, 13, 92, 116
Walsh, Steve interview with, 22–31
See also The Clash
Joy Division, 127 356
Julian, Ivan, 130–131
“Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad” (The Clash), 112
“Junco Partner” (The Clash), 185
Kansas, 60
Kaurismäki, Aki, 153
Kent, Nick, 50
Kerouac, Jack, 128, 258
“Keys to Your Heart” (101ers), 18, 94
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 62
Kid Creole and the Coconuts, 108
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 108, 130, 242
King of Comedy (film), 76
Kirchwey, Freda, 248
Kiss, 60
Kleenex, 111
“Know Your Rights” (The Clash), 144, 151, 203, 209, 239, 274
Kosovo war, 156
Kouvalakis, Stathis, 97
Kramer, Wayne, 190, 291, 299–300
Kristofferson, Kris, 223, 268
Kubernik, Harvey, 272
Labour government (1945), 131, 150, 156
Laferriere, Dany, 258
The Last Emperor (film), 81
“Last Gang in Town” (The Clash), 50
Last Poets, 141
Latin America, 14, 80, 146
Latin-Rockabilly War, 91, 92
Lee, Spike, 308
Lenin, Vladimir, 97
Leninism, Leninists, 150
Lennon, John, 181, 269
Lennox, Annie, 112
Les, Fat, 153
Let Fury Have the Hour (film), 189, 190, 236, 243, 248, 251, 259, 285
Let’s Rock Again (documentary), 77–79
Letts, Don, 76, 109, 187
Levine, Keith, 38, 47
Liliput, 111
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century (Marcus), 117
“Living in Fame” (The Clash), 185
Llosa, Mario Vargas, 286
Logic, Lora, 111
London, England, 3, 30–31, 36–37, 62, 76, 183
London Calling (The Clash), 9, 10, 76, 101–102, 104, 107, 150–151, 192, 212, 265
“London Calling” (The Clash), 93, 104, 120–121, 213, 245–246, 247, 249
London firefighters’ strike, 5
London SS, 35, 37, 47, 48, 127
“London’s Burning” (The Clash), 43, 104, 117, 225, 264
“Long Shadow” (Joe Strummer), 221–228
Lorca, Federico Ga
rcia, 204, 246
Lorde, Audre, 197
“Lost in the Supermarket” (The Clash), 210–211, 213
Lounge jazz, 10
Love songs, 62, 99, 103, 308
Lowe, Nick, 224
Lumumba, Patrice, 295
Lunch, Lydia, 111
MacKaye, Ian, 285, 304, 312
Madonna, 93, 231–232
Mael, Jason, 93
Magahaes, Juracy, 145
Mailer, Norman, 128–130
Maldita Vecendad, 140
Malik, Imran, 308–309
Mandela, Nelson, 15, 84
Mann, Harraj, 245, 247 248, 249
Mano Negra, 140
Maori street rappers, 105
Maquez, Gabriel Garcia, 89
March for Women’s Lives, 107
Marcus, Greil, 117
Marcuse, Herbert, 235–236, 287, 300
Marder, Marlene, 111
Mark P., 24, 29–30
Marley, Bob, 84, 102, 127–128, 130, 131, 183, 201, 264, 309
Maroni, Roberto, 232, 233
Martin, Gavin, 81
Marx, Karl, 96, 97–98
Marxism, Marxists, 150
Massive Attack, 188
Matlin, Marlee, 88
Matlock, Glen, 41
Maximum Rock and Roll magazine, 119
May 1968 protests (France), 5, 148
MC5, 4, 150, 190, 291, 299–300
McCartney, Paul, 181
McGuire, Judy, 113
McKenna, Kristine, Strummer, Joe interview with, 169–181
McLaren, Malcolm, 37
Media, 6, 10, 45, 149, 176, 207
Mellencamp, John, 224
Mellor, John Graham, 121
Melody Maker magazine, 131, 174
Mescaleros, 13–16, 77–78, 120, 139, 168, 180, 187, 200, 248–249, 252, 262
MIA, 241
Middle East, 104, 151
“The Migratory Rats” (Heine), 95, 97
Milanés, Pablo, 142
Military, U.S., 13
Miller, Arthur, 221, 258
Miller brewing company, 121
Million Dollar Quartet, 223
Mingay, David, 75
Mingus, Charles, 275
Minogue, Kylie, 112
Minor Threat, 118
Mitchell, Adrian, 137
Mitchell, Tony, 105
Monkees, 65
Morality, 172
Morel, Daniel, 258
Morello, Tom, 189, 190fig, 241
Mos Def, 281
Mott the Hoople, 23, 28, 29, 41, 46, 47
Movimiento de la Nueva Trova (New Ballad Movement), 141–142
Murray, Charles Shaar, 39, 81
Murray, Frank, 90
Murvin, Junior, 101
Music
bebop, 119
Caribbean, 9
dub, 7, 124, 167
folk, 10, 141–148, 266
fractured pop, 7
hard rock, 10
heavy metal, 104
hip-hop, 97, 105, 140, 158–159, 199, 215, 216, 248
indie-rock, 104
jazz, 10, 91, 119
lounge jazz, 10
political, 139–141
pop, 7, 10, 119
protest, 4
R&B, 7, 10, 14, 37, 46
rap, 5–6, 104, 105, 308–309
reggae, 7, 10, 41, 43, 63, 101–102, 116, 124, 140, 167, 183–188, 216, 248, 264
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