The Clash play two sets, 9.30pm 00:30

Rob Harper on drums


Updated October 2020 - added Ray Stevenson photo
updated May 2021 added advert
updaetd August 2022 added MoreOn fanzine
updated Dec 2023 - new footage on Youtube





No known audio

No known full audio source If you have a three track copy it is probably mislabeled. It is most likey from the Punk Rock Movie (Don Letts), see below.




The Punk Rock Movie

1. White Riot from the 11 Mar 77 Harlesden Roxy;
2. 1977 from the 9 May 77 Rainbow;
3. Garageland from May 77 somewhere on the White Riot Tour



Video documentary

Footage broadcast on the BBC, January 2015 The BBC broadcast a documentary from the Roxy using footage provided by Julian Temple. However the footage is all chopped up into snippets.

New Year's Day '77.
Broadcast 01 January 2015, BBC Four.


Built around the earliest, until now unseen, footage of the Clash in concert, filmed by Julien Temple as they opened the infamous Roxy club in a dilapidated Covent Garden on January 1st 1977, this show takes us on a time-travelling trip back to that strange planet that was Great Britain in the late 1970s and the moment when punk emerged into the mainstream consciousness. BFI archive: N-457329





Links to BBC Documentary

1. NME: Unseen footage of The Clash's 1977 New Year's concert at the Roxy surfaces

2. Dangerous Minds: Previously unseen footage of The Clash on New Years Day 1977 - or archived PDF

Also see article below

Open video in full in new window

Time 1hr15mins / 480p






1976/77 Julian Temple's early footage 18hrs

Known to contain several concerts including The Roxy 1 Jan 1977 and Harlesden plus Rehearsals footageJulian Temples 1976 footage 18 hours - included Roxy/Anarchy Tour/Harlesden/Rainbow - only the footage that was used in the film eventually got digitised because it was shot on an obscure format that does exist anymore and so it cost a fortune to put onto tape. 





Clips of Julien Temple's footage opening the infamous Roxy club on BBC4 doc

Link





New Video

New footage (2022) of The Clash in 1976/1977 has been uploaded to YouTube very recently. It's likely to be some of the Julian Temple footage.

It includes Hate and War from the soundcheck and White Riot plus inteview pieces.


Gig and audience

30 secs only



Interview about fashion

30 secs only



Interview on record deals

30 secs only



Rehearsing, (soundcheck?) Hate & War

30 secs only






The first night of the famous London punk club

The Roxy and the first Clash gig since the Anarchy Tour.

It was also Rob Harper's last gig as drummer. Joe used a large Gretsch-style guitar and had 1977 daubed on the front of his shirt (see pic).

The Roxy was packed to capacity with 400 witnessing two frantic sets at 9-30 and 12-30.

John Lunn - The official opening night of the roxy club in neal street covent gardens the support band was chelsea the roxy was called shagaramas before the roxy it was a gay club -





POSTER






A short history of the Roxy Club

Online or archived pdf

What was needed, as the fanzine Sniffin Glue pointed out, was a place Punk could call its own. Where like people could gather to watch music they liked and where bands could get a chance to play without being subjected to the traditional gig circuit.

And so Barry Jones who lived with Matt Dangerfield, later of the Boys, in Warrington Crescent and in whose studio the Damned recorded their first demos met up with Andy Czezowski one time manager of the Damned and now manager of Chelsea to pawn his guitar to enable the hiring of a gay club called Chaguaramas now in decline. A club found by Chelsea's singer Gene October as a place for his band to rehearse and play some gigs.





Remembering 100 nights of Punk at London's Roxy nightclub

Online or archived PDF

When punk kicked off in the late Seventies, almost every venue in the UK banned the sound from the stage.

So when lifelong partners Andrew Czezowski and Susan Carrington wanted a venue to promote the punk band they managed, Generation-X, they had to actually own one.

They took over a seedy underground club in Soho called Chaguaramas from its owner, a one-handed gay barrister, and re-named it The Roxy.

Two weeks later, The Clash were booked for the club's launch, and everyone from Mark Bolan, "the godfather of punk", to Led Zeppelin flocked to the club.

Virtually every single act who played at The Roxy walked away with a record deal. And yet, despite such success, The Roxy was a short lived affair. More specifically: 100 nights.

Mick Jones from The Clash called this brief but glorious period: "The life span of punk."

After that, Andrew and Susan were booted out, and the spirit of punk moved on. Now, the couple have released the world's first duography, The Roxy Our Story: The Club That Forged Punk In 100 Nights Of Madness, Mayhem And Misfortune (Carrczez, £20





Filth, Fury and Fags

Julien Temple filmed the Breakout of British Punk

We talked to the great music documentarian about immortalising The Sex Pistols and The Clash on film.

Online or archived PDF





BOOK: The Roxy : London, Covent Garden, 14 December 1976-23 April 1977

The club that forged punk in 100 nights of madness!, mayhem!, misfortune! : our story by Czezowski, Andrew

Link









Roxy Covent Garden

Link to venue webpage

The premises had formerly been used as a warehouse to serve the Covent Garden wholesale fruit and vegetable market. In 1970 they were converted to a late-night bar called the Chaguaramas Club. At that time it was owned by record producer Tony Ashfield, who had several hits with 1970s reggae star John Holt, with whom he formed a company called Chaguaramas Recording Productions, probably after Chaguaramas Bay in Trinidad.

The Roxy was started by Andrew Czezowski, Susan Carrington and Barry Jones.

The space was small, and spread out on two levels, which contained little more than a bar and a dance floor.

In December 1976, Czezowski organised three gigs at the Roxy.[3] They financed the venture with borrowed money (Jones, a musician, pawned his guitar to stock the bars, and hire sound equipment, etc.). The first show, on 14 December, was Generation X, a band Czezowski managed. The second on the following night was the Heartbreakers. The third, on 21 December, featured Siouxsie and the Banshees and Generation X. However, it was the Clash and the Heartbreakers that headlined the official gala opening on 1 January 1977 which was filmed by Julien Temple and finally screened on BBC Four on 1 January 2015 as The Clash: New Year's Day '77.

The only thing that could count as a "scene" is the Roxy. And the Roxy is a dormitory. The last time I went I was feeling really uppity. I stood in the middle and looked around and all these people were slumped around dozing! I threw tomato sauce on the mirror and stormed out. And I haven't been back there. I don't think I will go back there. The sooner it closes the better.

—Joe Strummer[6]

Don Letts was the resident DJ at the club and he was instrumental in encouraging punk rockers to embrace reggae.[citation needed]

wikipedia / Punk places















"The New Year was heralded, not by the Sex Pistols, but by the Clash's performance at a new club in Covent Garden, the Roxy"

Book: England's Dreaming / By Jon Savage / Link / Page 291

The New Year was heralded, not by the Sex Pistols, but by the Clash's performance at a new club in Covent Garden, the Roxy.

The Clash embodied this polarized New Year, in which, as Culture sang, ‘the two sevens clash'.

They were the true victors of the Anarchy Tour: benefiting from the publicity but not embroiled in controversy, they were the group to watch.

To celebrate, Strummer specially customized a white shirt with a massive ‘1977' on the front.





Do you know anything about this gig?
Did you go?

All help appreciated. Info, articles, reviews, comments or photos welcome.

Please email blackmarketclash

Blackmarketclash | Leave a comment






On New Year's Day, The Clash play the opening night of London's The Roxy

1. All FB posts on Clash Official
2. All FB posts

Link





On this night in 1977, The Clash performed at The Roxy Club in London Town

Link





New Year's Day, The Clash play open London's new punk venue The Roxy

Link






VIDEO: On New Year's Day 1977, THE CLASH played the ROXY club in London's Covent Garden

Link - see also Link for more comments






More-On fanzine, issue #3 (1977)

Short interview. Mentions Roxy
and drummers and CBS

Link








48 Thrills No.2

Link





Snapshot Opening Night of The Roxy Club

Guardian 7 July 2006
by Punk photographer Erica Echenberg

Link





WHEN THE CLASH OPENED THE ROXY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

Diffuser Magazine
VINCENT CARUSO | December 31, 2016

Online or archived PDF





Book: The Roxy WC2 - A Punk History

Paul Marko

Link

In the end though it would not be the Pistols who played but their nearest rivals to the Punk crown, the rapidly improving Clash who had accompanied them on the ill fated Anarchy Tour. Andy did a deal with Bernie Rhodes, the Clash's manager.

Andy Czezowski (Roxy Club Partner) Bernie Rhodes and the Clash had come down to see Generation X and the Heartbreakers. I had met Bernie several times before and I said ‘how about playing?' and they thought great! great! great! and we booked them in for January Ist 1977 which was a Saturday night.

The deal would suit both parties. For the Roxy it needed an act that would guarantee a crowd. For the Clash, like the Heartbreakers who played the Roxy to get some money, there must have been an element of desperation. Unlike the Sex Pistols, they had no record company funding and in effect no publicity as the Anarchy Tour was the Pistol's show. They were just the support to the Sex Pistols and were frustrated at the reaction to Punk Rock that caused the cancellation of nearly all the gigs on tour. Strummer confided to Caroline Coon the following April that at the time he was broke, hungry and depressed.

Joe Strummer (the Clash) When I got back to London on Christmas Eve I felt awful. I was really destroyed, because after a few days you get used to eating. We were eating Holiday Inn rubbish, but it was two meals a day. And when we got off the coach we had no money and it was just as awful. I felt twice as hungry as I'd felt before. The poster for the gig was designed by Sebastian Conran" and advertised the Clash playing two sets. Caroline Coon, Meoldy Maker 23.4.77

The poster depicted them as a three piece missing out Rob Harper who had le a drummed on the ill-fated Anarchy tour. The poster also detailed Chelsea getting a belated debut at the Roxy as support for the Clash.

Barry Jones (Roxy Club Partner) don't remember the first Roxy posters I did. I know that the Clash did their own for that opening gig. But I do remember on the day before the New Years eve gig going round the West End at midnight plastering up those freaking flyers with Joe and Mick. We had a bagful and we were all over the town doing it.

The posters attracted the right crowd

Anon. A group of us from round here decided to go to this big do. It was the Clash who were playing, opening up the Roxy. Oh it was excellent. You just got in there and there were all these Punks and freaks. It was a whole new scene and yet you felt really part of it. You felt that you were part of something, you were something different. Peter Everett, You'll Never Be 16 Again, 1986

Taking the stage at 9.30 p.m. the Clash ripped through an energetic set with Strummer playing a semi acoustic Gretsch and a wearing a shirt with an appropniately giant ‘1977' daubed across the front. To the right, Paul Simonon stands having had his bass, complete with chord letters marked on the frets, tuned by guitarist Mick Jones.

The crowd reacted accordingly.

Andy Blade (Eater) All of a sudden the Roxy erupted into a frenzied blur of pogo dancing, coloured lights and noise. It felt like someone tossed a grenade into the room. Andy Blade, The Secret Life Of A Teenage Punk Rocker, 2005

Other clubgoers recall the crush

Debbie Davis (Roxygoer) It was packed down the front with heaving bodies and the heat was unbelievable. We were jumping up and down, a great big mass of people with sweat pouring off us and the music was relentless and bloody loud.

Meanwhile Andy Blade took advantage to engage in other more tried and tested rock 'n' roll pursuits.

Andy Blade (Eater) We made our way closer to the front, three giggling schoolgirls in carefully ripped uniforms recognized us from the latest edition of Jackie magazine...I charted to the prettiest one amongst them...She then steered and manoeuvred me out of the room and onto the fire escape stairs, sat me down and undid my belt. Oh well I'd seen the Clash before anyway. Andy Blade, The Secret Life Of A Teenage Punk Rocker, 2005

Meanwhile for Rob Harper of the Clash at the back on drums it was a painful experience.

I had to have bandages on my fingers,' recalls Rob. ‘I did myself in, and at the end I thought, "That's over thank God!" Afarcus Gray, The Clash: Return Of The Last Gang In Town, 2001

However Rob hadn't noticed the gig poster advertising a second set by the Clash and he had to do it all again! Scheduled to come on at 12.30 a.m. they appeared at midnight.

Marco Pirroni (the Models) I just remember them coming on onstage at the stroke of midnight and them playing ‘1977' which of course it was.

Shanne Bradley (Nipple Erectors) Yes the night was packed but the sound was bad. I'd seen them before this at the 100 Club etc but never a huge fan. I'd previously seen the 1001 ers (sic) in a pub with the Sex Pistols and Joe Strummer shakin' all over in a sweaty zoot suit grunting rock ‘n' roll. I just could not get this image out of my head ever! Sorry Joe RIP you were a great person!

The Clash ran though their second set in an equally spirited fashion and included a new song by Mick Jones called ‘Remote Control,' written about the troubled Anarchy Tour. The gig was reviewed in the fanzine 48 Thrills by Adrian Thrills.

Adrian Thrills (48 Thrills Fanzine) "You lot can't have made the fourth form at school', jeered Joe Strummer at the bunch of apathetic discos who just stood and stared at the Clash during their second set at the Roxy.

The Clash were great despite sound problems and the size of the Roxy (they were too powerful for it with their new PA). Over the last couple of months and with their travels on the world's most cancelled tour, they've been working hard on their set. There are changes and some great new songs, especially Hate & War and Remote Control. They've speeded up White Riot and it sounds even better.

Even on the small stage at the Roxy they moved like maniacs in both sets. Joe's got a flashy new big white guitar which looks great, tho' I stll prefer the tinnier sound that he got from the rusty old one he used to have.

The Pistols started the scene but right now the Clash are more important to it...the most committed group, the toughest, most frantic, most powerful...right. 48 Thrills #2, 1977

Si Haseldon was a punk fan aged 15 then who had travelled down to the Roxy club from Manchester to see the Clash. Previously, he had caught them at the Electric Circus and bought an impoverished Joe Strummer a drink.

Si Haseldon (Roxygoer) The Clash gig is still one of the best, most exciting pigs I've EVER been to. And, at the end of one of the Roxy Clash sets, Joe Strummer came back out, bent down to pick up his guitar, looked me square in the eye and said "Electric Circus two weeks ago - you bought me a drink - Cheers" and gave me his plectrum and a towel, much to the disgust of some halfwit stood next to me who tried to "liberate" them from me. My mate Barney gripped him round the neck and walked him outside shall we say!

The Clash gig at the Roxy was a sell out and the club's first week's rent was taken care of. Now they had to keep making money and keep the club going. The Roxy was on its way.










PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF THE CLASH ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1977

Dangerous Minds
01.03.2015

Online or archived PDF

On the liner notes of their first LP Two Sevens Clash, roots reggae band Culture claimed that Marcus Garvey had prophesied that the date July 7, 1977, "when the two sevens clash," would herald great conflagration. Whether Garvey said it or not (some hold that Culture just made the story up), it's safe to say that 1977 was a year of great chaos. As the Clash sang around that time, "Danger stranger / You better paint your face / No Elvis, Beatles, or the Rolling Stones / In 1977." The tumult of that year is amply demonstrated in 1977, a documentary by Julien Temple, director of The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle and The Filth and the Fury, built around never-before-seen footage he shot of the Clash's early gig at the Roxy on January 1, 1977, a gig that more or less ushered in both the Roxy and the Clash as punk fixtures, although the band ended up lasting a lot longer than the venue.

Temple's documentary is a marvelous hodgepodge of footage covering U.K. anarchy in all its forms as the nation ushered in a tense new year. In the first few moments a fellow introduces a TV program in which every single member of the studio audience is named "Smith" by more or less declaring that the economic outlook in 1977 was likely to be lousy. Meanwhile, some other guy, on location at Stonehenge, welcomes in ‘77 by chugging some "champers." The found footage of random British TV, which has nothing to do with the Clash, the Roxy, or punk, is every bit as fantastic as anything else in the movie.

As January 1, 1977, neared, the newspapers were full of "shocking" stories about punk, particularly the newly famous Sex Pistols. The Pistols and the as-yet-little-known Clash as well as Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers were in the midst of the Anarchy Tour, which was most notable for venues pulling out and cancelling gigs for fear of mayhem and adverse publicity. As Jon Savage wrote in England's Dreaming, The Clash "were the true victors of the Anarchy Tour: benefiting from the publicity but not embroiled in controversy, they were the group to watch. To celebrate, Strummer specially customized a white shirt with a massive ‘1977' on the front."

The Roxy had recently been a "cheesy" gay club, to use Temple's word, called Shaggarama. For the first three months of 1977, before the punk crowd moved on, the list of musical performers who played the Roxy is a veritable Who's Who of Punk: The Buzzcocks, the Damned, Siouxsie & The Banshees, the Jam, the Stranglers, Sham 69, the Only Ones, Wire, the Adverts, X-Ray Spex, the Slits, XTC, and many more; even the Police played there. As Temple says, "With hindsight, the Roxy has taken on the aura of being vital to the early days of Punk, which may be an exaggeration. ... in fact the Punk crowd soon lost interest in it and moved on. The Roxy got worse and worse and lasted about 100 days."

The Clash, having successfully introduced themselves in the Anarchy Tour, understood that they were on the precipice of something big. Their regular drummer, Terry Chimes (Strummer nicknamed him "Tory Crimes") had gotten tired of the heavy-handed management style of Bernard Rhodes and opted out of the show. The Clash auditioned roughly 20 drummers in Camden Town, finally settling on Rob Harper, who was reportedly "scarred for life by the experience." At the Roxy gig, they sang a new song, "I'm So Bored with the USA," which wouldn't see a studio recording until March.

As you watch the documentary, it becomes clear that Temple's footage of that important New Year's Day gig doesn't really stand up on its own—you can find better Clash footage out there—which partially explains the strategy of buttressing it with huge chunks of highly resonant footage of U.K. during 1977. You see the Clash prepping for the show, you see lots of Malcolm McLaren and Johnny Rotten; Margaret Thatcher gets in there as well, of course. You see riots and reggae and regular Britons being staunch. It's a great strategy, and the result is a terrifically diverting 75 minutes of punked-out bliss.

Be sure to watch it soon—this premiered on BBC Four just two days ago, and now it's on YouTube—there's no telling how long it will stay there.





Jonh Ingham's " Spirit of 76 London Punk Eyewitness "

Link





Photos, The Roxy, 12 January 1977

Open photos in full in new window


Photo: Ray Stevenson



The Clash at the Roxy with Rob Harper on drums Published with permision, copyright Ann Summa www.annsumma.com www.annsummaphoto.com



Punk Rock: The Clash at the opening night of the Roxy Club , January 1 st , 1977. From John Ingham's " Spirit of 76 London Punk Eyewitness ".


Strummer with that historic Gretsch White Falcon

Ranking Fred - (Different clothes) They played two times on dis date, matinee & evenin' Ian. different drummer by show (The 1977 was the later gig?)

Michael J Phillips - Strummer with that historic Gretsch White Falcon - owned by Johnny Thunders, Steve Jones and Phil Lynott (think it went from Thunders to Strummer, then to Jonesy and eventually Lynott) - some history

Michael Dick - tuners on the bass aren't Fender


PUNK | 20 July - 26 August 2016 | Michael Hoppen Gallery








Extensive archive of articles, magazines and other from the Roxy gig and the pre-White Riot period

Archive - Topper joins - Snippets - UK articles / magazines - Fanzines - Audio / Video - 1977 General






Video recording by Julian Temple in a private collection. Snippets used by the BBC in their 'chaotic' documentary.

If you know of any recording email blackmarketclash


THE ROXY, HARLESDEN & FRENCH DATES

ARTICLES, POSTERS, CLIPPINGS ...

A collection of
• Tour previews
• Tour posters
Interviews
• Features
• Articles
• Tour information

from early 1977 and the mini French Tour.

Articles cover the period from January to May.



Extensive archive of articles, magazines and other from the Roxy gig and the pre-White Riot period

Archive

Topper joins

Snippets

UK articles / magazines

Fanzines

Audio / Video

1977 General





BOOKS

Return of the Last Gang in Town,
Marcus Gray

Roxy pg209
Beaconsfield pg213
Mickey Foote pg221, pg 224

Harlesden pg231
Paris 245

Passion is a Fashion,
Pat Gilbert








Redemption Song,
Chris Salewicz








Joe Strummer and the legend of The Clash
Kris Needs

Roxy pg63
Beaconsfield pg67
Harlesden Colisum pg72
Paris pg80


The Clash (official)
by The Clash (Author), Mal Peachey


Other books


There are several sights that provide setlists but most mirror www.blackmarketclash.co.uk. They are worth checking.

from Setlist FM (cannot be relied on)

from Songkick (cannot be relied on)
... both have lists of people who say they went

& from the newer Concert Database and also Concert Archives

Also useful: Ultimate Music database, All Music, Clash books at DISCOGS

Articles, check 'Rocks Back Pages'





Stream, download, subscribe

Stream and download The Clash here:
https://TheClash.lnk.to/BestOfAY

Subscribe to The Clash's YouTube channel:
https://TheClash.lnk.to/YouTube_Subsc...


Follow The Clash:

Official website - https://www.theclash.com/
Facebook -
  / theclash  
Twitter -
  / theclash  
Instagram -
  / the_clash  


Follow The Clash on :

Twitter: http://bit.ly/I0EsOs
Facebook:
http://on.fb.me/1eQ196D
Subscribe to our channel to watch more:
http://bit.ly/1jY5CFd


I saw The Clash

Hundreds of fans comments about the gigs they went to...

What do you remember about seeing the Clash? Leave your comment




Wikipedia - band mambers

Wikipedia - The Clash

Search all of facebook

Search all of Twitter

Search for a local library

Search auction site

Search flickr

Search Instagram

Search the internet

Search The Internet Archive
A complete treasure trove of archive of audio (official, unofficial), readable books, magazine

[BMC lists]

The Clash Books
The Clash Magazine Features
The Clash articles, clippings
The Clash Fanzines
The Clash interviewed

The Clash on film
The Clash live
The Clash tribute albums
The Clash official releases


Magazine searches

UK newspaper archive

English Newspapers

The Free Library

Rocks Back Pages

Trouser Press
all editons digitised

Creem Magazine [US]

Rolling Stone Magazine

Record Mirror [UK]

Rockscene Magazine [US]

Boston Rock [US]

Internet Archive

British Library [UK]

Washington Digital Newspapers

Search CD & LP

Nothing Else On Flickr
Large catalogue of music magazines

Fanzine searches

UK Fanzines

Slash Fanzine [US]

No Mag Fanzine [US]

Damage Fanzine [US]

Dry zines Fanzine [US]

Memorabilia search

Auction sites

Great for rare sales such as posters & tickets

Bonhams

Record Mecca

Gotta have rock and Roll

Worthpoint

Omega

The saleroom

We buy rock n roll

Sothebys

Facebook Concert Memorabilia

Photos.com
includes images

Heritage Auctions
Past - Current

Image search

Getty Images The Clash here
Need to vary search and year

The Clash Art for Sale - Fine Art America
Collection of Clash images, need to vary search and year

Rock Archive Photos

WireImages here

Brixton Academy 8 March 1984
ST. PAUL, MN - MAY 15
Other 1984 photos
Sacramento Oct 22 1982
Oct 13 1982 Shea
Oct 12 1982 Shea
San Francisco, Jun 22 1982
Hamburg, Germany May 12 1981
San Francisco, Mar 02 1980
Los Angeles, April 27 1980
Notre Dame Hall Jul 06 1979
New York Sep 20 1979
Southall Jul 14 1979
San Francisco, Feb 09 1979
San FranciscoFeb 08 1979
Berkeley, Feb 02 1979
Toronto, Feb 20 1979
RAR Apr 30 1978
Roxy Oct 25 1978
Rainbow May 9 1977
Us May 28 1983

Photoshelter here

Sep 11, 2013: THE CLASH (REUNION) - Paris France 2 IMAGES
Mar 16, 1984: THE CLASH - Out of Control UK Tour - Academy Brixton London 19 IMAGES
Jul 10, 1982: THE CLASH - Casbah Club UK Tour - Brixton Fair Deal London 16 IMAGES
1982: THE CLASH - Photosession in San Francisco CA USA 2 IMAGES
Jul 25, 1981: JOE STRUMMER - At an event at the Wimpy Bar Piccadilly Circus London 33 IMAGES
Jun 16, 1980: THE CLASH - Hammersmith Palais London 13 IMAGES
Feb 17, 1980: THE CLASH - Lyceum Ballroom London 8 IMAGES
Jul 06, 1979: THE CLASH - Notre Dame Hall London 54 IMAGES
Jan 03, 1979: THE CLASH - Lyceum Ballroom London 19 IMAGES
Dec 1978: THE CLASH - Lyceum Ballroom London 34 IMAGES
Jul 24, 1978: THE CLASH - Music Machine London 48 IMAGES
Aug 05, 1977: THE CLASH - Mont-de-Marsan Punk Rock Festival France 33 IMAGES
1977: THE CLASH - London 18 IMAGES

Photofeatures

Any further info, articles, reviews, comments or photos welcome.

Submit an article here

We are looking for scans - articles - tickets - posters - flyers - handbills - memorabilia - photos - comments / any information - you might have.

Please like and post on our Facebook page or alternatively email blackmarketclash

You can also follow us on Twitter
We also have a Clash Twitter list
of other notable Clash Twitter accounts here

Blackmarketclash Links
Extensive links page can be found here with links to web, twitter, Facebook, traders etc..

Guitars 101

If Music Could Talk
The best Clash messageboard and which also has links to downloads on its megalists

www.Blackmarketclash.co.uk
Go here for uploads and downloads. It's not a massive space so its on an as and when basis.

Also go to 101 Guitars for downloads

For the more ambitious, create a DIME account

Contact your local library here and see if they can help.

If you are searching for articles in the USA - DPLA Find the local US library link here

WorldCat? - find your local library Link

British Newspaper Archive - United Kingdom Link

Newspaper ARCHIVE - USA+ Link

Historical Newspapers - USA & beyond Link

Elephind.com - international Link

New York Times - USA Link

Gallica - France - Not very helpful Link

Explore the British Library Link

Trove - Australia National Library Link

The Official Clash
Search @theclash & enter search in search box. Place, venue, etc

The Official Clash Group
Search @theclashofficialgroup & enter search in search box. Place, venue, etc

Joe Strummer
And there are two Joe Strummer sites, official and unnoffical here

Clash City Collectors - excellent
Facebook Page - for Clash Collectors to share unusual & interesting items like..Vinyl. Badges, Posters, etc anything by the Clash.
Search Clash City Collectors & enter search in search box. Place, venue, etc

Clash on Parole - excellent
Facebook page - The only page that matters
Search Clash on Parole & enter search in the search box. Place, venue, etc

Clash City Snappers
Anything to do with The Clash. Photos inspired by lyrics, song titles, music, artwork, members, attitude, rhetoric,haunts,locations etc, of the greatest and coolest rock 'n' roll band ever.Tributes to Joe especially wanted. Pictures of graffitti, murals, music collections, memorabilia all welcome. No limit to postings. Don't wait to be invited, just join and upload.
Search Flickr / Clash City Snappers
Search Flickr / 'The Clash'
Search Flickr / 'The Clash' ticket

I saw The Clash at Bonds - excellent
Facebook page - The Clash played a series of 17 concerts at Bond's Casino in New York City in May and June of 1981 in support of their album Sandinista!. Due to their wide publicity, the concerts became an important moment in the history of the Clash.
Search I Saw The Clash at Bonds & enter search in red box. Place, venue, etc

Loving the Clash
Facebook page - The only Clash page that is totally dedicated to the last gang in town. Search Loving The Clash & enter search in the search box. Place, venue, etc

Blackmarketclash.co.uk
Facebook page - Our very own Facebook page. Search Blackmarketclash.co.uk & enter search in red box. Place, venue, etc

Search all of Twitter
Search Enter as below - Twitter All of these words eg Bonds and in this exact phrase, enter 'The Clash'

www.theclash.com/
Images on the offical Clash site.
http://www.theclash.com/gallery

www.theclash.com/ (all images via google).
Images on the offical Clash site. site:http://www.theclash.com/