The Clash Live - Santa Monica CA - Civic Auditorium - Friday 9th February 1979

Pearl Harbour Tour supported by Bo Diddley & The Dils

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Tommy Gun

Radio KLOS 95.5?

Flyer rindicates the concert is promoted by Radio KLOS.

The only recording in circulation is sadly a poor one.

It has slight speed problems, running a fraction slow. You can make out the vocals and just about what is said, as well as the lead guitar and drums, much else is distorted. Most of the sound is at the bottom end as well. Its from a well copied version.

"Spit drenched, poseur, stage hopping affairs.....Vicious crowds"

"The 79 shows, Santa Monica Civic, Palladium and Kezar in the city (sf) were spit drenched, poseur, stage hopping affairs.....Vicious crowds. (Although the Santa Monica Civic has a place in my heart, as it was close to our home and we saw countless shows there including a wild Joe Strummer with Xander Schloss on lead concert in the late 80's that was something special)

The punk thing was just happening in 79 and la was more orange county punk (black flag, circle jerks, germs etc etc) than san francisco. (Dead Kennedy's etc). Which was more "authentic" punk than LA

The two cities hate each other, (still do) culturally, sport teams, you name it.. It must have been mind blowing for the clash to step into what is basically another world, California. A lot of anger from The Clash, it must have been hard to play with people spitting on you and jumping on the stage just to show off.

Still the energy, humor and wit of joe are what i remember best. For better or worse, all venues had no seating anywhere near the floor, so it was general crush down front. No mercy was shown to the weak."

The Clash on their First US Tour.
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Bo Diddley talks about opening for The Clash

Pearl Harbour Tour

In Feb 1979 The Clash toured the US for the first time

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In Feb 1979 The Clash toured the US for the first time, taking along Bo Diddley as support, one of the greatest pioneers of American rhythm & blues and a Clash hero.

Diddley would recall an interview decades later that he found the volume and size of the band’s amp set up so loud that it left his ears ringing for days, ‘every generation has its own little bag of tricks’.

Joe Strummer remarked, “I couldn’t even look at him without my mouth falling open”.

By then, the band’s first album had reportedly sold 100,000 copies on import.

The six shows were billed as the ‘Pearl Harbour’ tour, and the group pulled no punches by opening their sets with the song “I’m So Bored With The USA”. The American audiences fell in love with them

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Joe agreed to keep a diary of the Pearl Harbour tour for NME, published in March on the band's return.

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Active or Pasive: Two rock voices

The Los Angeles Times
Sun 4 Feb 1979

THE ARRIVAL in LA of The Clash

Don Snowden, L.A. Weekly, 23 February 1979

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THE ARRIVAL in LA of The Clash, the hot English rock band, had been eagerly anticipated by local hard-core rockers ever since the release of the band's debut album almost two years ago.

Coming here at the end of a particularly slack period of concert action only served to fan the flames higher. The level of expectancy in the lobby before the set was the highest I ?ve ever witnessed at a rock show. And The Clash more than lived up to expectations.

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Johnny Green, The Clash at Santa Monica

9th February 1979

The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, see photo, a concrete barn by the ocean according to Johnny Green, had sold out all 3000 tickets (seating removed in the main area). The Clash famously snubbed Epic executives after the gig to the despair of Caroline Coon, the then manager.

Help for the cause did come from the influential Robert Hilburn reviewing the gig in the LA Times; "For sheer energy The Clash's local debut… was one of the most exhilarating rock shows in years" but then went on to qualify this by "but rock's not built on energy alone and The Clash's failure to touch on a wider range of emotions, leaves it short at this point of across the board impact"

He described how fans near the front of the stage went wild and accurately noted "Joe Strummer, the band's strongest visual lure on stage, spits out the lyrics with such alarming intensity that a life insurance salesman would think twice about writing him a policy. After he collapsed after one song it didn't look solely theatrical".

The band did not think the gig went well and Sylvia Simmonds Tour Notes for Sounds thought them good not great as at the San Francisco benefit.

Wikipedia: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is a multi-purpose convention center at 1855 Main Street in Santa Monica, California, owned by the City of Santa Monica. It was built in 1958 and designed by Welton Becket[2] and as a concert venue, it has a seating capacity of 3,000.

https://santamonicacivic.org: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was opened in 1958 during the summer season. It took the second position in Los Angeles Area.

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

A little song Hank Williams wrote for us

Hank Williams features regularly in Joe's sarky song intro's on this tour, "well case you were wondering what that was, a little song Hank Williams wrote for us before he took too many drugs and kicked the bucket". Continuing in a non-pc vein Joe intros Tommy Gun with "this is Topper Headon with a spastic wrist!".

Tommy Gun uniquely whether by design or accident has a short musical and lyrical break not heard either live or recorded previously, just before the "9 o'clock news" section. Mick's guitar work sounds great throughout but Joe sounds hoarse, labouring the intensity somewhat, maybe nervous in front of such a large audience and first gig in LA area.

There is an edit after Safe European Home when the sounds drops a touch poorer. English Civil War and Guns On The Roof are great performances as is Police & Thieves but the sound is very poor after an edit which loses a section of the song.

Complete Control stops near the end, for fighting or instrument problems is not clear and then restarts from mid song. Capital Radio is not as extended with ad libs here but Joe explains one of the reasons for the slow intro "listen to the gentle music, may it soothe the savage breast in you!

Because you're going to have to hear it, because we recorded it off your local radio, its what they play 24 hours a day….1-2-3-4". There is an edit at the end of Radio which probably loses one or more of Janie Jones, Garageland and Julie. The recording restarts with London's Burning and ends abruptly with the last chord of White Riot.

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We hit Santa Monica Civic Centre, a concrete barn of a place by the ocean. There were promenades and what looked like a job lot of palm trees. We found an empty stage. We had got there in time for a quick soundcheck by the skin of our teeth. But the gear truck hadn’t. Theroadies were sitting about smoking. But this was the home of the musicbusiness, and we were able to hire emergency sound, lights – everything– from SIR. The band ran through ‘Protex Blue’ at the belated soundcheck while a stagehand showed me how the angle of the floor – the entire floor – could be raised and lowered.

‘Oy, cop this,’ I shouted.

‘Yeah, but can you dance on it, Johnny?’

Backstage some dangerous-looking people appeared, sharp calico suits, razor-cut hair. Their cocaine was uncut, straight from Bogotá.

‘Hour and a half to show-time,’ came the call.

Our missing truck arrived. The crew unanimously pointed at the set-up equipment:‘Leave it there.’ But Mick was having none of it. He wanted his tried and tested equipment on-stage with him.

‘If you won’t do it we will,’ he said, and the band started dismantling the hired gear. With a fresh snort all round, we pitched in, and the doors had to be held closed until we were ready. Topper put his own kit up, but didn’t make such a good job of it as the Baker would have.

The show went well, and Bo Diddley was a revelation. Playing support, he came out with all guns ablaze, resplendent in a wide-brimmed hat and a gut to match. He overwhelmed us. He wasn’t there as a rock’n’roll relic, but we were disappointed the audience seemed largely unaware of their own rock’n’roll past.

Backstage, it was clear that the Pearl Harbor tour didn’t fit into the plans of the men in suits, the CBS executives brought in on the gravy train to ‘assess the band’s marketability’. The Pearl Harbor T-shirts looked cool. But the suits weren’t interested in cool. CBS issued laminated passes to their own people with Give ‘Em Enough Rope Tour 1979 on them, which we refused to acknowledge, and which left the professional US crews using two sets of passes, just to be safe. CBS Tshirts for the tour were cheap, instant and throwaway.

Record Mirror The Clash assault on the USA

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LA Times - Clash Crests on new Punk Wave

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SM The Los Angeles Times - Sat Jan 20 1979 - Robert Hilburn

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Short review on the concert

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I attended the first Clash concert in L.A. on Feb. 9, 1979. They played the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with the legendary Bo Diddley, and the Dils, who opened the show. In their heraldic battle-cry of a song, 1977, the Clash sang 'No Elvis, Beatles, or the Rolling Stones in 1977,' and punks readily sang along, convinced they would outrun, overtake, and overthrow all of the dinosaur rock oligarchs. Iím still waiting.

The Clash were well on their way to becoming rock gods themselves, as they had signed with Columbia, a major commercial record label, but I digress. Though they performed with as much fury as the Clash, the Dils disbanded in 1980.

Clash specializes in high energy

The Los Angeles Times
Sun 12 Feb 1979

Pearl Harbour Tour supported by Bo Diddley & The Dils

For sheer energy, the Clash's local debut Friday night at the sold out Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was one of the most exhilarating rock shows here in years. But rock's not based on energy alone, and the Clash's failure to touch on a wider range of emotions leave its music short at this point of the across-the-board impact of rock's greatest figures.

Still, the British punk/new wave outfit - together just over two years has a commitment and punch on stage that far outdistance most of its high energy rivals. If the band isn't ready yet for the "world's greatest" bouquets being hurled at it in England, it is off to a sensational start.

As in the foursome's Jan. 31 appearance in Vancouver, B.C., the Clash established in its best moments Friday the joyous frenzy that has always been on of rock's prime ingredients.

In keeping with British punk tradition, hard-core fans near the front of the stage took advantage of the evening's festival seating arrangement (no chairs on the main floor) to dance with such abandon that they frequently collided with each other. Some also leaped on the stage, where they were shoved back into the audience (sometimes gently, sometimes not) by the band or security guards.

To an outsider this aggressiveness might have been alarming, but it was mostly harmless. It's simply the kind of emotional release that is at the base of a new wave movement which is trying to wave [sic ] rock from its current lethargy.

Joe Strummer, the band's strongest visual lure on stage, spits out the lyrics with such alarming intensity that a life insurance salesman would think twice about writing him a policy. When he collapsed after one song, it didn't look solely theatrical.

The rest of the group - guitarist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon and drummer Topper Headon - frame Strummer's vocals with a relentless buzz-saw attack. It's so torrential that it's hard to pick up more than an occasional lyric, most of which deal with anti-authoritarian themes.

While "Safe European Home", "I'm So Bored With the U.S.A." and "White Riot" are outstanding songs, the music - except for the somewhat nostalgic "Stay Free" - relies on much the same high-energy core. That causes two problems. Even with a relatively short 60-minute set, it was hard to maintain a peak intensity level. Some songs Friday simply sagged. Also the band's narrow stance keeps it from exhibiting the broader pop shadings that other groups have incorporated in their equally intense, high energy styles. There's too little change of pace.

The fact that Clash invites comparisons with bands at the Stones and Who level, however, shows how promising and impressive a unit it is. The group's current eight city tour is an attempt to document that promise.

Hilburn, Robert. Los Angeles Times

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It was loud, the crowd was intense, The Clash were incredible!

@Jxff - I was there, it was loud, the crowd was intense, The Clash were incredible!

@akatgif - OMG, I was there, too. One stand-up memory is the open floor allowed us to get so close to the band.

Don Mackay - It was awsome

My ears are still ringing

Nick Santana - Was at the civic…local band the dils opened

Henry Stamper - [Ears ringing] Days? Mine are still ringing!!!

We were like in shock after the show

February 9, 1979, Democratic Underground Forums - We were like in shock after the show. The whole performance went to our brains and we can remember every last bit of it, what now..nearly 40 years later.

Judi Eng - - their concert was amazing......it was a small venue and it was perfect......

They got snowed in at Pearson international airport

Mark Weishaar - Saw the clash when they first came on that tour. Santa Monica Civic auditorium. Then after, they got snowed in at Pearson international airport in Toronto in 93 and got stranded for 5 hrs with Bo Diddley and his band.

They were so awesome they pulled out some acoustic kit and did an hr+ live set for us stranded folks. Tremendous honor Bo had a wicked sense of humor.

The Clash at the Civic

The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is a multi-purpose convention centre a in Santa Monica, California. It was built in 1958 and has a seating capacity of 3,000.

The Clash played there twice, the first time being this time, on the 1979 Pearl Harbour Tour (or Give 'Em Enough Rope Tour, if you're from Epic Records.

The support acts were: Bo Diddley, as with every date on this tour, and The Dills, a radical leftist punk rock band from California.

The Clash reportedly weren't best pleased with their performance, having to stop during Complete Control etc., but the gig received positive reviews in the press and is remembered very fondly by those at the gig.

The second time The Clash played there was in 1984, with the Clash MkII lineup, with former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren (in his hip hop phase) and Los Lobos as the opening acts.
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Best concert I've ever attended

Martin Zaehringer - Saw this tour during their stop in LA [Pearl Harbour]

Sam Gardner - Santa Monica civic. I couldn’t figured out what all the fuss was about. I was dumb. Best band ever.

Tom Miller - I was There

Steve Hibbert - Looking forward to spending part of my Saturday attending a series of community workshops at the historic Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to discuss and explore saving (and the potential future uses for) this venerable building. On a personal note, I saw the best concert I've ever attended there, The Clash in 1979! Facebook

Meeting the Clash pre-gig

Mark van Rossen - At the time, my friend Gerard and I worked with a company that shot Don Kirschner's Rock Concert intros. We were given free tickets to the show from DKRC. Low and behold when we were taken to our seats in the 11th row Paul Simon and his date were in "our" seats. They had to move! So we looked at each other and smiled sat down cracked open some Guinness Stout that we smuggled in cheered like wow, how cool is this. Paul and his date just scooted forward and sat in row 10 right in front of us. We had a good laugh. After Bo Diddley opened Paul and his date left. Great times and music indeed! (I guess they just weren't quite into the Clash yet!)

David Stradal - I was at Barneys Beanery in LA, a friend of mine wanted to play pool, I suck at pool..but, I said ok. We went to one of the tables, a group of 4 punk looking guys were playing. I asked if we could play winners..they said sure. I put my money down...when we came up, the conversation went like this....I take it from your accents, you are from England....Yes we are....What do you do? We play music, have a band...Whats the name of your band?...The Clash...Never heard of you..you break....We played for about an hour, I think they were relieved that I was not some over the top fan. Had a fun time, shared some beers and laughs. We all sucked at pool

The Dils would later move to Austin and become one of the first and best cow-punk bands, Rank and File

Damien William Castle III - Saw Bo Diddley support The Clash at The Santa Monica Civic in February of 1979 Rock N' Roll Motherfuckers | Facebook

Jon Ney - I saw Bo open for The Clash at the Santa Monica Civic. Facebook

Patrick Fletcher - I caught that tour at the Santa Monica Civic Center

Scott French - Saw them in Santa Monica on this tour.

@caliscribe2120 - I saw The Clash at the Santa Monica Civic in February 1979. You mentioned the opening band The Dils. That band would later move to Austin and become one of the first and best cow-punk bands, Rank and File

Left early with tics from San Diego and missed them!

William Sweeney - I saw them at the Santa Monica Civic, February 1979, great show!. The Dils, San Diego's favorite, were to open.

I lived in San Diego so we left four hours early. STILL missed them...curse you LA traffic ...but it was a Friday...should've KNOWN!! I had seen the Dils a few times by then, a truly great band, but we really wanted to cheer our homies on....bummed. Bo was truly wonderful, he was bold and serious. Then he started showing off his (homemade by him!) cool trademark rectangular guitar. He flicked a switch on it and on the front it flashed on and off, alternating "BO" then "DIDDLEY"! The crowd roared. He said later his hearing was never the same though..."Them Clash boys is LOUD!!"

I saw the Clash and Bo on this tour. It was unbelievable.

Dennis William Walsh - Saw this tour twice [Pearl Harbour]

Dave Gonet - I saw the Clash and Bo on this tour. It was unbelievable.

Paul Nielsen - Bo Diddley was the 1st concert I ever went too took my girlfriend at the time we must have been the youngest people there 16 year olds he was brilliant.

Anthony Moriarty - It was the Pearl Harbour Tour '79 as i printed the tee's for it in London, Kamikazi Pilot on front & Aircraft Carrier explosion on the back. Joe Strummer Never Forgotten. RIP

@NICO9000 - I saw them for the first time on their first US tour in February 79 has gone down in history as a pivotal one for punk in the States. I was 19 when I first saw them, and it still stands in my top 10 of all time, along Springsteen, Nick Cave, and a few others. Such great memories!

Tom Berard - Mike Rep Hummel - I saw them on 2/15/79 in DC. Such an amazing show!!!!@rexvardeman521 - Saw the show from this tour at the Ontario Theater in Washington DC. They had Bo Diddley as the opener. Best show I’ve ever seen.

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Michael Milo Campo - That CLASH show was the one where members of the MINUTEMEN first met members of BLACK FLAG handing out flyers to their show a week later!

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Clash press conference, San Francisco, Feb 5, 1979, Ramada Inn:

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Jenny Lens - Clash press conference, San Francisco, Feb 5, 1979, Ramada Inn:

"They feel the new wave hasn’t started here yet. Joe asked what we were moaning about – “You’ve got the Cars.” American radio, bad as it is, is better than in England. They like rockabilly – Ray Campi, Johnny Burnett, and Bob Dylan at times. Asked if they would do a disco crossover, Mick quickly replied with a smile and a “Yes!”

Concerning their background, it was Joe’s second or third group, Topper was inspired by Animal of the Muppets while Paul taught Mick." (from my original 1979 text)

Bollocks, everyone knows Mick taught Paul! Mick was the Dylan fan, Joe preferred country and R&B.

Bob Gruen photographed the conference (in his Clash photo book). You can clearly see me in the front row, one camera next to me, my big curly head of hair, in my standard hom-made black dress. I've some fun pix of that event. I remember it well.

BO DIDDLEY OPENING for THE CLASH - NO PHOTOS

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Jenny Lens - BO DIDDLEY OPENING for THE CLASH, playing his custom guitar, Lucille! Smiling, kicking his leg into the air. COLOR SHOTS! CAROLINE COON, standing on stage right, behind MICK!!! Baker Glare, Johnny Greene, Ray Jordan, DJ Barry Myers (sp?), Clash SOUND CHECK, some backstage, GREAT SHOTS OF TOPPER, on stage and backstage.

GREAT DRAMATIC LIGHTING!! STUNNING color! What treasures in black and white? Won't know unless YOU donate to this worth cause and I can scan them to show YOU!

I haven't looked at my Clash slides in eons ... No wonder I shake and cry looking at them.

Dear G-d, let me succeed in this fund-raiser! I had no idea ... great sharp clarity, lighting, poses ... such intense photos!

The Clash at their best! Everyone agrees, 1979-80! (NY 81, mine are CA and England). Oh my gawd!

Gonna scan and post a few. WOWSA!

The Clash in San Francisco: Jenny Lens - NO PHOTOS

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Jenny Lens - February 3, 1979, a warm balmy day at the Sausalito swap meet. I’m wearing a flowered dress, minus my camera. Someone tells me the Clash are here.

I start to shake all over. I find Nicky “Topper” Headon and their road manager, Johnny Green. I welcome them to California and introduce myself, talking in a quivering voice. They were rather friendly. Topper even smiling.

Finding Mick Jones, I remind him of the time last August he was backstage at Blue Oyster Cult in Los Angeles where I photographed him and his friends. He denies the event ever happening, insisting I made a mistake. I tell him I have slides back in LA while he’s shaking his head no.

After greeting and being ignored by Paul Simenon and Joe Strummer, I ask him if it’s my flowered dress that makes him think I don’t take great photos. He quickly retorts Garbo’s famous line “We want to be left alone.” So I went back to my shopping, wondering how they could they be left alone clad in black leather and spurs among the hippies.

[I wrote this Feb, 79, while still in SF. After looking for hours, found it! The Clash books ALL talk about Mick being at the BOC show. WTF? Really, Mick?]

Jenny Lens - Baker Glare: - gee, friendly sorts, right? ME, one of THEIR biggest supporters, one of THE busiest, self-sacrificing punk photographers and yeah, one of the greatest shooters ... I can't wait to type the rest of it ... so excited I found this!

Jenny Lens - Jonh Ingham: - I photographed YOU, Mick Jones and Richard Meltzer in the backstage hallway at that BOC show at Inglewood Forum, August 10, 1978. Why would Mick deny it?

The books have it wrong ... not correct venue. But that's cool ... I will NEVER forget turning around and seeing him ... I was tongue-tied and excited! AND you fed them one Xmas, I think 1979? Reading Passion is a Fashion ... fascinating book!

Jenny Lens remembers Berkeley and Fillmore

Jenny Lens - 44 years ago, Feb 7, 1979, the The Clash made their American debut. I was there. Crappy horrid Berkeley Community Theatre that everyone hated. Facebook

THE next night #TheClash headlined the New Youth Benefit at Temple Beautiful.

It was also Chinese New Year. My pal Barbie Shore and I hopped off the bus to view the Parade for Year of the Goat. Barbie saw footage of us on the news! No way to tape anything then.

Sadly, The San Francisco lab effed up my photos. I adjusted these in Photoshop.

AND I've dug up photos from their first press conference. I'll be posted vids I'm making from the Clash's first USA Tour, starting in the Bay Area. For my Punk Pioneers Club.

SIGN up on my Punk Pioneers Club Newsletter page to get the earliest info when I finally re-launch it. I'm inching closer. Working on it every day. https://punkpioneers.club/newsletter-signup/

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Mick Jones, The Clash , Feb 8, 1979, New Youth Benefit, Temple Beautiful, San Francisco. Lab unbelievably mucked up my color photos.

Took a lot of time, skills, hard work and love to start to transform my photos into the images I remember seeing.

Just one of many I'm finding and working on. I am looking for the most dramatic images. Noir was such a huge influence to many in early punk. I was drawn to the dark side of life very early on.

I grew up watching a black and white TV. So I always look for the most dramatic photos, color or not. Cos every color photo has black and white images under the color. I labor over fixing the tones (highlights and shadows, contrast and exposure based on those grayscale colors, not colors in the rainbow or color wheel!).

I know I've said this a million times. But come hell or high water, I'll be releasing new vids of some of THE coolest Clash photos, X, Blondie and early published pix of the Ramones . With lotsa back stories.

Plus whether or not you want it, you'll hear exactly why I love these photos based on strong art concepts, color and designs.

Aiming for JUNE cos that's when I shot #TheClash 16 Tons Tour in England, 1980. OMG, so much work needed but the images are stunning. Strong noir black and white and gorgeous color after I work my magic.

AND you will SEE CLOSEUPS of most of the photos. I'll zoom in and focus on the details I see whilst working. So you get up close and personal in my Punk Pioneers Club.

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On this day Febuary 9th 1979, The Clash with Bo Diddley play The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Yea,Yea,Yea

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17	I'm so Bored with USA Drug Stabbing Time Jail Guitar Doors Tommy Gun Hate and War Clash City Rockers White Man In Ham Palais Safe European Home Stay Free English Civil War Guns On the Roof Police and Thieves Complete Control Complete Control Capital Radio London's Burning White Riot

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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
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Notre Dame Hall Jul 06 1979
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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

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Joe Strummer
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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
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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.
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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

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