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Death Of Rock And Roll Has Been Greatly Exaggerated'

Echoes Sentine
Thu Apr 26 1984

Buck and Roil can never die, the old saying goes, but there've been many times ...

The show ROCKED

Cyndi says:

July 8, 2019 at 1:10 am

I was a senior at Lawrence High and couldn’t find anyone to go with, so I took my siblings! The Clash only minutes away was a no-brainer! The show ROCKED. That was the time when concerts at local schools(Rider, Princeton and Trenton State) were a mainstay in the area.

Energetic set, the band sounded great

Michael Sea

I was at the show! Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon were the two surviving members of the longstanding line-up.

This show took place about a year prior to the release of their final album (“Cut the Crap”) and I think the reconstituted band was playing small venues to get some cohesion.

I remember getting my neighbor (a Rider professor at the time) to get tickets for me and my high school friends. I recall it being a GA event in an auditorium of sorts and we were able to meander nearly to the foot of the stage.

I got so close I could read the “Fender” logo on Joe Strummer’s guitar pick!

The audience was extremely receptive and the band sounded great. While I forget the exact set list after these nearly 40 years, I remember it as a very fun, energetic set with many of the songs that remain so important and special to me to this day.

Obviously, I missed Mick’s presence, but did not feel disappointed one iota. Instead, I consider myself very lucky to have seen one of my all-time favorite bands so close up in a such a small venue. I may still have what’s left of the t-shirt somewhere!

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Audience was extremely receptive

Michael: I was at the show! Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon were the two surviving members of the longstanding line-up. Topper was the first to go in 1982 due to alleged heroin problems and Mick Jones departed the band in 1983. Joe and Paul added Nick Sheppard and Vince White to replace Mick Jones and Pete Howard (who had been drumming with them for awhile) assumed full duty at the drums.

The tour was called the out of “Out of Control” tour and at that time, Joe was still hoping to make a go of the Clash despite the loss of Mick and Topper.

This show took place about a year prior to the release of their final album (“Cut the Crap”) and I think the reconstituted band was playing small venues to get some cohesion.

I remember getting my neighbor (a Rider professor at the time) to get tickets for me and my high school friends. I recall it being a GA event in an auditorium and we were able to meander nearly to the foot of the stage.

I got so close I could read the “Fender” logo on Joe Strummer’s guitar pick! The audience was extremely receptive and the band sounded great. While I forget the exact set list after these nearly 40 years, I remember it as a very fun, energetic set with many of the songs that remain so important and special to me to this day.

Obviously, I missed Mick’s presence, but did not feel disappointed one iota. Instead, I consider myself very lucky to have seen one of my all-time favorite bands so close up in a such a small venue. I may still have what’s left of the t-shirt somewhere!

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