PUNK CLASH

The Clash (German: crash, racket, clatter, rumble) is the name of London’s newest punk rock group. BRAVO witnessed how these five wild guys aren’t shy about throwing punches—even at each other...

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During the BRAVO photo session with The Clash…
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…the five boys got into a scuffle...
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…and suddenly a full-blown brawl broke out.

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Clash are London’s hottest new discovery: Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer, Terry Chimes and Keith Levene (left to right)

Guitarist Mick Jones (21) tugs at his striped jacket and yells:
“Now we’re going to blast your eardrums out of your skulls!”

Seconds later, London’s most infamous punk club—the “100 Club”—is shaking from a mad, thunderous noise: hammering, shrieking guitars turned up full blast. Pure punk rock. Loud to the point of pain.

When Paul Simonon (20) scrapes his fiberglass bass against rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer’s (20) jet-black axe, the glasses in people’s hands tremble. No question: Clash are currently the hottest punk rock band in London. Everyone’s talking about them.

“We’re bursting with energy,” says drummer Terry Chimes (20).
“That’s exactly what excites our fans. With us, a bomb could go off at any second.”

When, during their final song White Riot, guitarist Keith Levene (19) accidentally bashes the drummer’s drum—
that’s just a warning of what happens the next day during a BRAVO photo shoot with Clash.

In the middle of a group photo on a London street, the five boys suddenly start grappling with each other. A fight breaks out just like that.

But by the evening, they’re already back on stage playing together like nothing happened.

“You can’t take stuff like that too seriously,” says Mick.
“But if one of us feels the need to punch the other—
well, then he just goes ahead and does it…”