The band Elton John and Bono compared to Bob Dylan and The Beatles combined
Two icons discussing Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
The band Joe Strummer said reinvented rock: “People have to make it their own”
“People have to make it their own.”
Joe Strummer’s scathing assessment of Van Halen: “That’s not rock ‘n’ roll”
“That kind of music has no morals”.
The singer Eddie Vedder wouldn’t exist without: “I’ve been afforded the greatest life”
Giving him that extra push.
‘This Is England’ and “the last great Clash song”
Strummer attempted to reform The Clash for ‘Cut the Crap’.
The purest rock band Joe Strummer ever heard: “They beat it back into purity”
“There wouldn’t be any punk band, period…”
The moment Joe Strummer knew The Clash had made a classic: “We had just done something really great”
Recorded in New York City’s Electric Lady Studios.
The musician Joe Strummer said was the heart of Sex Pistols: “You gotta have a tune”
Praise well deserved.