‘This Is England’ and “the last great Clash song”
Strummer attempted to reform The Clash for ‘Cut the Crap’.
Joe Strummer Archives: 01/2026
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.
The song Joe Strummer wanted to be remembered for: “Music really can talk”
An often forgotten track…