The Clash were “The Only Band That Matters.” But more to the point, they were the only band who’s ever gotten away with calling themselves something so self-aggrandizing, because it felt ...

The 40th anniversary edition of the Clash's swan song, "Combat Rock," adds 11 bonus tracks that bring greater focus to the album. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV Plus Icon What To Watch ...

The Clash: The Black Album. 1. Big Audio Dynamite, “I Turned Out a Punk ... In 1991, Jones replaced everybody else in his band and re-christened them Big Audio Dynamite II.

The Clash's official studio output makes up more than half of the 12-disc box set 'Sound System,' which could be the most definitive document on the legendary punk band. Their five great albums ...

“Combat Rock” is the Clash’s most commercially successful album, and it’s also the one that tore them apart. Although it contains their two most-popular songs — “Should I Stay or ...

On Give ’Em Enough Rope, the album between its debut and London Calling, The Clash embraced jangled hooks and up-stroked melodies, and though plenty of that material would find its way onto Rope ...

The seven-inch 45 RPM single was the perfect punk–rock medium, insofar as anything about a musical genre and culture as fly-by-the-seat-of-your-bondage-pants as punk can be designed.

Paul Simonon, bass player for the long-defunct Clash, couldn`t care less about nostalgia. He has a new band, Havana 3 A.M., which headlines Friday at Cabaret Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., and isn`t muc… ...

After a band’s made a double album, it can be difficult to go back to making single LPs without the result sounding small and anticlimactic. The challenge was even greater for The Clash, who’d ...