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The Clash
JOEJOEJOE
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This is one of my prized possessions. It is signed by Joe & Mick!
I first discovered The Clash when London Calling Calling came out while I was in middle school. Hearing their music changed my life, and introduced me to punk and New Wave!
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I saw The Clash on 6/23/82. Joe Strummer was in quite a mood. I don't know if it was all the requests for songs or something about the crowd that bugged him, but at one point he told us all to "fuck off" and then immediately ripped into the next song. I've never seen that many people respond to being told to fuck off by massively cheering in return. Regardless, that was one great show!
I'm gonna sound like a broken record, but I have seen more than 1,500 concerts so far (stopped counting at 1,500 but used to actually document each one), and the Clash remain the best overall live band ever. Ever ever. They're #3 instead of #1 on my top favorite concerts ever, but they are #3 and #1 as overall live band.
And Poncier I was at those Shea Stadium shows too!
josevolution, this pic is for you:
This was my precious haul from my 2nd all ages Bonds show: Clash on Broadway shirt signed by Mick, Topper and Joe; Paul's sig on a piece of paper; a Bonds backstage pass; guitar picks from ALL 3 guitar players (Mick, Paul and Joe)(not pictured I just realized), AND a set of Topper's Boppers drumsticks he used at that show, delivered to me while still onstage by Joe. It was the beginning of a life-changing relationship to their music, their characters, and their brilliance.
I was fortunate to attend Joe Strummer's funeral in London, and you'll all appreciate that his (at the time teenage) daughters put a "Question Authority" bumper sticker at the head of his casket that was never removed. Love that man and still miss him awfully, he was truly a hero.
Sweet.
That was quite a night for me, The Who was my favorite band at that time, and it was my first ever trip to NYC at 17 yrs old.
I once saw Joe at a restaurant in the late 80s......I sorta knew he was going to be there because the radio DJ by whom he was being interviewed that night usually went there after his show was over. Yes, it borders on stalking!
My friend and I said hello to Joe, and he then came over to our table and sat with us for a few minutes. He was goofing on me because he thought I looked like some 80s actor.
I got a photo with him that night, which I got signed several years later when he played a small gig at Tower Records on the Sunset Strip.
Though I didn't buy London Calling until it had been out a few months, I still remember going to my local indie record store on the first day of release to buy Sandinista, the Bankrobber EP and Combat Rock.
saw them april 1984. still have the ticket stub.
$12.73+$1.27(fees) for a grand total of $14.00 !!
i was a fan but nothing compared to the who fan that i was and still am today
Good thing it was too tight when I bought it.. I threw it in a box and forgot about it. never worn..
The strongest memory is the place going nuts during Love Reign O'er Me as there was a light rain/mist falling at the time.
Like I once saw a much-maligned band (Dave Matthews Band) at Giants Stadium, and one of their encores was "All Along the Watchtower", and a storm was moving in and when Dave Matthews sang "And the wind began to howl" the storm suddenly kicked up and it was insane, totally epic.
But Love Reign O'er Me in a storm would..... yeah, I'd love to have lived through that even more!