It's fairly safe to say that, of all the first wave of punk bands, none was more adventurous than the Clash. With each release, they chipped away at the facade of what the media thought of as "punk" ...

Deep in the heart of every rock musician, from the most credible to the most commercial, there lies someone whining, “Je suis un artiste! If only the world knew what a deep, tortured soul I am, and ...

No record better encapsulates the Clash's story than 'Sandinista!' Brilliant, infuriating, bursting with ambition yet bogged down with bad ideas, this 36-track triple LP perplexed fans and angered ...

The Clash called it Sandinista!, but my friends and I simply referred to it as the Bible. It contained all music and all politics – at least that’s how it appeared when I was 16 years old. Google any ...

To commemorate International Clash Day, NPR revisits a 1981 archival interview with Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon. From The Archives: The Clash Talks 'Sandinista!' Feb. 7, 2018 marks the fifth ...

The organizers of The Sandinista Project have decided to post a free download of the 36-song tribute to The Clash's famous album, Sandinista!. First announced in 2007, the album assembled covers of ...

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 close enough ...

Taken from the iconic punk band’s fourth studio album, 1980’s ‘Sandinista!’, the song’s new clip was edited by filmmaker Don Letts. It combines unearthed footage of The Clash performing the song on ...

In hindsight, it may have seemed an unlikely match -- a young aspiring musician with a jazz background joining a still-emerging British punk rock group in 1977. But that's just part of the ...

That was how Epic Records advertised the Clash back in 1979, and at the time, the phrase struck many American music fans as a colossal load of hype. Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Supertramp, the Doobie ...