Category: The Clash
By Jenny May on Jan 19, 2007 in Bands, Joe Strummer, Julien Temple, Movies, Punk, Reggae, Sundance Film Festival, The Clash, The Mescaleros | 0 Comments
A new film about Joe Strummer will be premiering at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah with the first screenings beginning this weekend. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten directed by Julien Temple (The Great Rock and Roll Swindle) is a documentary about the late singer/guitarist who fronted and co-founded English punk [...]
By Jenny May on Dec 6, 2006 in Bands, Christmas, Damon Albarn, Events, Locations, London, Myspace, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong, The Clash, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Tony Allen | 0 Comments
The Good, The Bad And The Queen is the new project formed by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) and features the legendary Paul Simonon from The Clash on bass, drummer Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) and guitarist Simon Tong (Verve). The band will be making history when Myspace broadcasts their first worldwide show online with the recorded [...]
By Guest on Dec 1, 2006 in Bands, Crass, Punk, Sex Pistols, The Anti-Nowhere League, The Clash, Videos, YouTube | 0 Comments
These are the bands in order of importance that helped to change the face of modern music from the mid-70s until the mid-80s. My life was changed and my attitude altered after first hearing the bands listed below. Click on the links to be taken to the YouTube videos that I’ve selected for each band.
1. [...]
By Jenny May on Nov 14, 2006 in Babyshambles, Bands, Clubs, Fabric, Locations, London, Love Music Hate Racism, New Releases, Pete Doherty, The Clash | 0 Comments
Pete Doherty fronted band Babyshambles will be releasing their latest single, “The Blinding” due to be released in the UK on December 4th. They did a great cover of The Clash’s Janie Jones recently and I’m looking forward to hearing their new single.
Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell will be helping to organize the Love Music [...]
By Jenny May on Oct 28, 2006 in BBC, Bands, Damon Albarn, Electric Proms, Jamiroquai, Myspace, Paul Simonon, Paul Weller, Simon Tong, The Clash, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Tony Allen | 0 Comments
We’ve been lucky to be able to watch the Electric Proms on the BBC’s interactive tv service and have enjoyed sets by Paul Weller and Jamiroquai. After weeks of build up though, I’m not quite sure how I feel about Gorillaz and Blur frontman Damon Albarn’s new project The Good The Band and The Queen [...]
By Jenny May on Oct 10, 2006 in *Trendy Bands Podcast, Bands, Billy Morrison, Brian May, Camp Freddy, Censored, Cloud Machine, Dave Navarro, Guns N Roses, Guns on the Roof, London, Los Angeles, Myspace, Netherlands, Nottingham, Punk, Robin Hood, Rock, Slash, The Anti-Nowhere League, The Clash, The Distants, The Lavas, The Nudes | 2 Comments
Trendy Bands Podcast #2 is out with more great bands for your listening pleasure. Random chat includes Dave talking about seeing the bands the Anti Nowhere League and Guns on the Roof play in Oxford, the new Robin Hood series, Jenny gives a shout out to Camp Freddy, Dave Navarro, Billy Morrison, Slash and the [...]
By Jenny May on Sep 20, 2006 in Bands, Cafes, David Byrne, France, Guns of Brixton, Nouvelle Vague, Oxford, Paul Simonon, QI, Radio, The Clash | 0 Comments
The first time that I heard Nouvelle Vague, which according to their website means New Wave in french and Bossa Nova in portuguese, was on David Byrne’s online radio station and immediatly when I heard a girl named Camille singing with her sultry breathy voice covering the Clash’s ‘Guns of Brixton’ I had to [...]
