The Clash

Play Radio
Listen to The Clash Radio, featuring artists like Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros, Joe Strummer, The 101'ers, Sex Pistols and more…

55,236,079 plays (1,664,933 listeners)

Shop now at Amazon | Send The Clash Ringtones to Cell
More options
Add to my Library

London, England, United Kingdom (1976 – 1985)

The Clash were a band from London, England, United Kingdom, active from 1976 to 1985. One of the most successful and iconic bands from the first wave of punk in the 1970s, they incorporated , , , and eventually many other music styles into their repertoire. They were legendary for their uncommonly intense stage performances.

From their earliest days as a band, The Clash stood apart from their peers with their musicianship, as well as their lyrics; the passionate, left-wing political idealism in the lyrics by frontman Joe Strummer and guitarist Mick Jones contrasted with the nihilism of the Sex Pistols and the simplicity of the Ramones. Their 1979 album London Calling is considered by critics as one of the greatest albums in the history of music; Rolling Stone declared it the best album of the 1980s, even though it was released near the end of 1979 (technically, Jan 1980, in the United States).

The Clash’s attitude and style, as much as their music, has influenced countless bands, both within and outside the sphere of punk rock. Often lauded as “the only band that matters,” The Clash were canonized as rock saints even before they broke up. This was officially confirmed in 2003, when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Read more… Edit

Popular tags: punk, punk rock, british, rock, classic rock  See more

Shouts: 3,635 shouts

Share this artist:

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1
7,743
2
5,298
3
4,900
4
3,634
5
3,150
6
2,914
7
2,878
8
2,837
9
2,810
10
2,614
11
2,409
12
2,329
13
2,213
14
2,023
15
1,917
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).

  • MFKange

    shitsux

    yesterday evening

  • stockurs

    Big fan of The Clash, cool band. Got some incredible records. A band in my local area called Biri have a lot in common with them, if you like The Clash you might dig these too: http://soundcloud.com/inbiri / http://www.facebook.com/inbiri

    Wednesday evening

  • anarchyO

    Pressure gon drop on you, you, you.

    Wednesday evening

  • Mr_Perry

    This is the real Punk.

    Tuesday evening

  • AlexMontana92

    Viva il Punk Rock ♥

    Monday morning

  • darrylhunter

    The most important band to have ever existed.

    Monday morning

  • jaankar

    It still gives me goosebumps after many years.

    Sunday afternoon

  • robotpwnsyou

    my favourite manchester band, what a shame sid vicious had to go out like that :(

    Sunday morning

  • ze_zar

    Compilado (para descargar) que arme de la selección de canciones originales que tomaron los chicos de Nouvelle Vague, en su primer disco (Nouvelle Vague/2004), clásicos del new wave/goth rock/post-punk que ellos versionaron en bossanova lounge sounds... Podrás encontrar la canción "The Guns of Brixton" de The Clash • http://themusicnonstop.com/original-songs-from-nouvelle-vagues-selection-nouvelle-vague/

    Sunday morning

  • theonlyfm

    the only band that matters :D

    Sunday morning

  • bogusz666

    Stay free, Train in vain <3

    Saturday evening

  • LIS31

    best

    Saturday evening

  • Slim_rafa

    Go go

    Saturday evening

  • I_HATE_COPS

    JAJAJAJAJA.... RANCID.... FUCK THEM...THE CLASH OR DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Saturday morning

  • karysmunster

    its on!

    last week

  • mattrockrob

    fu-fuckin' perfect

    last week

  • DeMax96

    I really like London calling great album i guess it represents punk pretty good... Rock the Casbah is shit btw

    last week

  • Sentenzia22

    ██┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘ ┘┘┘┘┘┘ █┘┘█┘┘┘┘┘┘██████┘┘████████┘┘██████┘ █┘┘█┘┘┘┘┘██┘┘┘┘██┘█┘┘██┘┘█┘██┘ ┘┘┘██ █┘┘█┘┘┘┘┘█┘┘██┘┘█┘█┘┘██┘┘█┘█┘┘ ██┘┘█ █┘┘█┘┘┘┘┘█┘┘██┘┘█┘█┘┘██┘┘█┘█┘┘ ┘┘┘┘█ █┘┘█████┘█┘┘██┘┘█┘██┘┘┘┘██┘█┘┘ █████ █┘┘┘┘┘┘█┘██┘┘┘┘██┘┘██┘┘██┘┘██┘ ┘┘┘█┘ ████████┘┘██████┘┘┘┘████┘┘┘┘██████ ┘

    last week

  • ScreenGreen

    Don't you know it's wrong?!! You guys fucking rock!

    last week

  • tobi116

    rock the casbah is a groovy killer track with one of the best basslines ever.

    last week
See all 3,635 shouts

Videos

See more

News

"London Calling" coming to Rock Band 3

31 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/The Clash

Starting tomorrow, February 1st, you'll be able to download and play your way through The Clash's classic album, "London Calling," in Rock Band 3! The release is coming to all platforms. …

Add comment

See more

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

Groups (994)

See more

More Information

Links
Band Members
Labels
“I believe in a thing called Last.fm”

More Last.fm Sites: Blog | Music Manager | Build | Playground (Subscriber VIP zone) | Best of 2011

© 2012 Last.fm Ltd. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | Updated Feb 11, 2009
Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Text may also be available under the GNU Free Documentation License.