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The Clash Takes on the World: Transnational Perspectives on The Only Band that Matters

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The Clash Takes on the World: Transnational Perspectives on The Only Band that Matters

Samuel Cohen, "The Clash Takes on the World: Transnational Perspectives on The Only Band that Matters"
English | ISBN: 1501317334 | 2017 | 288 pages | PDF | 5 MB

On their debut, The Clash famously claimed to be “bored with the USA,” but The Clash wasn't a parochial record. Mick Jones' licks on songs such as “Hate and War” were heavily influenced by classic American rock and roll, and the cover of Junior Murvin's reggae hit “Police and Thieves” showed that the band's musical influences were already wide-ranging. Later albums such as Sandinista! and Combat Rock saw them experimenting with a huge range of musical genres, lyrical themes and visual aesthetics.
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