Joe Strummer

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Career

The then-unknown Sex Pistols opened the 101ers at a London venue named the Nashville Rooms on Thursday, and Strummer was captivated by them. Strummer was approached by Bernie Rhodes and Mick Jones shortly after the show. Jones was a member of London SS and wanted Strummer to play as the lead singer. Strummer has decided to leave the 101ers and join Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, drummer Terry Chimes, and guitarist Keith Levene. The band, Clash by Simonon, debuted in Sheffield on July 4, 1976, opening the Sex Pistols at the Black Swan (also known as the Mucky Duck, now known as the Boardwalk). After Levene was fired from the band and Chimes were fired from the band, the band signed as a three-piece on January 25, 1977. Topper Headon joined the band as the band's full-time drummer later this year.

During his time with the Clash, Strummer and his bandmates became notorious for getting into trouble with the rules. He and Headon were arrested on June 10, 1977, for spray-painting the band's name on a wall in a hotel. During a Hamburg, Germany, he was arrested on May 20th for striking a violent individual of the audience with his guitar. This incident shocked Strummer and left a lasting impression on him. "It was a watershed—violence had really taken over me for the first time," Strummer said. He has pledged never to combat violence with violence again.

Strummer went into hiding before the album Combat Rock was released in 1982, and the band's manager announced that he had "disappeared." Since tickets were selling slowly for the Scottish leg of a forthcoming tour, Bernie Rhodes, the band's manager, coerced Joe to do so. Strummer had intended to fly from Texas to remain with his friend, musician Joe Ely, in a mystery. Strummer, who was uneasy with his decision, later decided to "dicked about" in France. In April 1982, Strummer completed the Paris Marathon for the first time. The night before the race, he said his training consisted of ten pints of beer. Joe's whereabouts were a mystery not only to the public but also to the band's leadership. Later, Joe said that this was a huge mistake and that "you've got to have some regrets." This was despite the widespread success of the single "Rock the Casbah." During this period, band members began to argue regularly, and the group began to crumble as a result of high tensions.

Strummer's legendary "Clash Communique" was unleashed in September 1983, firing Mick Jones. Topper Headon had been kicked out of the band due to his heroin use, and Terry Chimes was brought back to fill his place before a permanent replacement, Pete Howard, could be found. Strummer and Simonon were the band's original members at the time, leaving the band with just two of its original members. Rhodes persuaded Strummer to continue, by bringing two new guitarists on board. They released the album Cut the Crap in 1985, which was included in this series. Fans and commentators alike panned the album, while Strummer disbanded the Clash.

The Clash was described as "one of the most overtly political, eruptive, and exciting bands in rock and roll history" at the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Their songs explored social decay, unemployment, racial abuse, police brutality, political and social repression, as well as militarism in a broader sense. Strummer was a member of the Anti-Nazi League and the Rock Against Racism movements. He later added to the Rock Against the Rich series of concerts produced by the anarchist group Class War. Rolling Stone magazine said the Clash's London Calling album was named best album of the 1980s (although it was published in late 1979 in the United Kingdom but not in the United States until 1980).

Strummer appeared on numerous songs for the 1986 film Sid and Nancy, including "Love Kills" and "Dum Dum Club." Strummer joined Mick Jones and his band Big Audio Dynamite later in their second studio album, No. 58. Upping St. (1986), a composer who co-wrote most of the songs as well as assisting with the album along with Jones.

He appeared as a minor part in the film Walker, directed by Alex Cox, in 1987, and wrote and performed on the film's soundtrack. Simms appeared in another Cox film the same year, Straight to Hell. The Pogues, a London-Irish folk/punk band, appeared on Straight to Hell, as both actors and performers, as well as contributors to the soundtrack. "I was sick in late 1987, I taught Joe all the guitar parts in an afternoon, and he was on tour in the United States as deputy guitarist the next day," Strummer wrote on the band's website. Joe wrote all the tabs on a long piece of paper taped to the guitar's top so he could glance down frequently while onstage." This tour will be the first of many collaborations with the band.

Strummer appeared in Jim Jarmusch's film Mystery Train in 1989 as a booze-tempered drifter named Johnny (whom majority characters refer to as Elvis), much to Johnny's dismay. He appeared in Aki Kaurismäki's 1990 film I Hired a Contract Killer as a guitarist in a pub, and performed two songs ("Burning Lights" and "Afro-Cuban Bebop"). They were released as a limited run of 7-inch singles limited to a few hundred copies and credited to "Joe Strummer & the Astro Physicians." In fact, the "Astro Physicians" were actually the Pogues ("Afro-Cuban Bebop) was re-released on the Pogues' 2008 box set). During this period, Strummer continued to act, write, and produce soundtracks for a variety of films, most notable the one for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997).

Strummer's 1989 solo album with the band The Latino Rockabilly War appeared. The album Earthquake Weather was a critical and commercial flop, and it culminated in the cancellation of his Sony Records deal. With this band, he also did the soundtrack to the film Permanent Record.

The Pogues, who were fracturing as a band, had Strummer assist with the production of their new album, which was titled Hell's Ditch in 1990. After MacGowan's departure from the band, he replaced Shane MacGowan as the Pogues' singer on a tour in 1991. One night of this tour was professionally recorded, and three songs ("I Fought the Law"), "London Calling," and "Turkish Song of the Damned") have appeared on b-sides and on the Pogues' 2008 box set.

Strummer performed with Czech-American band Dirty Pictures on stage in Prague on Thursday at "Rock for Refugees," a benefit concert for people left homeless by Bosnia's war. Despite the fact that the set seemed to be an improvement, Strummer and the band had spent the days leading up to the performance rehearsing and "hanging out" in Prague. "London Calling" got the show off, and "Brand New Cadillac" took its place without pause. The electricity went out in the middle of the performance. As the music returned to life, Strummer asked the audience whether or not they would mind if the band started over. They commenced with "London Calling" and then rolled on for another half-hour.

Strummer performed with other bands during his youth; he performed piano on the 1995 UK hit of the Levellers, "Just the One" and appeared on the Black Grape album "England's Irie" in 1996. While living in New York City in 1997, he collaborated with noted producer and engineer Lee "Scratch" Perry on remixed Clash and 101ers reissued dub files. Strummer wrote and performed the soundtrack to Tunnel of Love (Robert Wallace 1997), which was also on display in Cannes Film Festival in the same year.

In F. J. Ossang's road film Doctor Chance, Strummer played the role of "Brand New Cadillac" singer Vince Taylor.

In 1998, he made a guest appearance on the animated television show South Park and appeared on the album Chef Aid: The South Park Album, which featured songs from and inspired by the series.

During this period, Strummer was embroiled in a legal dispute with Epic Records, Clash's record label. The rivalry lasted nearly eight years, with the label deciding to authorize solo recordings under another brand. However, if the Clash were to return, they would have to record for Sony. Strummer was a DJ on the BBC World Service in the nineties with his half-hour show London Calling. The vocals for "Midnight Jam" on Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros' final album Streetcore are provided by samples from the series.

Strummer assembled top-flight performers into a backing band he called the Mescaleros in the mid-1990s. Strummer and the band signed Mercury Records in 1999, and the band's first album, which was co-written with Antony Genn, was released. Soon after, there will be a tour of England, Europe, and North America.

The band signed to Hellcat Records in California in 2001, releasing their second studio album, Global a Go-Go. The album was promoted on a 21-date tour of North America, Britain, and Ireland. These concerts featured Clash songs ("London Burning," "Rudie Can't Fail"), as well as news of reggae and ska hits ("A Message to You, Rudy") and the band closed the show by playing the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop." Johnny Cash appeared on Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" with Johnny Cash.

Strummer and the Mescaleros performed a benefit show in London on November 15, 2002, at Acton Town Hall. Mick Jones was in the audience and appeared with the band on stage during Clash's "Bankrobbery." On "White Riot" and "London's Burning," Jones appears on an encore, with Jones on guitar and singing. This was the first time since 1983 that Strummer and Jones had appeared together on stage.

Strummer's last regular gig was at Liverpool Academy on November 22, 2002, but his last appearance, just two weeks before his death, was in a tiny club venue called 'The Palace' in Bridgwater, Somerset, near his home. Strummer and U2's Bono co-wrote a song "46664" for Nelson Mandela shortly before his death as part of a movement in Africa against AIDS.

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