Born in 1976, the British band The Clash has become known as one of the most significant in the latter half of the 20th century when it comes to punk rock. Fronted by Joe Strummer, who passed away in ...

Built atop a stadium chorus, Strummer sings about economic despair, alienation, and violence in England during the early 1980s. It’s a protest against Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government and ...

When Joe Strummer, former lead singer for the Clash, was found dead in his home on Dec. 22, 2002, he was only 50 years old. He’d just gotten back from walking his dogs near where he lived in Somerset, ...