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- He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist, and lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash, formed in 1976.
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John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist, and lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash, formed in 1976. The Clash's second studio album, Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978), reached No. 2 on the UK charts.
May 19, 2012 · Joe Strummer was born 60 years ago this summer, on 21 August 1952, in Ankara, Turkey. His father was a diplomat, and Joe spent his early childhood in Cairo, Bonn and Mexico City, soaking up...
Origins: 1974–1976. Before the Clash's founding, the band's future members were active in different parts of the London music scene. Joe Strummer, whose real name was John Graham Mellor, sang and played rhythm guitar in the pub rock band The 101ers, which he had formed in 1974 with Alvaro Pena-Rojas. [3]
Dec 22, 2012 · But Joe Strummer was central to these bands. In the middle of the stage, taking lead vocal on most of the songs, leg pumping up and down, hammering the life out of his Telecaster. Key legacy
Aug 21, 2021 · Not long released is Assembly, a 16-track compilation album comprising tracks recorded by the late, great Joe Strummer and his band, The Mescaleros – which formed in 1999 some 13 years after ...
Dec 22, 2022 · Before The Clash, Strummer was the leading man in the 101’ers, a pub rock band that welcomed the long hair and free-flowing rock of The Who as influences. But after punk began to explode and Strummer caught a glimpse of the Sex Pistols, everything changed.
Aug 31, 2020 · Joe Strummer talks about the impact seeing the Ramones at the Roundhouse in London on July 4th 1976 had on his life and how it helped launch the British punk scene.
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