Mick Jones interview with MSN

Joe Strummer — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:43:05 -0000

A day after the last game at Shea, and a week before the release of the iconic band's first complete concert release, The Clash Live at Shea Stadium, former Clash guitarist Mick Jones takes a look back with Alan Light on the historic Shea Stadium show.

http://music.msn.com/music/remasters/?icid=MUSIC1>1=MUSIC1

The Magnicent Seven by The Clash

Joe Strummer — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:58:24 -0000

The Clash Live at Shea Stadium

Joe Strummer — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:45:26 -0000

The Clash: Live At Shea On CD October 6th

Joe Strummer — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:09:09 -0000

As rain fell on a near-capacity audience at New York City’s Shea Stadium, Clash road manager Kosmo Vinyl took the mic and whipped the crowd to crescendo as the band took the stage. With frontman Joe Strummer announcing “Welcome to the Casbah Club,” the Clash launched into the powerful opening guitar refrain of “London Calling” and made history.

Recorded while on the road supporting their fifth album, 1982’s Combat Rock, THE CLASH LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM captures the British rock commando unit at the peak of its powers. Bristling with energy and attitude, LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM is set to take its place alongside James Brown at the Apollo, The Who at Leeds and Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison as one of the greatest live recordings of all time.

The Clash, opening for The Who on their farewell tour of the US, played two nights at the legendary Shea Stadium (October 12th & 13th, 1982). Recorded by Glyn Johns, the album features the second night’s performance in its entirety. Despite being the support act, The New York Post reported “there were as many Clash fans on those nights as Who fans.” One of the few remaining unreleased Clash treasures, the recordings have long been sought after by fans. The tapes were unearthed by the late Joe Strummer while packing for a move.

'Live at Shea Stadium' track listing:
Kosmo Vinyl Introduction
London Calling
Police On My Back
Guns Of Brixton
Tommy Gun
The Magnificent Seven
Armagideon Time
The Magnificent Seven (return)
Rock The Casbah
Train In vain
Career Opportunities
Spanish Bombs
Clampdown
English Civil War
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
I Fought The Law

The Clash released their fifth album Combat Rock prior to the US tour. The album contained the single ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’, which received heavy airplay in the US. The following single, ‘Rock the Casbah’ was a Top 40 hit in the US, with heavy rotation on MTV. Original Clash drummer Terry Chimes, who appeared on the band’s eponymously-titled debut album, plays on LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM.

Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets baseball team since its unveiling in 1964, has hosted some truly legendary shows. The Beatles were the first band to perform at the venue in 1965 and the success of that concert proved for the first time that stadiums could hold shows on such a large scale. Other acts that have appeared at Shea over the years include the Rolling Stones, The Police, Bruce Springsteen and Simon & Garfunkel. Sadly, the stadium has reached the end of its life and will be demolished around the time this Clash set is released.
LIVE AT SHEA STADIUM will initially be available as a deluxe limited edition digipak, followed by a standard jewelcase CD.

A major new autobiography, entitled The Clash by The Clash will be published in the US by Grand Central on November 4th. Officially authorised by the band, the book has been compiled from extensive interviews done with Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon originally recorded for the documentary “Westway to The World.”

THE CLASH REMEMBER SHEA STADIUM:

Joe Strummer : We played Shea Stadium with The Who and it was fun to play “Career Opportunities” in a place like that, when six years earlier we’d written it in Camden Town.

Paul Simonon: During the Shea Stadium gig and other dates of that tour, Pete Townshend would come into our dressing room and we’d have a game of football. At Shea he said come back to our dressing room, so we did and there was Daltrey and all these miserable gits sitting around who wouldn’t talk to us. So Pete came back to our dressing room with us.

Mick: Playing Shea Stadium was great. Even though we were the support act, it was still exciting, and we always prided ourselves on being able to play anywhere, from the smallest to the largest place. We shot the video there (for “Should I Stay or Should I Go”).

Tell us your memories of Joe Strummer on YouTube!

Joe Strummer — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:39:35 -0000

In Julien Temple's documentary The Future is Unwritten, which hit stores today, people like Mick Jones, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Matt Dillon, Don Letts, and many others share their memories of Joe Strummer and The Clash, and how he impacted their lives. Now it's your turn. Joe touched so many lives in his lifetime, and we want to hear how he touched yours.

Go to: http://www.youtube.com/group/joestrummer to upload your video, and you can be a star on YouTube as well. The best ones will be featured in the "Top Videos" section on YouTube.

And while you are there, be sure to check out the exclusive clips from the movie in The Clash YouTube page.

Updates to playlist: The Future is Unwritten

Joe Strummer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:42:50 -0000

NOT4PROPHET talks about Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:41:55 -0000

Matt Dillon talks about Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:39:51 -0000

Gerry Harrington talks about Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:39:50 -0000

Anthony Kiedis talks about Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:37:41 -0000