TY  - BOOK
AU  - Andersen,Mark
AU  - Heibutzki,Ralph
TI  - We are the Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered 
SN  - 1617752932
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Brooklyn, New York
PB  - Akashic Books
KW  - Clash (Musical group)
KW  - Biography
KW  - Punk rock music
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1979-1997
N2  - "The Clash was a paradox of revolutionary conviction, musical ambition, and commercial drive. We Are The Clash is a gripping tale of the band's struggle to reinvent itself as George Orwell's 1984 loomed. This bold campaign crashed headlong into a wall of internal contradictions and rising right-wing power. While the world teetered on edge of the nuclear abyss, British miners waged a life-or-death strike, and tens of thousands died from US guns in Central America, Clash cofounders Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, and Bernard Rhodes waged a desperate last stand after ejecting guitarist Mick Jones and drummer Topper Headon. The band shattered just as its controversial final album, Cut the Crap, was emerging. Andersen and Heibutzki weave together extensive archival research and in-depth original interviews with virtually all of the key players involved to tell a moving story of idealism undone by human frailty amid a climatic turning point for our world." -- Publisher's description
ER  -