The Clash is the best punk band. Top 10 songs in no order: White man in hammersmith palais Death or Glory Clampdown Complete Control London Calling Should I stay or should i go Safe European Home Guns of Brixton Cheat Police on my Back
Their cover of Junior Murvin's Police & Thieves on the first album got a lot of people - me included - looking into Reggae. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKd6Ghl17x0&feature=related"]YouTube- The Clash - Police & Thieves
another vote for Guns of Brixton... years ago I couldn't stand the song, but it's since grown on me and it's definitely one of my faves now.
My first Clash album was London Calling when I was into punk, and I was like, "What the hell is this 80s shit?" But yeah, it grows on you... Now it's definitely one of my favorite albums.
Janie Jones - this one sort of made you feel that rock n roll had been reclaimed and actually had a future... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBt3_TuhuEw"]YouTube- Janie Jones - The Clash - Manchester 77
Love the Clash, they were one of the first bands I fell in love with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6zcTRAeNp0&feature=related"]YouTube- The Clash - English Civil War live
Best early British punk band - they're what really started punk's evolution into a movement - but never really grabbed my interest much. I respect what they've done, but I find their music too simple, and their sound sorta boring.
i fell asleep at a clash concert, slept through their whole show no sleep for a couple of days, worn out by 3 openers [cramps, dead kennedys, roy campi] oops... fave songs: guns of brixton rudy can't fail safe european home white man in hammersmith palais wrong 'em boyo
The first punk band I got into Safe European Home White Man in Hammersmith Julie's Been Workin for the Drug Squad Hateful Police and Thieves! And City of the Dead... And The Prisoner Gates of the West!
