Making waves

RCOD 273-50 39413-28 The Clash. Obligatory Credit - CAMERA PRESS/Caroline Coon *HIGHER FEES*. The Clash, pictured here in 1977 in Chalk Farm, north London, before their first single release. They are from left to right, Topper Headon (drums), Mick Jones (guitar), Paul Simonon (bass) and Joe Strummer (vocals). At the forefront of the explosive punk movement in the late 1970's, the Clash created a fresh and energetic sound that expressed the anger and depression of Britain at the time. Their music was charged with left-wing political ideology, that they combined with strong tuneful melodies to win them numerous chart successes on both sides of the Altantic. The band stayed together longer than most, but when the superb songwriting partnership of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones began to disintegrate because of disagreement, the band made a rapid decline and officially split in 1986. 1977