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Carbon/Silicon: Punk Veterans Embrace the Web

Dec 31st, 2008 · Mick Jones, former lead guitarist of The Clash, and Tony James, once of the Billy Idol-fronted Generation X, promoted their latest project by giving music away on the Web. They released their first CD in January.

Keywords: CD · music · veterans · carbon · guitarist · punk · The Clash · Mick Jones · Silicon · Tony James · Billy Idol

Steve Lillywhite On Producing The Pogues

Jul 9th, 2008 · Led by Shane MacGowan, The Pogues took their multi-cultural musical cues from fellow countrymen The Clash and gave Irish folk music a punk rock spirit. Steve Lillywhite talks with host David Dye about producing the band's third album, If I Should Fall from Grace with God.

Keywords: culture · Irish · music · God · album · folk · Spirit · punk · David Dye · Steve · The Clash · countrymen

Carbon/Silicon: Clash Guitarist Returns **

Jun 26th, 2008 · The punk rock legends in Carbon/Silicon — Mick Jones from The Clash and Tony James from Generation X — have been offering their garage-rock inspired music for free online long before Radiohead's pay-what-you-wish release. Hear an acoustic session with the band.

Keywords: music · online · acoustic · legend · carbon · guitarist · punk · Radiohead · The Clash · Mick Jones · Silicon · Carbon Silicon

Young@Heart: 80-Year-Olds Rock Out

Apr 17th, 2008 · Ranging in age from 72 to 88, the Young@Heart chorus members don't let age interfere with their passion for performing youthful music. Young@Heart's repertoire is more like a set list of rock's greatest hits, including songs by Coldplay, Sonic Youth, and The Clash.

Keywords: music · songs · youth · passion · repertoire · Coldplay · The Clash · Sonic Youth · interfere · YoungHeart · Year Olds

A Rock Supergroup Gets Sublimely Mysterious **

Feb 1st, 2007 · An ominous track in a musical class of its own, "Herculean" is the product of an eccentric and sublime collection of talent, including members of Blur, Gnarls Barkley and The Clash. Though much of its membership finds its roots in rock, The Good, The Bad & The Queen opts for subtler ambience.

Keywords: products · music · mysteries · talented · eccentric · sublime · The Clash · Barkley · supergroup · Ambience · Herculean · Bad The Queen

Rock and the Reluctant Soldier

Apr 17th, 2006 · Mixing rock, ska, and dance beats, the British band Hard-Fi recalls The Clash's ability to slyly protest the status quo in the context of infectious pop music. "Middle Eastern Holiday" adopts the perspective of a friend going off to fight in Iraq.

Keywords: protests · Iraq · British · Soldiers · music · friends · The Clash · ska · Hard Fi · Eastern Holiday

Arctic Monkeys: Anarchy from the U.K.

Feb 16th, 2006 · The punk rock group Arctic Monkeys is clambering up the British music charts. Their debut album is soon to be released in the United States. Influences include Oasis and The Clash, but they have their own sound.

Keywords: United States · British · music · Arctic · UK · album · punk · The Clash · anarchy · Arctic Monkeys · Oasis

Joe Strummer Before The Clash: The 101'ers

Aug 1st, 2005 · Joe Strummer Before The Clash: The 101'ers August 1, 2005 · Music critic Milo Miles tells us about Joe Strummer's pre-Clash band, The 101'ers. Strummer went on to fame as the lead singer of the seminal punk band The Clash. Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited is the reissued 101'ers album in stores now.

Keywords: critic · fame · music · stores · 2005 · Singer · album · Joe · punk · er · Strummer · Joe Strummer Before The Clash

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