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“When Squeeze were first successful, we essentially had to dumb down to fit in with what was going on”: Glenn Tilbrook on the sounds that gave Squeeze a push, and the resurrection of the English rock legends' early recordings

The Squeeze frontman, songwriter, and guitarist shares the story behind Trixies, a new album that unearths demos from decades ago, and brings them gloriously back to life

Guitar World

"We never said it was a Utopia. Rock'n'roll is played on enemy ground." What happened when The Clash arrived in the USA

It's early 1979, punk is building, and The Clash arrive in theUS to play their first shows there. We were on the road with them and witnessed events first-hand

Louder

"We never fit into any scene or genre, ever, so all our friends are weirdos." What happened when we took Skindred record shopping in Newport

Genre-smashing Welsh rockers Skindred undertake Classic Rock's £50 vinyl challenge

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“I wanted to be a little bit like Joe Strummer, a little bit Bruce Springsteen, a little bit punk”: A “hammer” with strings? Fender teams up with Brian Fallon for limited edition ’59 Telecaster Custom

It’ll cost you the best part of seven thousand bucks but this stunning Telecaster is the Fender Custom Shop doing Fender Custom Shop things again

Guitar World

“On the spur of the moment I said, ‘I’m going to do the backing vocals in Spanish’”: How The Clash created an iconic ’80s hit that’s lived on thanks to Levi’s, Kylie and Stranger Things

“It was just a good rockin’ song – our attempt at writing a classic”

MusicRadar

"She dumped the baby on me and Joe Strummer and f***ed off for three days." That time a world famous rock star got shocked members of The Clash and The Damned to babysit her daughter while she went out partying

Two Punks And A Baby: A Hollywood Tale

Louder

“When we were mixing, he used to get so excited that I used to have to hold him down with one hand and try and carry on the manual mix on the desk with the other": The making of the Clash’s mature masterpiece, London Calling

How football, thrown ladders and destroyed pianos combined to create the "album of the 80s"

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You owe it to yourself to find this gonzo western cult classic

Starring Ed Harris at his most chilling, this angry and funny satire explodes the period movie genre

What Hi-Fi?

Zidane, Eusébio … Adams: footballers whose names are also song titles

Plus: two European ties in the same stadium on one day and the highest opening weekend goals-per-game ratio

The Guardian - UK

The Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux review – screen encore for punk’s raging heroes

Danny Garcia’s second take on the band’s story looks past their riotous ascent to the gloomier and rather less watchable years that followed

The Guardian - UK

The middle-aged punk rocker who forged a press card to follow the Tour de France

Johnny Green, former road manager of The Clash, followed the Tour in 2004 and wrote one of the most revealing books on the sport you could read.

Cycling Weekly

Charting protest pop: How music can bring about change

The 1980s was a period of profound popularity for political pop. Now, 40 years later, it’s what we desperately need again

The National (Scotland)

A wild walk along Spain’s empty coast – where the desert meets the sea

Saved from tourist development by a ‘favourite daughter of Andalucía’, Cabo de Gata is a spectacular national park perfect for an adventure on foot

The Guardian - UK

The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives

24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs

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Grammy Academy to present Lifetime Achievement to Prince and The Clash

Despite Prince and Joe Strummer, er both being dead

Louder

"Lemmy was a creature of habit; he'd have a huge line of speed and then a big fry-up for breakfast": Topper Headon's wild tales of Johnny Thunders, Keith Moon, Keith Richards and more

Living with Lemmy, Sharing a tour bus with Bo Diddley, refusing to get out of bed for Martin Scorsese – these are the stories of Topper Headon, legendary drummer with The Clash

Guitar World

“It sold for $937,000 to an anonymous buyer who, we assume, doesn't play punk rock for a living”: From Joe Strummer’s Tele to Johnny Ramone's Mosrite, here are the iconic guitars behind the sound of punk – and the modern-day equivalents you can buy today

The filth, the fury, and '80s Fernandes Strat copies – these guitars, amps, and effects defined the sound of some of rock's greatest, and most rebellious, bands

Evening Standard

Joe Strummer subway: London pedestrian tunnels given makeover to become eco 'rain garden'

Famed location where The Clash frontman used to busk is reinvented to tackle climate change

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Derek Boshier obituary

Leading figure of the 1960s pop art movement who was determined not to be bound by labels or market demands

Louder

“The chief of police came up to me in the cell and went, Is this the Englander who’s accused of beating up punks? Then he bent down and said, Good for you, mate.” Joe Strummer on the night a Clash gig turned into a bloody band versus audience riot

For The Clash, gigs in Hamburg, Germany in the early '80s were challenging, scary and violent

Guitar World

“This is a very iconic guitar. It’s one of the harder guitars I’ve ever had to replicate”: Fender’s latest Joe Strummer tribute model is a meticulous Masterbuilt Custom Shop creation that costs $20,000

The forensic replica is said to reproduce “every aspect” of the Clash trailblazer’s 1966 Telecaster, including all the scrapes and scars of the original model

MusicRadar

“All the wear and tear from decades of touring is perfectly recreated on this incredible limited edition”: Fender unveils a $20,000 Masterbuilt replica of Joe Strummer’s 1966 Telecaster

Fender Senior Master Builder Paul Waller has gone to town on this Telecaster, forensically recreating all the detail from the punk icon's original – but that detail's gonna cost you

MusicRadar

"I’ve sat in a room with Amy Winehouse and a guitar. Watching those tiny hands finding all these weird jazz chords. And her strumming patterns... crazy, off-kilter timings. She made it look so effortless": Pete Doherty talks friendships, guitars and music

Plus, the 5 songs that changed his life

Metal Hammer

"Minor Threat were like The Beatles. I saw Ian MacKaye write Straight Edge on his mother's piano": Henry Rollins on Black Flag, Minor Threat, The Stooges, Green Day, Beyoncé and the meaning of punk

Former SOA, Black Flag, Rollins Band frontman Henry Rollins knows a thing or three about punk rock, so pay attention please

Evening Standard

Eric Cantona on his musical reinvention: 'I was a rock star before I became a footballer. I was born with it'

The former Manchester United star has an album out and is on the road for a 14-date tour

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