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From his time in The Clash to The Mescaleros to The Latino Rockabilly War to his solo efforts, Joe Strummer has contributed some incredible pieces of work to the world of punk rock and reggae music.

When The Clash had a Top 40 hit in 1980 with “Train in Vain,” it wasn’t just a breakthrough for the band—it was a breakthrough for punk. Seminal bands in the genre, such as The Stooges, The Ramones, ...

“Combat Rock” is the Clash’s most commercially successful album, and it’s also the one that tore them apart. Although it contains their two most-popular songs — “Should I Stay or Should I Go” and ...

At this point, The Clash had three guitarists. They were a five-piece band rather than the four-piece which became familiar. The guitarist who left a few weeks after the Screen on the Green outing was ...

In the final analysis, the first wave of British punk rock left us with a brief, fractious cacophony. The Sex Pistols imploded quickly and with a famously ferocious violence. Sham-69 and X-Ray Spex ...

Like many British musicians who came of age in the 1960s and ‘70s, the principals of politically charged punk band the Clash were fans of New Orleans rhythm & blues. The Clash’s 1980 triple album ...