Joe Strummer - London HMV Oxford Street, 16/7/2001
by Anthony Strutt
published: 14 / 1 / 2002

intro
I never got the Clash at all, I'm afraid. But in these days now, when indie has got somewhat boring, it's worth checking out the old chaps to see if they can still cut it in the Y2K. As I said, I never got the Clash but they never pissed me off either. Wa
I never got the Clash at all, I'm afraid. But in these days now, when indie has got somewhat boring, it's worth checking out the old chaps to see if they can still cut it in the Y2K. As I said, I never got the Clash but they never pissed me off either. Watching 'Rude Boy' recently showed me how different the Clash were. They were a product of their environment and not just of their time. Joe is at HMV to promote his second album with the Mescalaros and played a forty minute set to a hardcore crowd. They worshipped him as a god of his time. From their reaction, he is still a shining light here. Playing as always as if his life depended on it, he ploughed through most of the new album as well as a cracking version of his new 7" single 'Johnny Appleseed', managing too to be more politically correct than he ever was. His vocal delivery is polite but still a tad bit bitter. Seeing Joe front the Mescalaros is like seeing Joe front the Levellers, but hey that's a thousand times better than the punk rock that the USA has to offer ie Green Day. Long may he rock !
Picture Gallery:-

features |
A Life 1952-2002 (2003) |
![]() |
Long term Clash fan Denzil Watson looks back and reflects upon on the extraordinary life and the untimely death of Joe Strummer |
digital downloads
most viewed articles
current edition
Bathers - (With Cowboy Mouth and Sugartown), Strathaven Hotel, Strathavan, 17/6/2022Cornbury Music Festival - Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire, 8/7/2022...10/7/2022 -The Final Goodbye
Felix Cavaliere - From Pelham, NY to Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
NIck Godfrey - Interview
Prolapse - Peel Sessions 20.08.94 and 08.04.97
Andy Ellison - Interview
Dorothy Bird - Jimmy's, Liverpool, 30/6/2022
Queen and Adam Lambert - O2 Arena, London, 20/6/2022
Silent Running - Interview
Dwina Gibb - Interview
previous editions
World Party - InterviewSam Brown - Interview 2008
Television - The Drug of the Nation : Part 2
Cliff Richard - Vs Elvis Presley
Television - The Drug of the Nation : Part 1
Richard Hawley - Leadmill, Sheffield, 11/9/2005
Paul Clerehugh - Interview
Candlelight Tribute to Coldplay - Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 1/4/2022
Joy Division - The Image That Made Me Weep
Oasis - London Finsbury Park, 5/7/2002
most viewed reviews
current edition
Hurrah! - David Jensen 08.12.82Moon Under Water - Fragments EP
Marine Research - John Peel 18.05.99
Paolo Nutini - Last Night in the Bittersweet
Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow - Ready for the Times
Burning Hell - Garbage Island
Dave Edwards - Many Rivers
Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp - 18
Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear The Heart
Blue Orchids - Angus Tempus Memoir
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dastardly
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank
Kimberly Bright
Lisa Torem
Maarten Schiethart