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Last Gang in Town: The Story and Myth of the Clash
Author: Marcus Gray
(Paperback, 1997)
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The Clash were an enthralling mix of raw punk energy, old-fashioned rock & roll raunch, and radi...
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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0805046410
ISBN-13: 9780805046410
Sep 1997
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
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Synopsis
The Clash were an enthralling mix of raw punk energy, old-fashioned rock & roll raunch, and radical, often contradictory grass roots politics. The evolution from their 1976 origins as barely competent London punk rockers to perhaps the most influential band of the post-punk era is charted in Marcus Gray's LAST GANG IN TOWN, a minutely researched, detail-packed journey through the band's sometimes rocky career. Gray evenhandedly highlights the band's strengths and exposes many of the (often self-generated) myths--such as working class roots and deprived childhoods--surrounding its members, with which they often bolstered their punk credibility. He describes the band's early success with its 1977 self-titled album, and its subsequent struggles with the fickle British pop press and a record label (CBS) that didn't share its egalitarian values. He also portrays the initial mixed reception that greeted its epochal 1979 LONDON CALLING album, its transition from cult band to major rock act with 1982's COMBAT ROCK, and its eventual demise in 1985. LAST GANG IN TOWN is compelling, instructional reading, revealing both the ambivalence with which the future Rock & Roll Hall of Famers treated their rock star status and the internal tensions produced by their moral and political idealism.
| Size | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 27.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
This critical biography of the punk group of the 1970s The Clash traces the influences of a group which helped define music during the 1976 punk explosion. For those which remain interested in the era and sound, this will prove a classic, providing not the usual pop group focus but a scholarly approach to analyzing the group s impact and sound.
Midwest Book Review - Unknown Critic Staff (11/01/1996)
"This is a fascinating and even funny book....[It] will make you want to listen to their records."
Times Literary Supplement - David Quantick
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