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The New Cue #160 May 16: 40 Years of The Clash's Combat Rock with Don Letts

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The New Cue #160 May 16: 40 Years of The Clash's Combat Rock with Don Letts

16 May, 2022

May 16, 2022
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Today, we have the first of two editions devoted to the making of Combat Rock, The Clash’s fifth and most successful album. Combat Rock spawned such mega-hits as Should I Stay Or Should I Go and Rock The Casbah, but it also tipped the band over the edge: the central songwriting axis of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones did not survive it. This morning…

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