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Studios in West London on Spring 1988. The album gets its name from Tighten Up compilation series by Trojan Records.

Phill Jupitus has loved comic strips all his life. Would their creators live up to his expectations? Phill Jupitus The Guardian , Tuesday July 22, 2008 Comic crescendo ... Phill Jupitus' Doonesbury-inspired ...

You get a production budget ridiculously high enough and anyone can put on a fairly interesting show.

Sony/BMG Movie A Special Features B DVD Geek Factor 8 On Dec. 22, 2002, 50-year-old Joe Strummer, founding father of the Clash, was kicking back on a sofa.

Nicky Wire, bassist and lyricist with seminal British group Manic Street Preachers, speaks to The St.

Diplo has collaborated with Santogold on a new mixtape called Top Ranking , and it includes this update of the Clash's classic "The Guns of Brixton". Santogold has often been compared to M.I.A., of course, and ...

To his legions of acolytes, "Chairman Joe" was Jesus, Jumpin' Jack Flash, and JFK, all rolled into one hopelessly romantic whole.

Rachid Taha Rock El Casbah: The Best of Wrasse Records For the uninitiated, a best-of compilation can be a good introduction, or it can horribly missrepresent the artist and the depth of their work.

New to DVD Stop-Loss Rated R, War Drama Starring Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt.

"The Clash then [1979] recorded London Calling ... the double album was a mix of punk rock, rockabilly, reggae, rock and roll, ska and other elements that recalled the band's earlier days, but also had greater ...

How far we've fallen. Via the Best Magazine In The World, a response to a New York Magazine article about the current generation of politically correct "Punkers". Lefty favorite Joe Strummer was the son of a ...

"BERLIN CALLING" photographs by Alex Flach. With the release of his new book "Berlin Calling," Alex Flach presents an impressive collection of photographs about life in his native city over the last twelve ...

After arriving in Turaqistan, hit man Brand Hauser meets contact Marsha Dillon to begin his dirty deeds.

This year online radio station WOXY broadcast its 19th annual "Modern Rock 500" over Memorial Day weekend.

Grant remains best known for his '80s hits I Don't Wanna Dance and Electric Avenue but that's only a small part of the story.

Carbon/Silicon is Tony James from Generation X and Mick Jones from The Clash Set List "Why Do Men Fight" "That's Alright" "Magic Suitcase" "What the Flux" World Cafe , June 26, 2008 - Before Radiohead subverted ...

Final 2 Rachid Taha dreams of Dolly Parton For more Music, visit NYPOST.COM June 29, 2008 4:25 AM EDT For a ROCK HERO, Rachid Taha has unlikely roots.

In the band's golden years, California punk rock heroes Rancid mirrored The Clash in style and creative arc, going from raw early works to mainstream breakthroughs and kitchen-sink sprawlers .

Creative Loafing cover girl and Tropical Heatwave star Amanda Shaw returns to Tampa Bay to play Skipper's Smokehouse on August 8. If you saw the singer/songwriter/fiddler in May then you're already excited ...

If the choir of senior citizens in this film can make a prison yard full of inmates weep, then no one's heartstrings are safe from tugging.