{"product_id":"we-are-the-clash-reagan-thatcher-and-the-last-stand-of-a-band-that-mattered-hardcover","title":"We Are the Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Andersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph Heibutzki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Clash's final chapter, after guitarist Mick Jones' 1983 departure, has largely been forgotten--until this book, in which authors Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki argue that the punk pioneers were still creating vital music to the very end.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, an RS Picks \/ New Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Loved pick for July!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWe Are The Clash\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki...are more interested in Strummer's strain to re-harness the power of punk to ignite opposition in the cynical Thatcher-Reagan era.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Current\u003c\/i\u003e's Rock and Roll Book Club (Minnesota Public Radio)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Clash may have not been the best example of integrity in the music world with their careerist opportunism but their message of hope and possibility, cribbed from Reggae and Soul music, is all too important.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaximum Rocknroll\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you think of The Clash, what comes to mind? Their early days in the London punk scene, perhaps, or the triumphant release of London Calling. \u003ci\u003eWe Are The Clash\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on a very different moment in the band's history: the point at which the group splintered in the early 1980s, and its members grappled with an onset of reactionary governments around the world.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, included in the July 2018 Book Preview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most rewarding music books you'll come across this year...By focusing as much on the politics that motivated the Clash, \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Clash\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a vital political history as much as an account of an underdocumented portion of a band's career. Great music books catalyze critical reconsiderations; \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Clash\u003c\/i\u003e does one better, inviting readers to consider what matters to them: the creative commodities that artists produce? Or the ideals, however complexly and clumsily human they may be, that often compel artists to create in the first place.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohns Hopkins Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping tale of the band's struggle to reinvent itself as George Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e loomed. This bold campaign crashed headlong into a wall of internal contraditions and rising right-wing power.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBrooklyn Digest\u003c\/b\u003e (blog)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven the number of books out there about The Clash, this is, as I stated, the only one to take a genuine, unbiased and in-depth appraisal of this era of the band. Given the quality of the writing, this could also be the most essential book about the band.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScanner Zine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Clash was a paradox of revolutionary conviction, musical ambition, and commercial drive. \u003ci\u003eWe Are The Clash\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping tale of the band's struggle to reinvent itself as George Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e loomed. This bold campaign crashed headlong into a wall of internal contradictions, and rising right-wing power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the world teetered on the edge of the nuclear abyss, British miners waged a life-or-death strike, and tens of thousands died from US guns in Central America, Clash cofounders Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, and Bernard Rhodes waged a desperate last stand after ejecting guitarist Mick Jones and drummer Topper Headon. 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