The
British Punk movement was initiated
by the Sex Pistols..........and
on December 1st 1976........the Thames T.V.'s tea-time programme
Today show
gave them more
notoriety....and Punk rock became the 20th
century's second great youth rebellion after rock'n'roll.....
Locate this scene in West London by standing on
the exact spot where this photograph was taken with the famous building in
the background which appears in a Mick Jones' Big Audio Dynamite LP cover.
Email your
photograph to me so that I can create a page with this 'Clash
Location'....
AN EXHIBITION AND A BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY JULIAN YEWDALL
PUBLISHED BY WESTNINE PUBLICATIONS ISBN 978-0-9573286-0-0
1st EDITION OF 1000 SOFTBACK 352 PAGES B/W 150gsm FSC PAPER
SUBWAY GALLERY SPECIAL PRICE £20 - RRP £25
With explanatory text by the photographer, A Permanent Record features
over
160 black and white photographs of Joe Strummer, legendary Clash front
man,
as well as unpublished images of seminal all-girl punk band The Slits.
Yewdall first met Strummer in 1974 when the then John 'Woody' Mellor
moved into
the squat at 101 Walterton Road in London's Maida Hill. Yewdall sang
and played
harmonica in an early line-up in The 101'ers, then briefly managed the
band before
abandoning the musical for the visual by picking up a camera. These
intimate pictures
are direct from the heart of the West London squatting movement of the
early
seventies, that exceptional period when access to abandoned properties
provided
opportunities for artists to develop their craft without the
constraints of financial
imperatives. The pictures include posed portraits as well as informal
reportage taken
when stardom was only a glimmer in the eye of this inimitable artist.
The images of
Strummer date back to his earliest days when he was a singer with
The101'ers, the
quintessential squat-rock group in which he learned his musical and
political 'chops'.
In Yewdall's live pictures of the hirsute guitar-player you can see
the frenetic
movement and stage presence that he honed to perfection as front man
of the Clash,
today considered one of the greatest bands of all time.
This was also the history of The Slits, who supported the Clash on
their first full-scale tour of Britain. Fronted by Ari Up, The Slits
set the template for British girl groups; riveting live performers,
uncompromising and fearless, The Slits reached their
recording zenith in 1979 with the release of the Dennis Bovell-produced
album, 'Cut'.
Photographs of Strummer with his group of the late 1980's, The Latino
Rockabilly War, book-end the project, along with memorabilia from
tribute exhibitions following the sudden death of Joe Strummer at the
end of 2002.
These extraordinary photographs stand as a heartfelt testament
Nov. 22- Joe Strummer's widow, Lucinda Mellor married Mike Garland. Their
reception was at the Mondrian in London.He's a charming, successful
businessman and she seems very happy now.
(Joe Strummer ran
the London
Marathon in mid-April 1981 with his girlfriend Gaby Slater) He ran the
London Marathon again in1983 in a time of 3hours 20minutes.
(Paris Marathon, April/May 1982
with his girlfriend Gaby Salter who came last in the race)
Alex Michon
models Clash shirt and "conductor" trousers, 1979
(pictured below) & Krys Kolowska, who designed/made the gear, and Paul
Gorman, author of The Look, will be the presenters.
A book telling when, how and where
London Calling was made, detailing the stories behind its songs, placing the album in
contexts personal, musical and socio-political, noting its impact upon
release, and considering the ripple effects since, both in The Clash
members' own careers and 'in the culture'.
The Clash - Tony Parsons 1977
Interview pt. 1
The Clash Tony Parsons 1977
Interview pt 2
The main aim of this site is an attempt to gather
biographicalimages and thoughts about The Clashvia the brilliant and informative "Last Gang In
Town" and "A Riot of Our Own"
resource books. Quoting brief passages of text for 'advertising and study purposes', it is hoped that dedicated
Clash fans around the world will purchase both Marcus Gray and Johnny
Green's superb Clash stories by clicking on the appropriate headings.
This website is totally dedicated to
both authors for their time and efforts over a period of many years in
locating the landmarks & in amassing the anecdotal and factual material
that pertains to them AND to the unique
songwriter Joe Strummer,who died peacefully
at his home
in Somerset on Sunday,22nd December 2002. He was 50 years old.
The
Bridgwater's Palace Theatre
gig, a benefit for The Engine Room,
Somerset's New Media Centre, was an amazing experience..........it
followed on from the previous nights
gig I
had attended......... at Newport's TJ's........my
daughter and I
stood at the feet
of Joe Strummer on Sunday, 17th November 2002....... his opening words informed some lively individuals to
quieten down or he'd come down and sort them out.....during the show he dropped
his USA Nylon .60mm Jim Dunlop plectrum and it was hurriedly grabbed from the stage by my daughter
where it is now used daily on our Fender electric guitar....
The following
pages unfold from my time at school with Mick Jones.....to Joe's year in
Newport to his early years in the 101'ers and the musical influence of The
Clash.......
" I am merely
a spirit in a body,
Who is made a
body and then will depart this body."
Joe Strummer 2002
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