Thursday, December 22, 2016

Joe Strummer - R.I.P.


Joe Strummer died on this day in 2002. Look back at Strummer's remarkable life with some video below, plus at the bottom of the post there's a collection of tributes/stories written about Strummer from the past week. Viva Joe Strummer! May his memory and music last forever...

Joe Strummer remembered in the Guardian in a 2014 piece written by his children.

"(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" (one of Strummer's final performances - this was shot in London in November 2002)



"Straight To Hell", performed by Strummer & The Latino Rockabilly War 1988



The Clash interviewed on Tom Snyder, 1981



"The Magnificent Seven" (performance from Snyder's program)



Viva Joe Strummer: The Story Of The Clash (full documentary from 2005)



Television coverage of Strummer's death from 2002







Published December 22nd, 2016