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RASH CLASH MASH IN MOTOR CITY BASH

Joe Strummer and I are sitting in a bar, talking about his band.

December 1, 1979
Dave DiMartino

Joe Strummer and I are sitting in a bar, talking about his band. I ask him about “I Fought the Law” and its relatively unexpected success on American radio. Doesn’t he think it odd that the one song promising to break the Clash in America is a tune he didn’t even write?

Joe shakes his head in disgust, something he’s been doing quite a bit of. “It just goes to show ya, ya know?” he says.

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