When considered in a broader social context, The Clash stand as
one of the most important musical acts in rock history. Original punks
who transcended the music’s minimalist origins, The Clash lived and
breathed the idea that they could change the world with their art.
In
The Clash: The Only Band That Mattered, respected music critic Sean
Egan examines The Clash’s career and art through the prism of the
uniquely interesting and fractious UK politics of the 1970s and ’80s,
without which they simply would not have existed. Tackling such subjects
as The Clash’s self-conscious tussles with their record label, the
accusations of selling out that dogged their footsteps, their rivalry
with the similarly leaning but less purist Jam, the paradoxical quality
of their achieving multiplatinum success, and even whether their
denunciations of Thatcherism were proven wrong, Egan has come up with
new insights into a much discussed group. Clash fans, Clash haters,
social historians, and political students will all find themselves
entertained by his thought-provoking conclusions.
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