Career Opportunity

Joe Strummer lead vocalist and guitarist with legendary punk band the Clash died of a suspected heart attack on Sunday 22nd December aged 50.

Formed in 1977, the band first performed under the name 'The Clash' at the Mucky Duck in Sheffield alongside the Sex Pistols. Vitriolic classics like 'Career Opportunities (the one's that never knock)' spoke for a generation of disaffected youth who grew up in England at the end of the 1970's, lending a political voice to punk's apparent nihilism.

Strummer's lisping hollow tones and chopping guitar riffs formed the basis of powerful anthems such as 'London Calling' and the dub-inspired 'Rudy'. With this level of gutsy musicianship the Clash were destined to rise above their art school roots and achieve hugh acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.

Although he was almost ruined by drug addiction in the early 1990's, Strummer returned from the wilderness a couple of years back with a new band The Mescalaros, tapping into the rich vein of 'world music'and once again giving his all!