The Clash : the only band that mattered / Sean Egan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egan, Sean, author.

Series:

Tempo (Lanham, Md.)

Tempo

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clash (Musical group).

Punk rock musicians--England--Biography.

Punk rock musicians.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 231 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

"In The Clash: The Only Band That Matters, 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 Seventies and Eighties, without which they simply would not have existed. Tackling subjects such as The Clash's self-conscious tussles with their record label, the accusations of sell-out that dogged their footsteps, their rivalry with the similarly leaning but less purist Jam, the paradoxical quality of their achieving multi-platinum success and even whether their denunciations of Thatcherism were proven wrong, Egan has come up with new insights into a much discussed group"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Garageland, more or less

Sellout alert

Reinventing punk

In the shadow of The Jam

A paradoxical success

A sad finale

Rehabilitation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

ISBN:

9780810888753

0810888750

OCLC:

883391648