theunderestimator-2: The night Joe went from Strummer to Punk Rock Warlord:Joe Strummer, then frontm
theunderestimator-2: The night Joe went from Strummer to Punk Rock Warlord:Joe Strummer, then frontman of pub rock band The 101ers, photographed by Joe Stevens with bassist Dan Kelleher onstage at The Nashville Rooms, London, on April 23, 1976. The recently formed Sex Pistols had also played in the same venue that night supporting his band for the second time -this was the infamous show where provocateurs Malcolm McLaren & Vivienne Westwood instigated a fight with audience members which got the band the publicity they needed. Seeing their performance was a life-changing experience for Joe Strummer the moment he realized he was looking at his punk rock future:“They were like a million years ahead,” he later told his biographer Chris Salewicz. “I realised immediately we were going nowhere, the rest of my group hated them…”(via) -- source link
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