US Tour 1984 April May

Here is a list of known articles around the time of the tour. If you know of anything that is missing please do let us know.

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Record Mirror archive 1955-1981
Searchable, most editions

Fanzines: Great Collection
Great collection of scanned fanzines from the 1970s and 1980s

Blank poster, hi resolution.

Vince White's view

And a far cry from the mess of my first Clash gig in Santa Barbara. So if it turns up that would be the indicator of an original recording. Also it was the only show I played completely sober!!! I'd love to hear it. I really had my shit together on that one."

The Clash adopts 'back to basics' stand
Indiana Gazette – Fri Apr 13 1984

LOS ANGELES AP- The Clash, hardy survivors of the British punk revolution. are regrouping as they continue their battle against complacency. "Punk is an attitude that kids need,'* said singer-songwriter-guitarist See Strummer, still an angry young man at age 30 ...

PROPHET OF PUNK Strummer has some Clashing views

Daily News – Mon Apr 16 1984

Clash making a comeback
Corvallis Gazette Times
Fri Apr 20 1984

LOS ANGELES -

The Clash, hardy varvilvors of the British punk revolution, are regrouping as they continue their battle against corn phieentvy. "Punk is an attitude- that kids need," said oingero songwritereguitarist Joe Strummer, an angry young man nt age 30, as tak Sip-ped a wine spritzer at a Hollywood heel.

The Clash: They Want To Spoil The Party So They'll Stay
Bill Holdship, Creem, October 1984
CREEM CONTRIBUTOR Mark Norton and I were talking several days before the Clash "invaded" Detroit, and we began discussing the concept of "armchair activism" and how the Clash probably fit into that category.

The Courier News
Sat May 5 1984

Straight To Hell - The Final Days Of The Clash
By Chris Knowles (Classic Rock) April 18, 2005

In 1983, The Clash sacked Mick Jones, hired three new members and tried to return to their punk rock roots. Cue two years of back-stabbing, bullying, busking and blistering rock n roll... PDF

THE CLASH'S FORGOTTEN YEARS, 1984-1986

In its official version, the story of The Clash ends with the firing of lead guitarist Mick Jones in 1983. Though founding members Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon subsequently led a five-piece version of the group until the first months of 1986, it is not a polite thing to mention at parties. The 384-page coffee-table book The Clash devotes less than a single page to the final two and a half years of the bandÃs career, and the 1985 album Cut The Crap has been left out of every Clash box set to date. In the words of Rolling Stone, Ã¬It doesnÃt count, and the whole thing has basically been erased from history. The Clash as we know them ended at the 1983 US Festival.Ã® The new Clash met the same fate as the new Coke. PDF

Book
We Are The Clash: The Last Stand of a Band That Mattered
The Clash's bold, tragic last stand, rescued from history's dustbin: at war with Thatcher, Reagan, the Top Ten, & (sometimes) itself...
Mark Andersen & Ralph Heibutzki

Clash City Showdown - Paperback
1 Dec. 2003 - by Chris Knowles

Clash communique with new tracks

THE CLASH'S FORGOTTEN YEARS, 1984-1986

Clash City Showdown - Paperback
1 Dec. 2003 - by Chris Knowles

Clash communique with new tracks

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