Out of Control Tour '84
Audio 1 -
Sound 3.5 - 42min - ?? gen - 11 tracks
Decent, usual faults.
Safe European Home
A decent sound exists on this recording which is dampened by some noise and the fact that it only contains essentially the first half of the gig. Link to Satch's
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"I remember that they did "Last Gang In Town" (I remember they showed clips from "The Warriors") and that they ended with "White Riot." The house-lights had come up and people were filing out and then they came back out and played "White Riot."
Anon.
"some friends of mine in a very Clash-influenced band called the Nightporters opened. I had much better tickets but my lasting memories will always be Joe's mohawk and his holding his hand to his head the whole show. Not sure if my friend taped this or not (he's not even sure if he went.)
Jon
Clash ticket courtesy Dave Ridley
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One of the most unique and magnificent venue The Clash ever played. Opened on Christmas Day in 1929 it was a beautifully outlandish, opulent, grandiose monument to the heady excesses of the pre-crash 1920's, a mosque-like structure complete with minarets, onion domes, and an interior decor which was even more lavish than its facade.[see photos]
A unique and magnificent venue; the “Fabulous Fox" is one of the most ornate and largest movie palaces remaining in the United States. Although still trying to get seat-less venues at least in part, the band had now outgrown smaller Atlanta venues and the huge 4,678 seater Fox was sold out for The Clash. It’s not clear whether a deal was struck to remove the front rows of seats.
Entering the huge auditorium, an early reviewer for the Atlanta Journal described "a picturesque and almost disturbing grandeur beyond imagination. Visitors encounter an indoor Arabian courtyard with a sky full of flickering stars and magically drifting clouds; a spectacular striped canopy overhanging the balcony; stage curtains depicting mosques and Moorish rulers in hand sewn sequins and rhinestones." Puts Brixton Fair Deal/Academy’s exotic interior firmly in the shade!
Under strong management The Fox prospered as one of Atlanta's finest movie houses from the 1940's through the 1960's. The time of the movie palace finally ran out around 1973. A four-year "Save The Fox" fundraising campaign secured a National Historic Landmark designation and the theatre survived as a multi-purpose performing arts centre. An army of volunteers went to work cleaning the interiors for the first benefit concert. The Clash ticket price included 25C for restoration.
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There are several sights that provide setlists but most mirror www.blackmarketclash.co.uk. They are worth checking.
from Setlist FM (cannot be relied on)
from Songkick (cannot be relied on)
... both have lists of people who say they went
& from the newer Concert Database
Also useful: Ultimate Music datbase, All Music, Clash books at DISCOGS
A collection of interviews, features, articles and tour information from April to August 1984.
If you know of any articles or references for this particular gig, anything that is missing, please do let us know.
The Atlanta Constitution - Sat Mar 31 1984
full page on the upcoming visit to Atlanta
Checkout Vince White's Clash biog, The Last Days of the Clash
We Are The Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered
By Mark Andersen, Ralph Heibutzki
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The Clash - Toronto Bus Interview April 1984
Joe Strummer interviewed by Lisa Robinson for WNYC?
This 2-part interview presents polar extremes of Joe Strummer. The first part most likely takes place in late 1983, after Mick Jones left the band but before the new Clash line-up started touring together. The majority of this segment involves Strummer heatedly discussing all the reasons Jones was fired. He then goes on to talk animatedly about the new incarnation of the band and how everyone in America is on drugs.
In the second part of the interview, recorded in the beginning of 1984, Strummer sounds melancholy and exhausted. However, with the departure of Mick Jones from The Clash being old news by this point, Lisa Robinson is able to steer the questioning towards what Strummer makes of performing, success, and his music.
Part 1
00:00 Why Mick was fired: emotional blackmail
01:15 Bitterness
01:56 Success vs. personal problems
02:48 Mick's vision for the band / guitar synth
03:59 Who/what constitutes The Clash
06:10 Making a not-so-great Clash album: Combat Rock
07:05 Glyn Johns saves Combat Rock (as per Joe Strummer)
07:55 Glyn Johns ruins Combat Rock (as per Mick Jones)
08:35 Forcing Mick Jones to sing "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"
10:22 An honorable way for a band to go out
11:00 The two new guitarists (Vince White, Nick Sheppard)
11:39 Hoping to be possessed
12:40 A divorced writing partnership with Mick / "Death is a Star"
14:02 Writing with Paul Simonon / road-testing new songs
14:55 Pete Howard on drums
15:07 Recording a new album
15:49 The US Festival
16:46 Everybody in America is on drugs
18:29 [phone]: Mick Jones' response
Part 2
00:00 Other aspirations / graphic artist
00:51 Growing up with a diplomat father
01:57 A feeling of homelessness
02:29 Slagged for being middle-class
02:59 The reaction in Britain to the disbanding of The Clash
03:45 Taking some criticisms to heart
04:25 Not enjoying playing in stadiums
05:45 Crowd behavior / whose fault
07:13 The ideal performing situation
07:49 Pros and cons for The Clash getting bigger
08:30 Avoiding the problems of The Who
09:09 The commercial success of Combat Rock
10:48 [A false start]
11:07 Joe's opinion of The Clash's music
12:11 Musical influences
12:45 The blues boom of the 60's in Britain
15:05 Re-selling R&B to the U.S.
Joe Strummer Interview Ltd Edition picture disk
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