Out of Control Tour '84

updated 2 Sept 2016 with better audio information

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Thanks to the student archives at Vasser there is quite a bit of background on this gig...

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The new Clash I saw this show in Poughkeepsie, NY at the Vassar College/Walker Field House. Earlier that evening, doing an interview on WPDH-a local radio station-Joe Strummer called it "a cow barn" There was an opening acapalla band. The Clash opened with London Calling. The Clash played for a very long time. Something like 3 or 4 encores. Actor Matt Dillon was supposedly in the crowd. I can remember them playing Police & Thieves, Clampdown, Know Your Rights, Rock The Casbah- It was a long time ago. I have seen hundred's of shows since than & always compare any show I see to this one. To this day, this was the best concert I have ever seen. I got right up front near Paul Simonon. I even reached out and touched his combat boot. The Clash played so loud that it hurt my rib cage. Probably because of being so close to the bass speakers. Would love a copy if one exists.

Another fan there wrote: Joe contracted syphillis and was treated at a local hospital.  It was in the newspaper the next day. I saved the article. The first song they played the floor monitors werent working so joe kicked them violently and one fell off of the stage. He had his newly cut mohawk.  I think the first song was know your rights.  The show had large video monitors behind them showing them in a car driving around NYC.  I bought a shirt there with 2 girls dancing on the front saying "jive after five" on the back said "steel jungle" 84 R & B showdown.  I still have it.  It was a good show overall despite the sound.  It was in the gymnasium at vassar college in poughkeepsie NY.  There wasnt an opening band.  If you want a scan of the article or tshirt let me know. doing an on WPDH-a local radio station-Joe Strummer called it "a cow barn".

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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.

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Thanks to the student archives at Vasser there is quite a bit of background on this gig...

Clash Signs to Play Vassar
Vasser Miscellany News, Volume LXXIII, Number 18, - 30 March 1984
By JOSEPH GILL
The English rock band "The Clash" will give an exclusive performance Monday, April 9, at Walker Fieldhouse.

Clash Correction
Miscellany News, Volume LXXIII, Number 19,
6 April 1984
Last Friday's article on the upcoming concert by the Clash ("Clash Signs to Play Vassar," March 30 contained several

Thanks To The Folks At The Clash Bash
Miscellany News, Volume LXXIII, Number 20,
13 April 1984

Landesburg and the ClashVasser Miscellany
Miscellany News, Volume LXXIII, Number 16,
24 February 1984

Live Music at Low Volume
Unscrewed, Volume XV, Number 3,
1 November 1984

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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