Happy Birthday to Paul Gustave Simonon, co-founder of the punk rock band The Clash, bassman, punk icon and ballad of 'The Guns of Brixton', born on this day in 1955, Brixton Photo by Virginia Turbett #punk #punks #punkrock #paulsimonon #theclash #history #punkrockhistory #otd - ThreadSky

punkrockhistory.bsky.social • 76 days ago

Happy Birthday to Paul Gustave Simonon, co-founder of the punk rock band The Clash, bassman, punk icon and ballad of 'The Guns of Brixton', born on this day in 1955, Brixton

Photo by Virginia Turbett

#punk #punks #punkrock #paulsimonon #theclash #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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drawsacat.bsky.social•74 days ago

Happy birthday

evaddollie.bsky.social•74 days ago

Train in Vain remains one of my favorites.

jkcreative8.bsky.social•76 days ago

The HOTTEST guy in punk. Happy Birthday! 🖤

amamazed.bsky.social•75 days ago

I remember the good days when there were bands in the charts.

fabulistapollo.bsky.social•75 days ago

Didn’t he work with Arthur Gustave Garfunkleon?

gregcarrhope.bsky.social•76 days ago

Guns Of Brixton great song. Saw them at the Kerrisdale Arena in Vancouver what a wild show! Sadly Alison Fischer one of our group of 4 at the show has long ago died of cancer she became a school principal in Surrey BC very unpunk of her.

meltho68.bsky.social•75 days ago

I really liked this band growing up..well Happy birthday!!

tkg-nc.bsky.social•75 days ago

I always liked The Clash. When I created a YouTube channel to do garden videos it's name was a play on and tribute to the title of one of their songs that never sees radio play in the us.

crazyvlad.bsky.social•76 days ago

"When they knock on your front door
How ya gonna come
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun?"

americanrain.bsky.social•76 days ago

👍

malcolmclulow.bsky.social•75 days ago

London Calling was released over 45 years ago.

backbr88ker.bsky.social•76 days ago

By chance I posted the below elsewhere today.
https://bsky.app/profile/backbr88ker.bsky.social/post/3ldcmsmldik2z

guinevere42.bsky.social•75 days ago

The Clash has had more of an effect on society than the Beatles, according to my Souf London hubby
... 🌺

typomarx.bsky.social•75 days ago

waynehepner.bsky.social•76 days ago

Fan for 47 years, never heard, "Gustave!' I DON'T learn something new every day, so I appreciate such little surprises.

kingmixer.bsky.social•75 days ago

PUNK🪨

dcash.bsky.social•76 days ago

Posted this only yesterday, but it's still relevant. #myguitarhero

vanillagorilla6.bsky.social•76 days ago

Saw them do guns in 81 and then Dropkick Murphys do it 30 years later, awesome.

vanillagorilla6.bsky.social•76 days ago

Always had a great stage presence.

sucitupbuturcup.bsky.social•75 days ago

Tommy Gun

pervistwotroll.bsky.social•76 days ago

Rock the K$shpah

northernsnowdog.bsky.social•76 days ago

It’s Mr. Simonon who’s pictured smashing his base on the iconic cover of The Clash’s “London Calling” album.

northernsnowdog.bsky.social•75 days ago

bass

zanetrow.net•76 days ago

... great album...

https://www.galenandpaul.com/

totallypaula.bsky.social•76 days ago

Rock the Casbah

fulsome-prism.bsky.social•74 days ago

markjnorris.bsky.social•76 days ago

They didn’t write Guns of Brixton and you ought to acknowledge that

belnot.bsky.social•75 days ago

Happy birthdays

dandavenport75.bsky.social•75 days ago

Hottest. Ever. Also…GUSTAVE!?

pzmcg.bsky.social•75 days ago

Also bass player in the wildly underappreciated Havana 3am

anttileppa.bsky.social•76 days ago

https://music.apple.com/fi/music-video/london-calling/1491162420?l=fi
This is how a rock roll band should look like. Happy birthday Mr.Simonon 🥂

tripe.com•76 days ago

That’s *the* guitar.

tripe.com•76 days ago

*bass

mattherdman.bsky.social•75 days ago

He didn’t even know how to play the bass when he was hired to the band, they just liked his aesthetics and vibes and thought he could learn @jakesalza.bsky.social

jakesalza.bsky.social•75 days ago

My dream

lifeinwisconsin.bsky.social•75 days ago

Also founder of the band Havana 3 AM, as I recall, which had at least one great song in them.

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