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Finish the lyric: Wasn't I lucky, wouldn't it be lovely? (where'd you go?)

Last night of the 16 Tons USA tour - Detroit MI - Motor City Roller Rink. The gig a benefit for Jackie Wilson was an added date to the tour and the band hired equipment just for the night

In March 1991, Should I Stay Or Should I Go reached #1 in the UK charts. When did you first hear this song?

Finish the lyric: They cried the tears, they shed the fears Up and down the land

1980 The Clash perform at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia. #theclash

On the 5th March 1981,John Piccarella writes for the Rolling Stone on Sandinista! ”It's three records […] ask and answer some of the right questions about violence and nonviolence, history and the future, crime and the law, revolution and fascism, worldwide angst and hope” How would you sum it up?

The Clash on their 16 Tonns Tour in America, 1980 #TheClash

The Clash on top of Mt. Tamalpais, CA in February 1979. 📷: © @bob_gruen #TheClash

The Clash #TheClash

English Civil War- The Clash #TheClash

Finish the lyric: But you grow up and you calm down

Mick Jones tried to teach Paul Simonon to play the guitar (as he had no previous experience), but he took up the bass because ”it’s easier and has only 4 strings”. #theclash 📷 Kevin Cummins

1979 the single "English Civil War" is released with "Pressure Drop" on the b-side #theclash

Finish the lyrics: "One day it's fine and next it's black So if you want me off your back"

Sounds Magazine, writing about The Clash in America, describes "euphoric scenes of wild abandon, the belated explosion of punk consciousness". Credit: Bob Gruen

Live at the Lewisham Odeon, 1980: Train in Vain (Stand by Me)

Finish the lyrics: You say you stand by your man So tell me something I don't understand

1979, The Clash perform ‘Desmond Dekker's 'Israelites' on Tyne Tees TV's 'Alright Now" show.

Happy International Clash day! Shoutout to Kexp radio. Which album are you listening to today? #theclash #internationalclashday

The Clash play football with a local punk team in Vancouver, Canada. By Heather Ewasew

Finish the lyric : You better paint your face No Elvis, Beatles, or The Rolling Stones

"All things are possible if it's from the heart." - The Clash

The Clash 📷 Brian Aris

The Clash, 1982 ©️Pennie Smith #theclash #combatrock

Finish the lyric: There's a solitary man cryin', "Hold me" It's only because he's a-lonely

The Clash Trivia a) According to the first album, who are the Clash 'bored' with?

Finish the lyric: No slimy deals With smarmy eels

1980, a month after the original UK release, London Calling is officially released in the US. The split Atlantic release date results in the record being voted ‘best album of the 1980s’ by Rolling Stone magazine and one of the top 10 greatest albums of the 70s by the UKs own NME.

Who said this quote: "I don't know any other group that in its soul cares as much as The Clash. Our idea was not to live out their fantasties for them but to show them that they could live out their own fantasies."

Finish the lyric: Then said you'd given it up Gone an' kicked it in the head

Finish the lyric: And everybody say, "Is he all right?" And everybody say, "What's he like?"

On New Year's Day 1977, The Clash played the opening night at Londons premier punk venue, The Roxy Club in Covent Garden.

In response to kids shouting happy new year at a gig at the Lyceum in London, Joe Strummer shouted back ‘Never mind that shit…you’ve got your future at stake. Face front! Take it!’ 📷 Gus Stewart, 1978

Who said this quote? "They are incredible. I really wanted to join. They are by far the best band in the country".

Finish the lyric: Baby, baby, won't you hear my plea?

Guess what year and gig this picture is from

The Clash host their ‘Christmas Dinner Dance’ at Acklam Hall’ 1979 #TheClash

Who said the quote: “I never wanted to go back and relive the glory days; I just want to keep moving forward. That's what I took from punk. Keep going. Don't look back."

“Joe taught us all a lot. And the main thing he taught us, not that we didn’t know it, was how to be with people. He was a man of the people. And I couldn’t just give you one example of that. He was like that all the time.” - Mick Jones Pennie Smith ©️

Thank you 🖤 #GRAMMYs #recordingacademy

Smash Hits cover 1979. #TheClash

Who said the quote? ‘ Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'