The Clash (from left) Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer and Terry Chimes pose for a portrait in 1982. Getty Images The former drummer highlighted that he was already a “non-drug taking ...

By 1969, Jones was kicked out the group after his drug use made him unreliable and a pair of drug arrests in England made it unlikely he could perform in America for the group's 1969 U.S tour.