Although the triple album sprawl of 1980’s Sandinista! from The Clash – the self-styled “only band that matters” – may seem like a more obvious candidate for inspection under the prog ...

Album: Combat Rock (1982) Prior to his departure from the band in 1983, Mick Jones had one more great song in him for The Clash, and he wrote it by thinking back to the beginning.

The punk rock movement of the 1970s was already hitting a tailspin by 1984. It had been five years since Sid Vicious died and The Sex Pistols broke up. The Clash were splintering, too, saying ...

Combat Rock was a return to a more direct, if not shorter, album. “Should I Stay or Should I Go” and “Rock the Casbah” became global hits, and The Clash was back.

Instead, with a focus on the fall-out of the Vietnam war and the decay of American society, The Clash’s fifth album, 1982’s Combat Rock, is not only their last great thematic statement but ...

As punk rock grew, The Clash played to thousands in Davenport in 1984. Timeless Tickets: Palmer went punk in 1984, with The Clash playing two years after 'Combat Rock' Skip to main content Skip to ...