Joe Strummer ... John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash.
Joe Strummer (born , Ankara, Turkey—died , Broomfield, Somerset, England) was a British punk rock star who gave voice to a generation of unrest as the leader of the Clash. The band’s passionate politicized sounds were largely due to Strummer’s commitment to a populist ideology.
Joe Strummer's Last Years and Months At the time of his death, Strummer was at work on a third album with his post-Clash band, the Mescaleros.
THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN: JOE STRUMMER | Music, Biography, Documentary, The Clash Documentaries | FULL MOVIES As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever.
John Graham Mellor or simply Joe Strummer was the leader and vocalist of one of the most important Punk Rock bands, The Clash. The band was formed in 1976, their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978) reached number 2 on the UK charts.
Punk poet, musician, composer, actor and style icon, Joe Strummer spent his life smashing musical and cultural boundaries both as the singer of The Clash and as a solo artist. Songs like ‘Know Your Rights’, ‘London Calling’, ‘Rock The Casbah’, ‘Straight To Hell’, and ‘Coma Girl’ engulfed the global masses and sound as urgent and vital today as when they were written. It was ...
The Clash's longest lead singer, main songwriter, and guitarist, Joe Strummer had a lot of influence on the band's music. Here's a look at his tragic story.