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I saw them in Fresno of all places back in either '82 or '83. The opening band, which I thought was pretty good, was getting boo'd and the audience was throwing things at them. Two songs into their set, Joe Strummer barges out from backstage, the band stops playing, and Strummer yells at the crowd "Shut the fuck up. These guys are going to be great some day and you are going to regret it." He marched back behnd the curtains, the band fired up again and everyone got into the music.
The opening band was Los Lobos.
The opening band was Los Lobos.
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Re: Any memorable Clash concerts?
Sat, December 13, 2003 - 10:56 PMFirst time I even saw them (this old punk missed them live:()was on the Tv show "Fridays" and they did London calling and I think Train in Vain? 1980 if I recall. And I was amazed at them! Then the rest is history..I turned into a Punk. -
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Fri, June 3, 2005 - 5:00 PMhey tim.....funny u should mention that show "fridays"
lots of musical guests on that show....the one i remember most was the Jam (a personal favorite) apparently they played in nyc and La....did the fridays show and went home..what a shame.
On a side note...Fear played saturday night live and i have never seen that episode again. They never include fear in any of the musical highlights of the show and i don't think they rerun it ever. Of course, as soon as i post this ...some punk.....lol....is gonna find all the specifics and send us a link to the download and all that crap...
I would love to see it again...as Belushi came out and stage dived during Fear's second set..if i remember right..damn senior moment.
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Mon, December 15, 2003 - 10:59 PMI was a little fleebag watching a crappy portable black n white.the set had a broken channel changer so you had to use pliers and they would shock the crap out of you . So, I'm stuck watchind boring saturday night live , when this band comes on,
and belts out rock the casbah in front of terrified looking cops and security. I never bought another rock album after that!
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Sat, December 27, 2003 - 9:25 AM84 at the "Barn" in new brunswick. Last great show besides the smiths at the pier in nyc -
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Sun, January 18, 2004 - 10:56 PMI saw them at the US festival (*ugh - I hate huge rock fests), then I saw them when they toured with the Who. Soon after, I saw the "other" Clash during the Cut the Crap tour (*ugh) and was hoping for a Clash reunion during the later years (*heavy sigh w/a tear rolling down my cheek). -
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Re: Any memorable Clash concerts?
Fri, January 23, 2004 - 11:48 PMI was lucky enough to have seen The Clash six times. The best was the first, in 1980 I think, to support London Calling at the Warfield in SF.
I saw the tours that followed and they were all pretty good but when they started doing the stadium shows it just seemed kind of out of place.
Definitely a band that could blow the doors off a small venue.
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Sun, January 25, 2004 - 7:55 PMI don't know how I missed them. Saw BAD a couple of times in about '85 or '85. Small club in Chicago, which rocked. Of all the bands I did see, this is the one that got away. -
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Thu, January 29, 2004 - 3:47 PMYeah, I saw BAD with PIL in the early 90's. It got Mick (whinebag) Jones to autograph my 86 Combat Rock tour shirt and he looked at me a little strangely (like, what's this kid with liberty spikes doing at a BAD show). I'm only 30 so I missed the real Clash. I saw Joe with the Mescaleros 2 years back in SF. I have to say that I cried during a couple of the Clash songs, because I knew I would never be able to see them in the midst of the most meaningful part of their history.
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Wed, March 3, 2004 - 11:22 AMSometime in early 1978 at Victoria Park in North London at one of the Rock Against Racism outdoor concerts. Support bands were
Steel Pulse, X Ray Spex (whatever happened to Poly Styrene, is she sill into the Hare Krishna thing ?) and some others.
The sound system went out a couple of times, gobbing (spitting large wads of phlegm) was still happening. I think that this was
in the period between complete control and clash city rockers being released on 45.
Even though it was organized by RAR there were large numbers of skinheads there, this was before they all shifted their allegiance to Sham 69.
Clash concerts at the time were amazing, if the sound system didn't die, if there was no riot between nazi skinheads and everyone else, if the police let them play, if the local council dind't shut the whole thing down, if Strummer wasn't sick ...
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Fri, March 12, 2004 - 7:24 PMWent to see them in LA at the Palladium in 1982, stupidly thought we could get tickets at the door. The show had been sold out for weeks. The security gurards were nice enough to open the doors for a little bit so the rather large crowd outside could see for a few minutes. The best concert I never attended. -
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Wed, July 14, 2004 - 12:07 PMYes. Ii was fortunate enough to be at their secret Roxy gig in LA on April 27, 1980. Best show of my life... -
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Wed, June 1, 2005 - 11:57 AM83 in Providence, RI. Great show -- Strummer instigated the people who had been sold seats to come out behind the barricades and stand up front...Radio Clash was a killuh! -
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Wed, June 1, 2005 - 3:02 PM
<<83 in Providence, RI. Great show ->>>
They didn't play in Providence in 83. Was it 82 perhaps? -
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Fri, June 3, 2005 - 11:49 AMMaybe it was 82. -
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Tue, June 28, 2005 - 11:02 AMi wish i was old enough to have seen them...
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Mon, July 4, 2005 - 10:30 AMSaw what was left of The Clash in '84 at the San Francisco Civic... I remember it being a pretty good show but I was only 14 at the time and high on NoDoz so who knows! ;-) I also remember everyone being extremely aggitated and vocal to have to wait through the opening act (Los Lobos). Here's an old review of the show...
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Tue, January 17, 2006 - 1:55 PMDamn I'm gonna sound my age ...Pearl Harbour tour Nyc ..The Palladium ...I was 19 or 20? . and the shows at the Bond Time Square madness .............
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Re: Any memorable Clash concerts?
Wed, February 8, 2006 - 6:12 AMDidn't have the opportunity to see the Clash live, but did get to see Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros in 1999 at Bogart's in Cincinnati. They put on a GREAT show. They played some of their stuff and a ton of Clash songs including a stunning version of Safe European Home. The crowd was into it and the band really seemed to feed off of that. They seemed genuinely appreciative of the positive reception. It was honestly one of the best shows I've ever been to. It gave me a hint of what a Clash show must have been like.
