I've had a clash tribute cd for years already with No Doubt doing Hateful and Mach 10 doing some bizzare version of Should I Stay or Should I go. I lost the insert and the disc doesn't say anything on it so I'm not sure who else is on it. OH, I think the Mighty Mighty Bosstones do Radio Clash, and some country dudes do White Riot. Really funny, that one is.

TRUE DAT

it could be worse...Janie Jones is my fave Clash song...and a band called Neurotic Outsiders (comprised of great members of other great bands...Sex Pistols, Guns and Roses, Duran Duran) covered it and ruined it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steve Jones should NEVER be allowed to sing a clash song!

Apparently Green Day are big Clash fans. Phil Jupitus (ex-BBC 6Music DJ) mentioned on one of his last shows, a time when Green Day had appeared on the BBC TV Show - Later With Jools Holland. The show is recorded in one big studio, with about 6 or 7 bands and a live audience. For that show, they'd had Mick Jones and Paul Simonon in the audience, ready to do a short chat with Jools in between the bands. Phil J had been at the recording. He said that before the recording Green Day had been hanging round like school kids too shy to speak to Jones or SImonon. Eventually one of them plucked up the courage to go over and asked Mick and Paul to autograph a guitar. According to Jupitus, in the presence of these two aging West London punks, Green Day had lost all of their swagger and attitude, and were really shy and nervous.

I guess it just goes to show that what The Clash achieved 25-30 years ago, still means something to youngsters coming along.

Oh, and of course Green Day aren't punk - it's just a label they've been given by the lazy media.

Nick