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The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with reggae, dub, and rockabilly among other roots musics. Furthermore, they were blessed with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, each with a dis... Read More

Bob Dylan, Jimmy Cliff, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Who, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, The Stooges and Sly & Robbie

Arctic Monkeys, Cornelius, Ebba Grön, Green Day, Manic Street Preachers, R.E.M, The Wannadies, U2, Hüsker Dü, Dramarama, Meat Puppets, The Mekons, Razorlight, The Icicle Works, X, The Wallflowers, The Stranglers, Adolescents, Autopilot Off, Generation X, Killradio, Radio 4, Rancid, Social Distortion, The Explosion, The Futureheads, The Libertines, The Living End, Circle Jerks, Dirty Pretty Things, Sham 69, Café Tacuba, The Unseen, The Adverts and Tom Morello