1970ish. You know that famous line "they **** you up, your mum and dad". Mine did worse. They uprooted us to go and live in the ****ing Medway Towns. Sake! :angry:
My first memory of that day was Patrick Fitzgerald getting about 30 seconds into his gentle set then being hit square in the face by a can of lager thrown by some feral c*** skinhead down the front. Hated those low IQ Nazi scum then, hate them to this day. Pure trash.
Sometimes overlooked, but The Clash are due huge credit for turning a lot of punk kids on to less commercially known reggae artists like Mikey Dread and Junior Murvin. Their feel for the music and the feeling behind it was instinctive.
Can't think of a better place to start than Complete Control for a taste of the raw dynamic power of the band
Cracking vid includes some superb 70's footage incl their magnificent appearance at the Rock Against Racism festival at Victoria Park, Hackney in 1978.
Joe Strummer RIP