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| | Irish Times Article - Punk rock's most passionate and convincing stage performer |
 | | Their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope, veered dangerously close to American hard rock, and their next, London Calling, was a tour de force of styles, from rockabilly to hard rock, dub and ska, alchemised by plenty of finger-jabbing attitude; in 1989, it topped Rolling Stone magazine's top 100 albums of the 1980s. |
 | | He was reluctant to talk about his background and boarding-school education at the City of London Freemen's school in Surrey, scarcely the most plausible credentials for a punk rocker. |
 | | The Clash was born when Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, guitarist and bassist with the London SS, poached Strummer from the 101ers, with London SS manager Bernard Rhodes stepping in to manage the new group. |
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