Comments on: Joe Strummer; Remembering A Legend… http://www.thepier.org/joe-strummer-remembering-a-legend%e2%80%a6/ Fri, 17 May 2013 22:21:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Dub Diezelhttp://www.thepier.org/joe-strummer-remembering-a-legend%e2%80%a6/#comment-183623 Dub Diezel Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:56:28 +0000 http://www.thepier.org/?p=44731#comment-183623 OUTSTANDING ARTICLE MASON!!!!! I Loved it. Strummer and the Clash will forever be one of my all time favorite bands, musical icons. Genious in my eyes. I have to thank musicians such as Strummer for even getting me into reggae. Always being a fan of Punk and Metal of course, my two older brothers played me the album "Sandinista!" or technically I should say albums with it, and I was hooked!Yes I luv "London Calling" , "Combat Rock" albums, pretty much any and everythnig The Clash every made actually, but it was Sandinista! that changed everything for me. I love the later The Clash's Dub album, or Dub Clash/Clash Dub. Alot from Sandinista!, as far as with longer cuts of certain versions of songs that were featured on Sandinista! as well as some other Clash albums on top of new unreleased material also with what some could say were never realeased B-Sides and what not, but if you love 311 and Sublime etc... grab the Clash Dub and you'll see where Nick Hexum and Brad Nowell got a lot of inspiration, especially Nick. I remember playing 311's Evolver album for the first time when it first came out and the person in my car happen to hear the track "Same Mistake Twice" and actually asked if that was The Clash? I laughed and said well I'm sure 311 would be honored to hear you ask that with the comparison but no it's 311, but that is a prime example of how The Clash have inspired so many of today's artists. You'll hear house music DJ's, artists, rappers, you name it, using Clash samples on all sorts of different tracks. M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" I believe is what the track is called, uses a sample from The Clash's song "Straight to Hell" ya know that crazy screetching violin noize, that just sounds funky weird awesome. An English native herself showing some Clah Luv. Hell even Cypress Hill use version samples of "Guns of Brixton" with one of their songs with of course help from "Tim Armstrong", just a couple examples . Speaking of which, another musician and band I have always dug and respected, 'Rancid'. You just know Strummer was a huuuuge influence on Tim Armstrong as so much of their music can be compared with bits and pieces of detail of Clash sounding related material or with Tim's solo album that I absolutely dig. Joe Strummer to me should forever always be held up there with the Marley's, Elvis, big time musicians, the great one's. Some may same I'm crazy from a lyrical standpoint but maybe yes...musically, but I would still argue that. Strummer told the truth with the BS where he grew up and around the world. A true Punker, Anarchy at it's finest hahaha. Don't want to leave out Mick either from the band, he is just as much of an inspiration musically to me as Strummer. This is what I love about "ThePier.Org" they recognize the greats and will preech it to the masses insuring and showing their respect in what makes up why this is even a website, because of the whole reggae-rock genre. What led a lot of the bands to performing the style of music that they do today. I luv Sublime and Brad with the great music they gave us and albums like 40 oz 's changed my life too, but as a 31 year old I've been around long enough to be fortunate to have so much music of this genrea stylee introduced to me as a little kid to understand where a lot of it really started, embracing it, while still being a young dude now rcoking out ot it hahaha. Much Props on this article. P.S. I laughed seeing the above picture of 'Grosse Point Blank" one of my favorite movies simply because of the soundtrack played throughout the entire movie, and yes I have a copy of the soundtrack as well. There are actually 2 copies; a version 1 and 2 of the soundtrack, but the 1st one which is pictured above is all you really need. Great 'Clash' tunes, 'Bowie/Queen', 'G.N.R', 'English Beat', badass 'Faith No More'and a great version of "Pressure Drop" by another one of my all time favorite groups 'The Specials'. Peace! -Diezel OUTSTANDING ARTICLE MASON!!!!! I Loved it. Strummer and the Clash will forever be one of my all time favorite bands, musical icons. Genious in my eyes. I have to thank musicians such as Strummer for even getting me into reggae. Always being a fan of Punk and Metal of course, my two older brothers played me the album “Sandinista!” or technically I should say albums with it, and I was hooked!Yes I luv “London Calling” , “Combat Rock” albums, pretty much any and everythnig The Clash every made actually, but it was Sandinista! that changed everything for me. I love the later The Clash’s Dub album, or Dub Clash/Clash Dub. Alot from Sandinista!, as far as with longer cuts of certain versions of songs that were featured on Sandinista! as well as some other Clash albums on top of new unreleased material also with what some could say were never realeased B-Sides and what not, but if you love 311 and Sublime etc… grab the Clash Dub and you’ll see where Nick Hexum and Brad Nowell got a lot of inspiration, especially Nick.

I remember playing 311′s Evolver album for the first time when it first came out and the person in my car happen to hear the track “Same Mistake Twice” and actually asked if that was The Clash? I laughed and said well I’m sure 311 would be honored to hear you ask that with the comparison but no it’s 311, but that is a prime example of how The Clash have inspired so many of today’s artists. You’ll hear house music DJ’s, artists, rappers, you name it, using Clash samples on all sorts of different tracks. M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” I believe is what the track is called, uses a sample from The Clash’s song “Straight to Hell” ya know that crazy screetching violin noize, that just sounds funky weird awesome. An English native herself showing some Clah Luv. Hell even Cypress Hill use version samples of “Guns of Brixton” with one of their songs with of course help from “Tim Armstrong”, just a couple examples . Speaking of which, another musician and band I have always dug and respected, ‘Rancid’. You just know Strummer was a huuuuge influence on Tim Armstrong as so much of their music can be compared with bits and pieces of detail of Clash sounding related material or with Tim’s solo album that I absolutely dig. Joe Strummer to me should forever always be held up there with the Marley’s, Elvis, big time musicians, the great one’s. Some may same I’m crazy from a lyrical standpoint but maybe yes…musically, but I would still argue that. Strummer told the truth with the BS where he grew up and around the world. A true Punker, Anarchy at it’s finest hahaha. Don’t want to leave out Mick either from the band, he is just as much of an inspiration musically to me as Strummer.

This is what I love about “ThePier.Org” they recognize the greats and will preech it to the masses insuring and showing their respect in what makes up why this is even a website, because of the whole reggae-rock genre. What led a lot of the bands to performing the style of music that they do today. I luv Sublime and Brad with the great music they gave us and albums like 40 oz ‘s changed my life too, but as a 31 year old I’ve been around long enough to be fortunate to have so much music of this genrea stylee introduced to me as a little kid to understand where a lot of it really started, embracing it, while still being a young dude now rcoking out ot it hahaha. Much Props on this article.

P.S. I laughed seeing the above picture of ‘Grosse Point Blank” one of my favorite movies simply because of the soundtrack played throughout the entire movie, and yes I have a copy of the soundtrack as well. There are actually 2 copies; a version 1 and 2 of the soundtrack, but the 1st one which is pictured above is all you really need. Great ‘Clash’ tunes, ‘Bowie/Queen’, ‘G.N.R’, ‘English Beat’, badass ‘Faith No More’and a great version of “Pressure Drop” by another one of my all time favorite groups ‘The Specials’. Peace!

-Diezel

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