vocals/guitar for The Clash
vocals/guitar for The 101'ers
Joe Strummer
 Real name
John Graham Mellor
Date of birth
21 August 1952,
Ankara, Turkey

Filmography as: Actor, Composer
Actor filmography
   1.Docteur Chance (1997)
   2.I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) .... Guitar player
     ... aka Vertrag mit meinem Killer (1991) (Germany)
   3._Mystery Train_ (vhs/ntsc) (1989) .... Johnny
   4.Candy Mountain (1987) .... Mario
   5._Straight To Hell_ (vhs/ntsc) (1987) .... Simms
   6.King of Comedy, The (1983) .... Street Scum
   7._Rude Boy_ (vhs/ntsc) (1980) .... Rhythm guitarist
Filmography as: Actor, Composer
Composer filmography
   1.Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
   2.When Pigs Fly (1993)
     ... aka Wenn Schweine fliegen (1993) (Germany)
        3.Permanent Record (1988)
   4.Walker (1988)
   5.Sid and Nancy (1986)
     ... aka Sid and Nancy: Love Kills (1986)
   6._Rude Boy_ (1980)

Son of a worker in a diplomat's office; spent early youth living in Iran and Mexico before settling in England.  Began busking in the early 70s under the folkie guise of "Woody Mellor" (after folk legend Woody Guthrie); later changed moniker to the more descriptive "Joe Strummer". Frontman for the 101ers in the mid-70s before joining up with the Clash in 1976. Carried on with the Clash after Mick Jones' departure, seeing the band through til 1985. Since then, has had an uneven solo career, working primarily on soundtracks for films (1986's _Sid & Nancy_, 1987's _Walker_, 1988's _Permanent Record_, 1991's _I Hired A Contract Killer_, and 1997's _Grosse Pointe Blank_ (vhs/ntsc) among them). Has also appeared as an actor in a handful of films (most notably 1987's _Straight To Hell_ and 1989's _Mystery Train_). Released his first full-fledged solo LP in 1989, _Earthquake Weather_ cassette . Sat in with the Pogues on and off between 1988 and 1991, including a tour as frontman in 1991. Produced the Pogues' LP _Hell's Ditch_ CD. After numerous one-off guest appearances (Brian Setzer Orchestra, the Levelers, Black Grape), Strummer formed The Mescaleros with Antony Genn in 1999. The band released an LP, _Rock Art & The X-Ray Style_, in 1999 and are currently on tour. Married with three daughters.  Co-wrote and produced tracks for B.A.D.'s sophomore LP _No. 10, Upping St._; appeared in an episode of the American TV series South Park in 1998; filmmaker Jim Jarmusch wrote his role in _Mystery Train_ specifically for him.

Pogues live with Joe Strummer.

12-16-91 Dublin, Ireland

• _If I Should Fall From Grace With God _ MP3 (192k)
• _Sayonara_ MP3 (192k)
• _Cotton Fields_ MP3 (192k)
• _Young Ned Of The Hill_ MP3 (192k)
• _Rain Street_ MP3 (192k)
• _Repeal Of The Licensing Laws_ MP3 (192k)
• _Tombstone_ MP3 (192k)
• _Turkish Song Of The Damned_ MP3 (192k)
• _Gartloney Rats_ MP3 (192k)
• _London Calling_ MP3 (192k)
• _Thousands Are Sailing_ MP3 (192k)
• _The Sunnyside Of The Street_ MP3 (192k)
• _Straight To Hell_ MP3 (192k)
• _Medley_ MP3 (192k)
• _Dirty Old Town_ MP3 (192k)
• _The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn_ MP3 (192k)
• _Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah_ MP3 (192k)
• _Star Of The County Down_ MP3 (192k)
• _I Fought The Law_ MP3 (192k)
• _Brand New Cadillac_ MP3 (192k)
• _Fiesta_ MP3 (192k)

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

• _Rock Art & The X-Ray Style_ MP3
• _Rudie Can't Fail (Live)_ MP3 (90k)
• _Junco Partner (Live)_ MP3 (80k)
• _White Man In Hammersmith Palais (Live)_ MP3
• _Tommy Gun (Live)_ MP3
• _Tony Adams_ MP3
• _Safe European Home (Live in Toronto)_ MP3
• _Yalla Yalla (Norro's King Dub)_ MP3 (160k)
• _Brand New Cadillac (Live)_ MP3 (80k)
• _Bankrobber (Live in Toronto)_ MP3
• _Evil Darling (Live)_ MP3
• release _Rock Art & The X-Ray Style_ on Epitaph (1999)

• 8. _Forbidden City_ MP3
• release _Global A Go-Go_ on Epitaph (2001)

• _Johnny Appleseed_ MP3
  • live on Letterman (mpg)(44.1megs)
• _Cool 'n' Out_
• _Global A Go-Go_
• _Bhindi Bhagee_ MP3
• _Gamma Ray_
• _Mega Bottle Ride_
• _Shaktar Donetsk_
• _Mondo Bongo_
• _Bummed Out City_
• _At The Border, Guy_
• _Minstrel Boy_ MP3

• _Joe Strummer Interview_ bootleg picture disc 12" (1984)

• MP3x8
• Live pictures (ca. 1982-83) of Joe Strummer on side A, and Mick Jones on side B, although the interview is just Joe, and is from 1984. A ranting interview ("The Clash compared to the Pentagon is smaller than a flea on a flea on an elephant!", "Clash is gonna take the drug out of drug!", "...and all this just adds to the nuclear war!", etc.) He also spends some time badmouthing Mick ("... it was like dragging a dead dog around on a bit of string!"). "Last Gang in Town" refers to this interview as being from "Spring, 1984" which may be when it was broadcast, if it ever was (the interviewer is apparently a TV guy.) Based on Joe's comments, though, it was probably recorded sometime between February 1st and 10th, 1984 (Joe says that they "just toured California" and later points out his guitar and amplifier which are packed and ready to go, so it may have been between the US and UK 'Out of Control' tours.")

  excerpt:

  Q: has your honesty hurt your sanity?

JS: of course it has. in a world that builds on illusion. advertising is illusion... [...] in america, they're gone... i tell you they're gone... you go to california.. i'm talking really simple basic things.. you touch a piece of wood.... wrong! this wood is not wood. this wood looks like wood. [...] people smile at you... wrong! they've been told by the management to smile at you. so really, you're not seeing anything that's real... not the objects, the buildings, the signs, everything is fake. [...] and what they get we will get later... if the world is moving towards that then i'm not interested... i like to come back here cause here in london we have reality, we have people shoving you out the way... that gesture, it's clear. this guy's in a bad mood and he's shoving me out the way... that is real communication... in california, they'll sue you. they'll sue you or smile at you while he's thinking of shoving you out the way...

• produced: The Pogues - _Hell's Ditch_ CD on Island (1990)
• BBC Radio 2 _Tribute To Joe Strummer (4/19/03)_ MP3 (80k)(57:03)(33.4megs)
• _Joe Strummer Bob Dylan's 60th Birthday_ Parts 1 & 2 MP3 - radio recording with Joe & Stevie Wonder talking about Dylan
• track _In The Pouring Rain_ MP3 by Joe Strummer off of _DOA_ bootleg CDx2 by The Clash
• track _Straight To Hell (live 6/23/88)_ MP3 (160k) by Joe Strummer & The Latino Rockabilly War
• _Joe Strummer Interview BBC 2 Radio July 20, 2001)_ MP3 (64k)
• subject matter in the book _Last Gang InTown_  by Marcus Gray

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