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After the Clash played the famous 1983 US festival the band suffered internal turmoil resulting in major lineup changes made mostly by their manager Bernie Rhodes. In 1984-86 this 'second generation' Clash toured and recorded the final Clash studio album 'Cut The Crap, released in 1985. Strummer went to Spain to chill. In the meantime the "This Is England" single was released. Joe said, "CBS had paid an advance for it so they had to put it out. I just went, 'Well fuck this', and fucked off to the mountains of Spain to sit sobbing under a palm tree, while Bernie had to deliver a record." In early 1986 the Clash disbanded. Joe Strummer has disavowed the 'second generation' Clash, saying 'It was a total fuck-up'.
I don't like the idea that people who aren't adolescents make records. Adolescents make the best records. Except for Paul Simon. Except for Graceland. He's hit a new plateau there, but he's writing to his own age group. Graceland is something new. That song to his son is just as good as 'Blue Suede Shoes': 'Before you were born dude when life was great.' That's just as good as 'Blue Suede Shoes,' and that is a new dimension.
I think people ought to know that we're anti-fascist, we're anti-violence, we're anti-racist and we're pro-creative. We're against ignorance. about THE CLASH.
When the Clash collapsed, we were tired. There had been a lot of intense activity in five years. Secondly, I felt we'd run out of idea gasoline. And thirdly, I wanted to shut up and let someone else have a go at it.
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