Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years [Deluxe Boxset)

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ABOUT USLouder Than War is a music, culture and media publication headed by The Membranes & Goldblade frontman John Robb. Online since 2010 it is one of the fastest-growing and most respected music-related publications on the net. You have the right to free speech, as long as you’re not dumb enough to try it!”. Those lyrics from the late Joe Strummer have probably never had more genuine resonance in our lifetimes than within the current social climate, which makes the new ‘Joe Strummer 002 The Mescaleros years’ box set, a timely and important release.

Set to be release by Dark Horse Records, ‘Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years’ will be released on September 16 and marks the first time a comprehensive anthology of the outfit’s work has been issued. December 2022 4:07 PM Tributes paid to Joe Strummer on 20th anniversary of death: ‘Never forgotten’ The late frontman of The Clash died on December 22, 2002

There’s so much great music that Joe left us in his archive,” says Joe’s widow and the executive producer, Lucinda Tait. “We started this work with ‘001’, so tofocuson Joe’s work with The Mescaleros was the natural second step on ‘002’ because those songs he made with them just seemed to resonate so strongly and reinvigorated his connection with his audience at a level he hadn’t experienced since his days with The Clash. marks 20 years since the passing of the legendaryJoe Strummer. While best known as the frontman forThe Clash, between 1999-2002 Strummer producedsome of his most exciting work alongside The A photo posted on the social media accounts of The Pogues, meanwhile, encouraged fans to “raise a glass” to the late singer. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Strummer’s widow, Lucinda Tait, served as executive producer for ‘Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years’.

I think when you have a communal sound, the listener feels like they can be part of that community.” marks twenty years since the passing of the legendary Joe Strummer. Punk poet, musician, composer, actor, and style icon, Strummer spent his life smashing musical and cultural boundaries both as the singer of The Clash and as a solo artist. His songs sound as urgent and vital today as when they were written. Coming after the 2018 ‘001’ release, it pays fitting tribute to the recordings of a man who deeply touched the lives of so many people. What I’d dearly love to hear now is an ‘OO3’ set comprising of ‘live’ performances within the years covered in this release and I’m sure I will not be alone in anticipation of that. In the aforementioned interview, Lucinda hinted that the well is not dry concerning such a prospect, a welcome assurance I’m sure for many of us. The world may well have not yet heard the last from Joe Strummer and in my book, that’s a damned good thing.I just think that what Joe did with the Mescaleros and those records, and those songs, and those words, it was a very communal sound,” said Vedder. Premier league status in the remastering world. That said, the ultimate delight for Strummer fans is the final album ”Vibes Compass”, which as Henry Rollins rightly points out in the accompanying video review, delivers in ways which many similarly heralded releases often fall short. Now, 20 years to the day since his passing, musical figures including Strummer’s own musical contemporaries have reflected on his death and paid tribute to his lasting musical legacy. Lucinda Tait will appear on a special ‘CFATR RESITANCE STREET RADIO SHOW’ dedicated to the ‘002’ release in October (Date to be announced) with Robin Banks, Dr Louise Raw and Richard David. The show will be aired ‘live’ on the PORTOBELLO RADIO platform in West London, with an accompanying podcast to be released shortly afterwards. Dark Horse Records is celebrating what would have been Joe Strummer’s 70th birthday on Sunday, 21 August with today’s premiere of ‘ Fantastic‘, available now at all DSPs and streaming services.