The Clash

摘要

Here are two heady books about punk music legends the Clash, who, though beloved by fans and critics, eschewed "mainstream" success. Both authors get at the root of that independence and intentional ity in slightly different ways. By providing an astute analysis of the band and the late 1970s and early 1980s British era from which it emerged, Egan's (The Mammoth Book of the Rolling Stones) title clearly shows how interrelated those musical and social contexts were: one could not have existed without the other. The Clash can be a bit academic and is even a somewhat sociological read. Still, Egan demonstrates what many other authors have failed to do: that the Clash's intelligent, working-man's music provided an outlet for a groundswell of the punk generation's intellectual rebelliousness.