Let Fury Have the Hour : Joe Strummer, Punk, and the Movement That Shook the World

Describes the importance of the artist by collecting essays, interviews, art, and writings on his cultural activism. Introduction to the first edition. The future is unwritten / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- Opening 1. Artists as first responders / Wayne Kramer with Margaret Saadi Kramer -- Opening 2. For, not against / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- Let fury have the hour : the punk rock politics of Joe Strummer / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- Introduction to 'The very angry Clash' / Antonio D'Ambrosio -- The very angry Clash / Steve Walsh -- Greatness from garageland / Peter Silverton -- The Clash : anger on the left : punk leaders set sights on America / Mikal Gilmore -- The Clash in America / Sylvie Simmons -- The Clash / Lester Bangs -- The last broadcast / Greil Marcus -- The rebel way : Alex Cox, Jim Jarmusch, and Dick Rude on the film work of Joe Strummer / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- Be bop a lula here's Joe Strummer / Ann Scanlon -- Clash and burn : the politics of punk's permanent revolution / Dennis Broe -- A brother in revolution : women in punk discuss Joe Strummer's influence / Amy Phillips -- Always paying attention : Joe Strummer's life and legacy / Charlie Bertsch -- White riot or right riot : a look back at punk rock and antiracism / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- You can't have a revolution without songs : the legacy of Victor Jara and the political folk music of Caetano Veloso, Silvio Rodriguez, and Joe Strummer / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- Clash of the titan / Joel Schalit -- A man that mattered / Kristine McKenna -- When the two sevens clashed / Carter Van Pelt -- Whatever it takes / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- The Clash legacy : speech to induct the Clash into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2003 / Tom Morello -- The world Is worth fighting for : two creative-activists, Michael Franti and Tim Robbins, continue Joe Strummer's legacy / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- Culture Clash : from Brixton to el barrio NYC / Not4Prophet -- Strange bedfellows : how the Clash inspired Public Enemy / Chuck D -- The Joe I knew / Billy Bragg -- Gettin back to the Bad Seeds : the legend of the long shadow / Antonino D'Ambrosio -- Transcontinental hustle. Global citizens, dangerous creators : Eugene Hütz Joe Strummer, terrorist? Global citizens, dangerous creators : Edwige Danticat "The only band that mattered" ... still does : the story of the Clash as told by the Clash Evolutionary street poetry Bend the notes : a creative response initiation / Antonino D'Ambrosio. Joe Strummer's untimely death at the age of fifty in December 2002 took from us one of the truly unique voices of modern music. The quintessential Rude Boy, punker, rebel musician, artist and activist, Strummer wrote some of the most important and influential music of the last century including "Guns of Brixton," "The Washington Bullets," "Spanish Bombs," "White Man in Hammersmith Palace," "London's Burning," "Lost in the Supermarket," and "Garageland." Effectively melding raw creativity with radical politics, Strummer transformed punk rock from its early associations with reactionary, right wing and nihilistic politics into a social movement. From Rock Against Racism to the Anti-Nazi League Festival to supporting the H-Block protests, Strummer and The Clash led the charge for human rights. Let Fury Have the Hour collects articles, interviews, essays and reviews that chronicle Strummer's life both as a musician and a political activist. Included in this collection are essays and interviews by Antonino D'Ambrosio, alongside contributions from Peter Silverton, Barry Miles, Anya Philips, Sylvia Simmons, Vic Garbarini, Caroline Coons, Todd Martens, Joel Schalit and others. This book also includes original lyrics, photography, art, posters, and flyers, and offers the first serious examination of the life of this extraordinary man. "[A] potent collection [that] ably communicates the hunger for social, cultural and racial justice that made Strummer's work so engaging." "Salon