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English punk rock band about|the English band|their debut studio album|The Clash (album)!''The Clash'' (album)|the Thai band|Clash (Thai band)|other uses|Clash (disambiguation) Use British English January 2014 May 2020 Good article Infobox musical artist The Clash group_or_band Clash 21051980 12 800.jpg | landscape = yes Joe Strummer, Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)|Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon in concert with the Clash in 1980 London, England flatlist| * Punk rock * New wave music|new wave * nowrap|post-punk * reggae * experimental rock | discography = hlist|The Clash discography Albums and singles|List of songs recorded by the Clash|songs 1976–1986 flatlist| * Columbia Records|CBS * Epic Records|Epic * Sony Music | spinoffs = flatlist| * Big Audio Dynamite * Havana 3am * The Latino Rockabilly War * The Mescaleros * Carbon/Silicon URL|theclash.com * Joe Strummer * Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)|Mick Jones * Paul Simonon * Topper Headon * Terry Chimes * Keith Levene * Rob Harper * Pete Howard * Nick Sheppard * Vince White ''The Clash'' were an English Rock music|rock band formed in London in 1976. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they are considered one of the most influential acts in the original wave of British punk rock, with their music fusing elements of reggae, Dub music|dub, funk, ska, and rockabilly. The band also contributed to the nowrap|post-punk and new wave music|new wave movements that followed. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)|Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, and drummer Topper Headon|Nicky "Topper" Headon. The Clash achieved critical and commercial success in the United Kingdom with the release of their debut album ''The Clash (album)|The Clash'' (1977) and their second album ''Give 'Em Enough Rope'' (1978). Their experimental third album ''London Calling'', which was released in the UK in December 1979, earned them popularity in the United States, where it was released the following month. A decade later, ''Rolling Stone'' named ''London Calling'' the best album of the 1980s. Following continued musical experimentation on their fourth album ''Sandinista!'' (1980, the band achieved further commercial success with the release of ''Combat Rock'' (1982, which includes the US top-10 hit "Rock the Casbah", helping the album to achieve a 2× platinum certification there. In 1982, Headon left the band due to internal friction surrounding his increasing heroin addiction, and Jones departed the following year. With a new lineup, the band released their final album ''Cut the Crap'' in 1985 before disbanding a few weeks later.cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2600669.stm | title = Clash star Strummer dies | access-date =20 November 2007 | date = 27 December 2002 | format = STM | work=Entertainment | publisher=BBC News World Edition In January 2003, shortly after the death of Joe Strummer, the band, including original drummer Terry Chimes, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the Clash number 28 on its Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".cite web | title = The Clash by The Edge | work = Rolling Stone Issue 946 | date = 15 April 2004 | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/5702/31963/32154 | access-date = 15 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101207053013/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/5702/31963/32154 | archive-date = 7 December 2010 | url-status = dead