Clash

Originally released in May 1982, 'Combat Rock' is the final album from The Clash<br/>of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon.<br/>Featuring two of the band's most well-known songs, 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' and 'Rock The Casbah'.<br/>Now re-released as a 2CD special edition, with an additional 12-tracks compiled by The Clash.<br/>Having returned to London following their pivotal 17-show residency at New York's Bond's Casino in 1981, <br/>the band rehearsed and recorded at The People's Hall in the squatted Republic of Frestonia near Latimer Road in London <br/>and from there they embarked on a tour of the East and South East Asia, during which the album sleeve image was captured by Pennie Smith in Thailand.<br/><br/>The tracks on 'The People's Hall' chart the period from what was their last single Radio Clash <br/>right up to the release of Combat Rock, including unheard, rare and early versions of tracks.

Mick Jones fick sparken inför det som skulle bli det sista Clash-albumet; "Cut the crap". Meningen med titeln är solklar - man ville tillbaka till den tidiga punknerven. På "This is England" lyckades man bäst.