LONDON CALLING
"A definative Tribute to the music of The Clash...sound like their heroes..." (The Evening Post)
THE FORMATION:
London Calling formed with an idea of doing a one-off tribute to the music of the Clash in dedication of Joe Strummer as it was the 1st year anniversary of his death on 22 December. The gig was booked at the Junction, St Pauls, Bristol 12th December. Due to disorganisation, just a little advertising was done, in the main local listings magazine. On the night the place was, to our total and utter amazement, packed, and you have to remember that this venue is by no means everyone's favourite joint. The band played 12 songs that night and had to repeat 4 of them as the crowd went mad for it. At the end of the show about half a dozen members of the crowd joined the band on the small, but quite high, wobbly stage and performed White Man in Hammersmith Palais!After that first gig the band decided that they couldn't just leave it at that and they discussed the idea of a tribute band. As lead singer Reg explains. "Well, we didn't want to be a tribute band that were just kind of playing the songs and taking the piss out of the original Clash. What we were trying to do was recreate the excitement we felt during that period as punk rock exploded."
London Calling would like to say a big 'ta' too our fellow comrades especially
Tony 'Stay Free' Gillespie and Mitch Blake, also thanks to Louise Herbert of Tangerine Photographs.
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