Joe Strummer

British singer, musician and songwriter

Photo by: John Coffey · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:August 21, 1952

Died:December 22, 2002

Age at death:50

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Congenital Heart Disease

Zodiac Sign:Leo

Born in:Ankara, Turkey

Languages:English

Singer-songwriter Guitarist Actor

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Famous For

Bands

The ClashThe Mescaleros

Movies & TV

The King of ComedyMystery TrainI Hired a Contract KillerWalkerStraight to Hell

Songs & Albums

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Joe Strummer

British singer, musician and songwriter

Biography

John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash. Strummer's other career highlights included stints with the 101ers, the Latino Rockabilly War, the Mescaleros and the Pogues, as well as solo music, acting, scoring television shows and films and hosting the BBC Radio show London Calling. Strummer and the Clash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003. In his remembrance, Strummer's friends and family established The Joe Strummer Foundation (initially known as Strummerville), a non-profit organisation that gives opportunities to musicians and supports projects around the world to create empowerment through music.

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Quotes

“I'm all lost in the supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for that special offer A guaranteed personality”

— Lost in the Supermarket, from the album London Calling (14 December 1979), co-written with Mick Jones.

“Too many songs have been written about love already, you know? Subject's covered.”

— About why The Clash focuses on political songs.; Interview on Tomorrow with Tom Snyder (5 June 1981).

“Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.”

— As quoted in Coon, Caroline (1977). 1988: The New Wave Punk Rock Explosion. London: Hawthorn. ISBN 0801561299. Invalid ISBN. OCLC 79262599. Retrieved on 21 September 2011.

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Photos

Joe Strummer performing with the Clash at the Tower Theater

Joe-Strummer-Subway, Edgware Road / Harrow Road, London

Andalousie, Grenade, square Joe Strummer. The Clash. The British punk legend has a square named after him in Granada (Andalucia). The Spaniards helped introduce Joe Strummer to the culture of southern Andalusia and the work of Granada's most famous poet, Federico García Lorca, who was shot by a rightwing death squad during the Spanish civil war and buried in an unmarked mass grave in the hills above the city. Strummer later included both Lorca and Granada in his 1979 song Spanish Bombs on the London Calling album, and once tried to find and dig up the poet's grave. Officials confirmed (january 2013) they had chosen a square to be renamed Plaza Joe Strummer, after receiving a petition to honour the musician who moved there from London in 1984 as the Clash began to disintegrate..

Placeta Joe Strummer, Andalousie, Grenade. Joe Strummer Square, The Clash, Spain, Andalucia, Granada. The British punk legend of the Clash has a square named after him in Granada (Andalucia). street artist : El niño de las pinturas