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I got this email from Anthony Davie:

BBC Studios are currently producing a major project about The Clash and the punk movement, and are reaching out to fans.

The BBC project will consist of an 8 part podcast series, charting the journey of the band in great detail from beginning to end. But alongside the podcast there will be three short films showcasing some of the best archive of The Clash playing live. We’re therefore looking for fans who were at the following gigs and are willing to share their memories with us:

- Roxy New Year’s Day - January 1st 1977
- Munich, Schwabinger Brau - October 4th 1977
- Rock Against Racism, Victoria Park, London - April 30th 1978
- Glasgow Apollo - 4th July 1978
- Bonds Times Square gigs - May & June 1981
- Shea Stadium, New York with The Who - Oct 12th & 13th 1981

We would love to hear from fans whose lives were changed by the band. Do you have specific memories of hearing your first Clash record – was it a big deal, hearing their music for the first time, can you remember where you were, what was going on your life, and what emotions hearing their music sparked in you?

We’re looking for interesting anecdotes or experiences which might relate to the following themes:
- finding your favourite band and feeling like you’re hearing music for the first time - finally this is something that speaks to you
- the shock of early Punk
- the look and early fashion of punk
- the experience of punk from the suburbs
- the experience of being let into gigs for free or hanging with the band
- the band influencing or interacting with politics, class, gender and race - music with a message that you thought was important
- the band transcending punk and going mainstream - for good or bad - and breaking America
- what was it like hearing that various members had left the band, or when they split up

Please get in touch...…….

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- What it was like hearing that Joe had died

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Maybe they will find the complete recording of De Montford Hall, that is if it really is a BBC recording.

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I suggest all (genuine) Clash fans boycott this request;
I am sick & tired of the BBC cleaning up & parasitising off The Clash legacy
when they refused to play them on daytime radio throughout the 70s & 80s
...I can assure you even Rock The Casbah & Should I Stay or Should I Go
were never played – during their initial release.

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Hammy wrote:
19 Aug 2018, 6:21am
I suggest all (genuine) Clash fans boycott this request;
I am sick & tired of the BBC cleaning up & parasitising off The Clash legacy
when they refused to play them on daytime radio throughout the 70s & 80s
...I can assure you even Rock The Casbah & Should I Stay or Should I Go
were never played – during their initial release.
Yes they were
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deny wrote:
19 Aug 2018, 9:30am
Hammy wrote:
19 Aug 2018, 6:21am
I suggest all (genuine) Clash fans boycott this request;
I am sick & tired of the BBC cleaning up & parasitising off The Clash legacy
when they refused to play them on daytime radio throughout the 70s & 80s
...I can assure you even Rock The Casbah & Should I Stay or Should I Go
were never played – during their initial release.
Yes they were
Yep they definitely were on the Radio 1 playlist summer of 82.

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How old are you; are you british?
I''m glad you can pull some factoids out yer arse
...look, don't you think there's a reason
they shared the record (with ACDC)
as the band that had the most top 40 hits
without getting past number 10?!
Get with the program – this is the fucking Clash
the BBC suppressed them...
Radio 1 played Queen, The Euythmics and fucking BA Robertson
...you weren't there
I WAS.

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Even if it was true that the Clash were frozen out of the BBC at the time (which it's not), why hold that against them now? The folks who would have been in charge are all long gone, most of 'em probably dead.
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Hammy wrote:
19 Aug 2018, 5:22pm
How old are you; are you british?
I''m glad you can pull some factoids out yer arse
...look, don't you think there's a reason
they shared the record (with ACDC)
as the band that had the most top 40 hits
without getting past number 10?!
Get with the program – this is the fucking Clash
the BBC suppressed them...
Radio 1 played Queen, The Euythmics and fucking BA Robertson
...you weren't there
I WAS.
No I am not British however I am English.
In the summer of 1982 I was 16 when RTC / SISOSIG was in the charts. It was on rotation on Radio 1 that summer. I was on south coast holiday at the time and remember it well including the Radio One Roadshow (look it up it has been discussed on here more than once).
I saw The Clash play on that tour on 27th July at Poole Arts Centre.

So actually yes I was there.

BTW I saw Rude Boy at the cinema upon release in 1980, I didn't hear about it later from my big brother ;)
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Flex wrote:
19 Aug 2018, 7:09pm
Even if it was true that the Clash were frozen out of the BBC at the time (which it's not), why hold that against them now? The folks who would have been in charge are all long gone, most of 'em probably dead.
Agree with this.

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I certainly heard RtC a few times on the radio in 82 though not on the BBC which I wouldn't have had access to at the time, but I think its true enough to say that the perception in the band was that they got no respect from Radio One at all, certainly in the early years at least. Not sure how John Peel would come into that equation, mind. Regardless, it all seems a little bit quaint and pathetic now. Of all the things going on in the world, getting precious about a song not being played on the radio seems like pretty small beer. Joe doing his BBC World show and Mick and Paul appearing as regular guests on BBC 6 would suggest that there's no hard feelings now, its all dim and ancient history.

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If The Clash were ignored by the BBC in '82, what was that Micky Dread remix of Mick, Paul & Kosmo talking about Joe Strummer disappearing - May 2nd - on the Kid Jensen show about? I was there and it said Radio 1 on my tuner.

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Yeah well – I'm Scottish (but consider myself British)...so get it up ya!
Yup, least Lay Down Low's keeping it real – to some respect.
If it's 'no small beans' – why are we bothering with punk rock gigs from 77 etc?
The whole Don Letts 6 Music side of things...is just a sign of the band's appropriation in later years.
As far as being tipped off by my big brother – glad your doing your homework
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