The Clash - Audio Ammunition Documentary - Part 5 "Combat Rock"

In this exclusive documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of the late, great Joe Strummer, all four members of "the only band that matters" walk us through the making of each of their classic albums. In Part 5 they discuss the making of Combat Rock, and how the band didn't have any answers to the world's myriad problems.
Get the newly re-mastered versions of those albums along with a new hits collection based on the set list from one of Joe's favorite gigs on Google Play: goo.gl/qZAZJw
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[@deathfromabove77]

the last bit with Joe reflecting on the band and what they achieved ( or tried to achieve) bought tears to my eyes..12 years since his death and still miss him..RIP Joe Strummer..Punk Warlord

[@markyncole]

That interview is from "The Clash: Westway To The World" and at the very end that one while Joe is reflecting on his regrets (they all have a few) about their break up and how he shouldn't have messed with the chemistry of the band by firing Mick he turns away like he's about to cry because talking about it starts to upset him. He definitely felt bad about how it all ended and that was many years later too that it still bothered him. Paul ends the film saying "If I could do it all over again,I wouldn't change anything,I think it's fine as it is.We did our job and that's the story,we were together and now we're gone and that's it and that suits me fine" Mick and Joe played together on stage 3 weeks before he passed away. It was their first time on stage together since The US Festival in 1983 so who knows maybe they'd have reunited for a concert or album. It's good to see Mick,Paul & Topper in this sitting together talking,smiling and I think if Joe were alive for this he'd be sitting right their with them doing the same.

[@terrenceholmes2450]

we tried...i believe him.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

@@markyncole I could care less if any other band reformed. Even possibly the Pistols. But the Clash deserved a second crack of the whip. A second coming. They were the Four Horsemen. Joe turning away speak volumes. Clash Live Matters.

[@thomaslyden3700]

I get your comment, watching this now June 2022 its nearly 20 years since he passed, great music loved it back then love it now! RIP Joe Strummer x

[@Watts660]

The Clash are still my favourite punk band of all time, never afraid to experiment or do something different, way ahead of their time on so many levels. truly original in every sense of the word. Joe's death was such a loss to the world of music, so many people miss him, myself included.

[@44thenazz]

Man, they were just a rock band...a damn good rock band.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

@@44thenazz or just a band. The were the Clash regardless of what they did just an amazing team.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

🎖🎖🎖🎖

[@andylowe5491]

This is the greatest band thats ever walked the planet, love them x

[@jacktomlon6412]

Agreed I wish I was born early enough to see them

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

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[@punkisinthedetails1470]

⭐

[@unitedmad9580]

@@jacktomlon6412Same man

[@chriscronin7952]

God, I miss Joe Strummer. What an inspirational person he was?

[@Lazyboijere]

Came here for insight on the album, left with a philosophical lesson.

[@gertikatro6375]

You can see the passion and the seriousness in Joe's words and expressions. It's so impressing and inspiring.

[@rootbeerpies]

Beautiful. Joe's spirit is immortal.

[@RootsRockRebel]

I always get so sad when I watch these interviews. My hero is gone. I'm so glad he found his second wind with the Mescaleros at least, if not a reformation of The Clash.

[@TheGAK62]

There is such sadness and regret in Joe's voice and in his body language when he talks about The Clash. I really think he always wanted to get back together with Mick, Paul and Topper. It just never happened...

[@trashcity8019]

George Klein it was going to happen in 2002 but ...

[@TheGAK62]

Yeah, it probably would have happened some time in '03, if not for Joe's sudden passing just before Christmas in '02. Life is cruel that way... :(

[@trashcity8019]

George Klein yeah , but I still have hope in seeing mick jones some day !

[@TheGAK62]

I was fortunate enough to see The Clash on Oct. 15th 1982 at Kent State University, of all places! A life changing event for me! Then in the 80's, I saw BAD twice. Once in LA in The Roxy ( I think... ) and then again in NYC at the Roseland Ballroom in '89. Both were great shows, but nothing like seeing The Clash!

[@trashcity8019]

George Klein lucky person , I honestly believe I was born in the wrong generation as a "90s kid" I hate modern music and modern trends when really I should be enjoying them but one day I wish to see the sex pistols live or carbon silicon (mick joneses band) just too get a feel for what the atmosphere was like ! It makes me sad too see modern musicians walk off stage when they get a water bottle thrown at them because back in the 70s bands the clash just played through it I even saw a video where joe and mick where helping fans sneak in too one of their gigs .

[@theflyintheointment]

Really glad that Topper picked out 'Car Jamming', I always though that was a really underrated song and always one of my favourites.

[@electricleg207]

It's certainly the best song on CR .

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Can you imagine if they had reformed. The Pistols comeback was something but the Clash would have been something to behold. The first performance would be them stood on stage waiting for 4 hours while half the crowd had their jaws on the floor and th the rest just cheered until the whole venue collapsed into a black hole. The first beat and first note everyone would just pass out. Children would look on as grown men cried. The Clash were successful but they also got short changed in many ways especially Joe himself. Paul is always a steady rock. Clash Live Matters.

[@johnnymorgan5586]

It's a good job that Joe was asked about all that stuff back in 2000, isn't it? Not only was it used in Westway to the World, but also the Julien Temple documentary and now this.

[@chloegallagher505]

“We didn't have any solution to the world’s problems. I mean, we were trying to groove in a socialist way to some future where the world might be less of a miserable place than this,but if Karl Marx was unable to do it there’s no way that four guitarists from London would do it.”

[@kitwalker2968]

Socialism never made anyone happy and inevitably leads to communism. There is no individual freedom to be found there Joe.

[@End-Result]

Straight to Hell is a masterpiece. Credit to Mick Jones.

[@electricleg207]

In the words of Joe Mick was ' the brains behind the group'.

[@jnkacme5756]

from @3:50 , great words from an amazing man, and the final ones brought tears to my eyes.

[@ILikechipsandham97]

It's sad to see Topper, Paul and Mick together and Joe by himself for obvious reasons. RIP Strummer

[@omfug7148]

Maybe this is sacrilege but if the Clash had stayed or gotten back together then they would just be one more group of old farts like The Stones, or U2 that have been on the stage too long, the thing that makes them special is a fantastic body of work made in a compressed period of time that is now (especially since Joe died) ageless.

[@chixoRPM]

+omfug - I am so afraid that I would agree with you if not for the ideal that this band got together for uniquely different reasons, I think. Look at the projects that followed - not so far removed from what they were, during those prolific years - that were progressively still in their own lane, don't you think? I never stopped liking them and even found songs on "Cut The Crap" that I liked, LOL!

[@deathtrooper1448]

omfug 2nd that OMFUG too true

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Yes but one very special reunion gig. You gotta give them that. Can you imagine it. Complete control as an opener. The world would explode.

[@bijay64]

Agree with you Joe.... Straight to Hell is one of the best you ever wrote and sang. Great prose, great irony, great imagery, haunting sound. And I am blessed to have heard it live, twice...

[@beavis4play]

that is good one. i always liked "bank robber" too as far as lesser known hits for the clash. ..........and "charlie don't surf" - damn, almost forgot that one....... and "train in vain" - love that one too!

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Hey Bijay yeh Straight to hell is an underrated masterpiece probably their finest hour. Peace man ✌

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

@@beavis4play Charlie don't surf is as stunning as A.N.

[@RealSkateStories]

That was INCREDIBLE. For those who grew up on these albums our destiny was changed forever as a result.

[@famashs]

On Cut the Crap album the only original members tha participated where Joe and Paul,Mick was kicked out from the band and so was Topper due to his smack addiction,so it's fair that they didn't include it in this documentary

[@beavis4play]

it was also a terrible album - and i've never heard joe talk about it -ever.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Joe and Paul never talk about it. It's a terrible album. They song should have been called This is not The Clash.

[@beavis4play]

@@allsystemsgo8678 - so true.

[@pungisotu]

Only Joe appears on the album. It was entirely produced by Bernie Rhodes with synthesizers, samples and a drum machine.

[@pungisotu]

@@beavis4play I’ve heard Joe talk about it twice. Once about how when it came out he didn’t even know it was in stores yet but he saw it in a record shop. One listen and I knew we were finished, he remarked. Years later he was asked about it and if he liked any of the songs, he said both North and South and This is England turned out well.

[@reneeguillory7353]

Give me the biggest balalaika!

[@padraigsisk4057]

The band that really mattered.

[@geoffroy1970]

Joe 'give me the biggest balalaika' Strummer

[@bigred4592]

'get on with it and stop moaning...' just making music. Awesome.

[@goodjon11]

God I miss those days. Shout out to Kids of the 80s

[@MattHatter11]

Lucky enough to see them live at Deeside Leisure Center North Wales U.K. , excellent guess it's a bit sad they didn't take time out and continue but then the spirit of their music came from urgency and would they suit longevity ? They gave out so much all quality in that short time it's a shame they weren't rewarded more and continue or not they're work will be historic and call to every generation to come ! !

[@ivan_Dingle58]

Would have given anything to have seen them live...

[@BeingAMonkey]

Paul wasnt kicked out, he just went along

[@neilrushworth5958]

They did think , and care about their fans , biggest difference for me , to any other band .

[@where7847]

car jamming is so fucking good

[@johnnypunish]

VIVA THE CLASH

[@youthofyesterdayrecords]

STRUMMER IS SO FUCKING INTENSE.

[@cseaavalosroger]

He ! Did !

[@JamesParsonsDunckervon]

the idea that it is somehow good the clash dissolved after Combat Rock is....absurd. their demise was tragic. Mick and Joe made some great music solo, but nothing like together.

[@biggasbiggas]

THE*CLASH OWNS

[@DaveAMcLaughlin]

The Clash are STILL the best.

[@ExperimentLife]

If you guys want more of Joe Strummer and the clash, The clash mark 2 is also very good. Songs i recommend are 'In The Pouring Rain', 'Sex Mad War',' Are you ready' , 'Ammunition' and 'We Are The Clash.'

[@andylowe5491]

Ammunition is ok tbh, i'll give you that, We Are The Clash is about the only other one thats half decent that you mentioned there, You forgot This Is England, their last masterpiece

[@ExperimentLife]

Andy Lowe Yeah. Also, i mean the live versions are good.

[@andylowe5491]

Only heard boots of above live but ii liked Ammunition

[@andrewcjohnson2166]

A CUT ABOVE ELECTRIC BLUES

[@Prellium]

Karlo Marx and Fredrich Engels Came to the checkout at the 7-11 Marx was skint - but he had sense Engels lent him the necessary pence

[@beefheart1410]

As much as I love 'em I'm glad they split when they did! Once Topper had gone they lost it and, for the first time, even began to look crap (Shea Stadium anyone?). Combat Rock is a great album though although some of the production (not all) dates it a little where none of their other recordings sound dated at all. I'm not counting the post Jonesy dregs of course; to Clash fans Cut the Crap etc is a bit like cancer was years ago: you try to pretend it doesn't exist but, if you're absolutely forced to aknowledge it, you use a subdued voice or whisper! Shocking. Post Clash (is: post Topper and Jonesy), BAD were good (Tighten Up Vol 88 and Kool Aid in particular), Topper's solo album in part and Strummer on Walker in particular and the second Mescalaroes album but, as Topper says elsewhere, none of it equaled the achievements of the Clash. That's no embarrassment though: it would be a hard bar to top!

[@strumbolli]

Topper was absolutely unique as a drummer, every single beat is carefully considered an absolute master. Irreplacable

[@palacerevolution2000]

Agree w/ every word you wrote Beefheart; could a been me writing that. Even Joe (who pretty much tried putting the Clash back together) knows that it was probably best the way it went down. Maybe it was his guilt trying to get them back together; maybe it was just wanting to get back with Jonesy. Either way in the end he got a great band happening again before passing on. Clash was one of those magnificent meetings of individuals ,artists, where the combo is awesome. Like Beatles, Mick & Keith, Dean and Gene Ween,.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

@@strumbolli Topper the fucking class

[@dimasvicente9880]

woodstock jimi hendrix contra a guerra protestou joe cocker sua guitarra imaginaria emocionou janis joplin cantou a paz e amor joan baez sua voz suave encantou santana arrebentou woodstock o mundo mudou viva o rock and roll

[@tommyconancoates7097]

Google claims this as exclusive footage wtf bullshit. It's westway to the world outtakes.

[@theraven1979]

Where's part 6 "Cut The Crap"?

[@georgestetson5572]

They didn’t do one of these for cut the crap? 😂

[@padraigsisk4057]

Without the clash probably no Stuart Adamson, best guitarist I witnessed live.

[@beavis4play]

then you haven't seen very many live shows.

[@sebasbasmarmota]

SUBS!!!!!!

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Nothing about Cut the crap?!

[@MaximusWolfe]

Funny how the clash always underplay the stupidity of their communist obsessed lyrics. I think Mick and Joe denounced their infatuation with that social vision emphatically, thank God. Luckily for Clash fans you can listen to their albums without feeling inundated by that quixotic, fanciful, liet motif.

[@revbudgreen4776]

hey Wolfe boy. you must be an Adolf Trump lover. Mick and Joe never renounced their radical left beliefs and left wing revolution still awaits you right wing trolls.

[@beavis4play]

@@revbudgreen4776 - what's wrong komrad - you get your food stamps taken away?

[@kitwalker2968]

The Clash would never exist if they were subject to collectivist socialism and they certainly wouldn't have made dirty capitalist $$$. Lol. It's a contradiction lefty's don't like admitting. They'd be playing London Calling on balalaika's lolol

[@MaximusWolfe]

@@revbudgreen4776 Yes they did in the most part. I hate Trump and the republicans as much as Biden and the “progressive” simpletons You are a pinko loser who sympathizes with democidal maniacs like Stalin, Mao, Pol Pott and Che. You are the farthest thing from a humanitarian and you probably sleep with men.

[@pardwayne]

The body-count, maybe?

[@olixbob]

bit devastating that google are using the clash for advertising purposes. strummer would be turning in his grave

[@dhorne2525]

So please, outline Marx;s theory and let us know the points that you have problems with. Is it the central concept: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"? Or perhaps you have some problems with the idea of surplus value ... although that seems, at this point, to be quite prophetic. Or, is it that, you know fuck-all about it, but someone told you to hate it ... and you believed them?

[@kitwalker2968]

In practice its always oppression. Collectivism removes the individual and individual rights. History is littered with examples. The Clash would not exist in that world yet they enjoy the proceeds of capitalism. Still a great band if we just analyze it at that simple level.

[@booyahboyuk]

American + Intelligence = Oxymoron.....

[@cseaavalosroger]

Quote Karl Marx .