The Edge inducts the Clash Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 2003

[@airtron24]

No question they gave the introduction speech to the right man. Well done, Edge. Joe, we certainly miss you.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Smh at all these people hating on U2 & the Edge. U2 admires the Clash more than almost anyone, the Edge was a great choice to induct the Clash. Both are great bands, let's stop with the hate & just enjoy the music

[@deathfromabove77]

Wish Joe was there..nice words from the Edge..not a fan of U2 but I respect their respect for the Clash..RIP Joe Strummer , Punk Rock Warlord....and much respect to Simonon , Headon, Chimes and the sometimes overlooked and forgotten genius of the Clash, Mick Jones ( he wrote most of the brilliant music that Joe could spread his gospel to)

[@ashe984]

deathfromabove77 Joe was there in spirit he never ever dies legend lives on forever

[@HonRevPTB]

@Blind Brazilian Tex Atlantis FUNNY! I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!!! I'M GONNA HAVE TO WATCH THAT NOW!!!!!!!

[@HonRevPTB]

@Blind Brazilian Tex Atlantis Not sure about that but they are pretty damn good!!!

[@lordclancharlie1325]

Joe wouldn't have liked that rock'n'roll business circus

[@ExodusPessoa]

The Edge made a great speech.

[@billionbites]

The Clash are awesome, one of my favourites is What's My Name. Really don't understand the hate for U2, they are very respectful of everyone that has gone before them as well as everyone that has come after. They have been wrongly looked at for so long that people just jump on the bandwagon for hating them.

[@HOPEat]

Agreed. Early U2 is awesome!!!

[@HxCguy94]

There was a quote, I forgot who said it, that went, the sex pistols told people that things are shitty while the clash said that things are shitty, but what are you going to do about it. It was along those lines. The point is, punk is about fighting for what you believe in. All the sex pistols did was build punk stereotypes while the clash got out of that and truly defined what it is today. The Clash are punk in the purest definition.

[@ancientdarkness3102]

Joshua Moreno but the clash loved the pistols back then

[@realsinisterminister]

No Pistols...no Clash...no Beatles...no Stones simple as that!

[@julianbrowne7026]

The Pistols were the detonation the exploding grenade the Clash were the S.A.S... going in after....

[@andylowe1517]

The Sex Pistols would make you want to bang your head off a wall... The Clash wiuld give you a reason for doing it. Don Letts

[@camwells9726]

Saw the clash as a 18 year old when they toured New Zealand , they only played 2 nights and I went both nights , amazing atmosphere

[@HOPEat]

My favorite band of all time!!!

[@ashe984]

I love The Clash such a great lendary band

[@mistermattmoose]

great speech, edge. well done.

[@lucypotato8793]

Edge, could not agree more!

[@TheGreatRobinski]

My two favourite bands, The Clash and U2! Say what you want but in my opinion they're both fantastic bands!

[@Alansioux]

Great tribute..👏

[@achtungbaby28]

heard it all before, but U2 are a great band and they're success + influence on others shows that! the fact that their guitarist got to induct the most legendary band ever The Clash into the Hall of Fame says enough! The Edge isn't trying to make U2 look good in this speech he's simply showing the The clash's influence on others + what better example to use than himself? People should put as much effort into stopping world hunger as they do in slagging off U2, they'd be no such thing as poverty!

[@salvadory1103]

funny because the ramones and stooges and new york dolls were ripped off by the pistols- the clash were far better musically and on a global level far more influential

[@realsinisterminister]

No Pistols = no Clash

[@LucidDream]

Long live The Clash!

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

U2 are number 2 but The Edge is spot on with this one. There are no words.

[@ashe984]

I love Joe sooooo very much with all my heart and soul legends live on and never die

[@achtungbaby28]

best speech i think ive ever heard

[@michellerosebrown]

I remember watching this induction.

[@013Antman]

In rock and roll terms, the Clash are, as the promo went . . . The only band that mattered.

[@realsinisterminister]

Exept for the Pistols

[@anthonybakker2567]

@@realsinisterminister the Pistols were quite honest about their charlatanry. Lydon was and remains a nihilist, more than a punk. Punk was just the means he used to exploit the music scene for, as he even admits, filthy lucre.

[@realsinisterminister]

@@anthonybakker2567 That was a McClaren saying actually and no the Pistols wern't a punk band it was all the bands that came after/copied them that were and considering John had no intensions of even being a singer its a big stretch infering he had some grand plan

[@1200gs1000]

Seen both live The Clash far superior in every way. R.I.P Joe

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Don't hate on the Edge. They could have asked Bono. Edge was spot on with this one. He was the perfect choice.

[@jasonwingfield7585]

Joe Strummer, the godfather of Punk.

[@michaelreidperry3256]

I discovered Clash through Pete Townshend. Thank you, Pete!

[@joachimpeiper8076]

Edge was totally right... all these bands after the Clash , were totally influenced by them, included New Order

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

To me, The Clash were oh-so much more than just a rock & roll band or a punk band -- they were, indeed and irrefutably-so, both; but, Strummer and co. were influenced by so many other different genres of music from all over the world (and that's not hyberole), and they wove those influences together with standard rock & roll along with punk's aggression, intimacy, immediacy, reductionism and attitude. I largely credit my wildly-eclectic tastes in music (again, from all over the world) to them. Too bad Joe couldn't have lived just another couple/few years in order to have been there for the induction of his band into the R&R H.o.F.

[@DuffPaddy1]

There's a lot of people quoting Henry Rollins usual derision of U2 regarding them as wanting to be The Clash. While most of what Rollins says concerning U2 or most things can be taken with a pinch of salt, U2 have never made any secret of the importance that The Clash and The Ramones had on them. There's a lot of digs at U2 for a video that's celebrating The Clash.

[@markyncole]

+DuffPaddy1 Henry Rollins wanted to be Joe Strummer and Black Flag to be The Clash too so he's being hypocritical.

[@frederickleblanc6568]

DuffPaddy1

[@mcgurkryans]

Some cold stares from Elvis (and wife) and Sting!

[@ExodusPessoa]

I agree.

[@HobbesJD1]

Really nice speech.

[@MusicDementia]

At least he mentioned The Kinks. They are the epitome of rock and roll.

[@chrishickman6160]

Comments: This is a musician talking about being Influenced by The Clash. Not U2 FFS.

[@rosemarie92123]

great call

[@woodley91406]

"The Clash are what U2 wish they could have been." - Henry Rollins

[@sammencia7945]

1:37 Generation of a few thousand 16 and 18 yo boys saw them 1976 to 79 We all say exactly the same thing: "Blew my mind, changed my life." Every one of us had the same reaction. Edge. Bono. Me. Henry Garfield.

[@maurostrummer9986]

Siempre esperan a que se mueran para reconocerle los logros a alguien... Reconozcanló en vida.. Después de nada sirve. For joe strummer he'll always be here.. In my top ten of favorite singer. Vivan The clash.

[@stevenweisman3636]

Joe Strummer was the God of Punk . Respected and loved and missed by all. This was for you Joe!

[@timcoe82]

Nice words mate.

[@terrythekittie]

Beatles...obviously 'pop' Edge?...well that and hard rock, country rock, r and b, blues, psychedelia, latin...you name it and they could rock just as well if not better than the Stones.

[@carlostejada1479]

far better than The Stones and for sure than the pop band called U2

[@unclemort1960]

i agree .i think the pistols were finished when they bought in sid and they still live on one (not quite the classic it should have been) album,the clash were always moving forward and (i`m glad) never reformed although i suppose thats unfair on those who never saw `em

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Sunday Bloody Sunday was when Somebody Murdered a Clash song.

[@ExodusPessoa]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I love The Edge and it was a great speech.

[@woodley91406]

@mikentosh Why?

[@HansOlo354]

The Beatles were everything.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Thank fuck Billy Goat Armstrong was out of town when they picked The Edge.

[@robbiethewombat]

god miss joes muzic and the clash .....

[@user-n3i3w]

クラッシュにこの賞は必要だったのか。。これはジョークだとも思う。クラッシュこそまさに体制側を敵としてシーンに登場してきたロンドンパンクの雄だぜ。白い暴動で世界中のキッズを目覚めさせたクラッシュはリアルパンクだった。1977年当時、クラッシュにこの瞬間が来るとはメンバーも想像すらしてないだろうよ。最後までツッパって欲しかったという気持ちがあるよ。俺たちにこんなものはふさわしくないぜって。。ただこれほどのバンドはもう絶対に出てこないから素直に讃えたい気持ちもある。随分と時がたったが今も複雑だ。間違いないことはクラッシュは最高だったってことさ！

[@kevsaunders33]

I love you for that.

[@michaeljoshuamcblain2727]

he said what he said the sentiments tho not accurate were heartfelt

[@paulsaret]

I love the Clash and I love u2, but the edge went really overboard when he said "the Beatles are obviously pop". I thought he knows rock and roll history better than that; shame on him.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Beatles are both rock & pop

[@gregdahlen4375]

never got into the clash. but enjoyed edge's passion for them

[@TheRubiiie]

THE CLASH are the shit! JOE STRUMMER PUNK ROCK WARLORD!

[@Clerkpro]

The Edge stings Sting.

[@vambo13257]

I saw the Clash live, I saw Elvis live and they were both great and both very rock and roll, to say otherwise is ignorant! For one album the Pistols were PUNK!

[@pintpot]

Which Elvis?

[@vambo13257]

Costello of course, saw him 4 times to be exact. All in N.O.

[@chadwindham2979]

the beatles were "pop"? have you ever listened to revolver?

[@ChasingTheOddShapedBall]

chad windham sarcasm is the mother of all inventions

[@carlostejada1479]

chad windham a guy from a really pop band calling THE BEATLES a pop band... The Beatles invented Rock. no one beat The Beatles

[@rosedad4995]

Been watching a lot of music video these days and am tired of people decreeing that any band is the greatest this or the greatest that. Why can’t they just be a great band and leave it at that. There are hundreds of great bands and there’s no need to rank any of them or compare their greatness. Seems unnecessary

[@artlover4668]

Ok, for these experts saying there were no Mohawks in 1977. Refer to a book called R & R Babylon. There is a photo of Sex Pistol' s fan or fans with a Mohawk. That had to be circa 77 or 78. And yeah, I am sure The Edge was just embellishing....geeze he was there.

[@loudenkliehr3633]

The load of blarney Edge is selling about the Clash is the road crew he supposedly saw. Mohawks and kilts weren't anything that Roadent and Johnny Green were ever wearing let alone in '77.

[@McGrogansSchool]

Clash city ROCKERS

[@TheMack92]

British music is the best.

[@erinkwalsh]

Beatles were and are pop, nothing wrong with the Beatles! It is 2 different types of music! Apples and oranges!

[@carlostejada1479]

Erin Walsh The Beatles are Rock'n Roll they invented Rock!!! The Stones just copy them, but never were even close

[@seispistols881]

Damn

[@Morganna_lefay]

why this they choose this guy to announce the Clash ugh

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Divine Love cuz he made a great speech on the clash’s importance & influence. U2’s always been massive Clash fans and have always said how much they love the Clash

[@GhostRider247]

Viva The Clash Forever !!!!! Joe and the Clash might have gone but fuck me they will live on in my heart FOREVER !!!!!!!

[@mikebrodie8062]

there it is ! case closed.

[@jimjimtrains]

I dont think any one could really induct The Clash. It would've been great though if they got just a fan that wasn't famous cos I think that's where The Clash hit the most.

[@achtungbaby28]

@airtron24 well said man

[@theplourde]

I like the beginning Elvis Costello seems jealous of the edge of how he got to give the speech and not him...

[@Martyfartini]

Sulphate!! You fake. Hearing these jet set quinoa eaters talk about the only band that have stayed with me from a child in the 70’s, to listening to clampdown as I shaved this morning at 54 yrs old makes me very uneasy.

[@Wearenotreallyhere]

mohawks in 1977?? I don't think so Edge!!

[@Rose-qd2bl]

I still think The Edge is cool.

[@spm_hcmc]

Why did Sting check his watch? He didn't seem amused :)

[@ustheserfs]

Joe nearly made this event. They would have sounded as brilliant as they did when lads in U2 did.

[@cacildoneto5090]

The Edge>>>>>>>> The Clash.

[@realsinisterminister]

The Hedge

[@zachuto]

Elvis should have given that speech... Poor guy 1:14

[@salvadory1103]

the clash were truly great but the ramones mc5 and the stooges invented punk well before any uk band

[@realityrealestate5755]

You are correct. But, the Clash became the Beatles of punk. Plus, for all their accomplishments they were the next Beatles of our time. I know because I was a witness to the mania that the Clash had!

[@MrPauliez67]

@woodley91406 Henry Rollins why you gotta be U2 hatin all the time?

[@manynukes11]

Yeah but they called the museum 'a piss stain' and didn't show up lol

[@thomasandersen6719]

No one had mohawks in 1977..mohawk punks emerged in the early 80's...Elvis Costello would have made a much better speech as he was obviously there at the time..he knew Strummer..the Edge didn't

[@erinkwalsh]

wrong!!!!!!!!!!!! do you know who Malcom McLaren or Vivien Westwood are?

[@thomasandersen6719]

yes and neither had a mohawk

[@erinkwalsh]

how old are you?

[@erinkwalsh]

are you familiar with the punk movement?

[@thomasandersen6719]

Erin Walsh yes why do you ask?

[@jamiegroves5155]

What a fucking shame Joe wasn't there very very sad but seeing his wife and kids very beautiful I have a special memories of Joe was the highlight of my life spending a whole day with him and mick in Sydney Australia,1982 I will never ever ever forget

[@jaytv777]

amphetamine sulphide? .. sulphate surely?

[@cacildoneto5090]

Only The Edge already is larger than the entire The Clash. How can a guy that level indicating a little band

[@jaytv777]

No clash - no U2 - No edge .. fact.

[@cacildoneto5090]

Who is The Clash?U2 is the best rock band all off the time.

[@lt7601]

are you kanye west fan ?

[@jaytv777]

Cacildo Neto try reading about U2 .. you'll find The Clash were one of the bands that inspired them to form

[@pbattis1]

I can't imagine The Clash giving two shits about being in the RR hall of fame. I also can't imagine The Clash being interested in hob-knobbing around with U2 Davos loving trash.

[@mickmcgowan7756]

The jam were better live I saw both bands live and nobody comes close to the jam

[@edwardspearing5148]

Marmalade were far better than the Jam.. And the Garda Band were superior to the Police.. Specially the lead singer with the truncheon thing.

[@irishcrusader99]

'Fuck he made this 40 minute speech, he was the most boring bloke I've ever had the misfortune to witness '- Malcolm Young on The Edge

[@irishcrusader99]

dezert fox 1) I'm sure he wouldn't even if he could find it.. 2) Brian Johnson is a fucking boss, even if he is no Bon, fantastic vocal ability in his prime... 3) Rudd's out and sorry he can't be the tax evading, doesn't practice what he preaches, sanctimonious bellend like Bono or a environment destoryer like The Edge XD

[@cacildoneto5090]

Only The Edge already is larger than the entire The Clash. How can a guy that level indicating a little band AC DC is my penis

[@cacildoneto5090]

+dezert fox Only The Edge already is larger than the entire The Clash. How can a guy that level indicating a little band fuck Acdc. who is acdc.

[@albertoceolin7521]

The Clash is a great punk band!

[@CaptainWeetch1]

the turned it down

[@declanshanahan3888]

Shame grandmaster flash wasn't asked

[@patrickhawkinson8399]

Neither The Clash, nor the Stones are the greatest rock and roll band of all time. That would be The Beatles. And The Beatles are far from my favorite band, but facts are facts. Anybody who thinks the Beatles were pop, quit listening after The Ed Sullivan Show. Use to like U2, but Edge and Bono are too full of themselves. They are more pop than the Beatles ever were. MTV made them famous.

[@carlostejada1479]

Patrick Hawkinson I Agree 100%

[@aaronhadley3454]

His accent is 1/2 American and 1/2 British, he says some words American and some words British it's so weird.

[@RYx222]

His accent isn't British

[@toldos63]

All about the Edge and U2. . .zzzzzzzzzzz.. . .Elvis a songwriter? Tell me ONE song he ever wrote? Just one? Some statement!

[@MrSchmolko]

elvis costello, dumbo.

[@carlostejada1479]

when a guy from a really pop group, call The Beatles (the master kings of Rock'n Roll) a "pop band" I like The Clash, but if they're #2 after the stones, where would be The Beatles and Led Zeppelin??? (just to mention a few ones better than the stones and the clash...) one more thing THE POLICE. is way better than U2

[@elhinm07]

The beatles are the best group of all time..nuff said!

[@mozdickson]

cringe

[@beefheart1410]

Don't be ridiculous! U2 are absolutely nothing in comparison to The Clash. Not only the music but the look, the clothes, and the meaning. The Clash were something you base a life on. U2: a pop band!

[@tomt6142]

Wrong

[@anthonysclafani3963]

No one’s comparing U2 & the clash. Edge and U2 are huge Clash fans, no one’s trying to compare the 2. They’re very different bands. Let’s just enjoy the music and appreciate the Clash

[@carlostejada1479]

he called The Beatles a pop band!!! he knows nothing about The Beatles!!! U2 is a pop band... The Beatles are the fathers of Rock!!! the best 2 RnR bands of all time the stones and The Clash??? mmmm... why?? where are The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin?? and Pink Floyd?? and The Who?? and many others?? The Edge shouldn't say so many things...

[@beefheart1410]

Mohawks in 1977? I think not!

[@benduffy6219]

Well, Travis Bickle had one in 1976 (which inspired Joe Stummer's own mohawk a few years later). :)

[@beefheart1410]

Ben Duffy Yes, Travis Bickle had one in 1976. The relevant Native American tribe probably had them in 1576. Sonny Rollins had one in 1956 and G.Is had them in 1966. But, as far as Punk goes, you didn't see the first Mohicans until late 79 or early 1980 and, by then Punk was over. Indeed, the Clash were just weeks away from being over when Strummer adopted the look in 1982 and it reflected the only time the band ever looked crap. The Mohican was never a haircut that had anything to do with Punk rock and was only adopted by the third generation "Johnny come lately's" who took their cues on "how to look Punk" from the daily mirror. This coincided with a massive dumbing down of Punk when, to be "Punk" you had to be stupid, look stupid, be off your face on cheap cider or bostik at all times (particularly if in public) and, if lucky, have an ugly dog on a rope as a fashion accessory. Other than Strummer's atypical faux pas when, as stated, he briefly sported the haircut in mid 82, not one other member of a first generation punk band (be they from the Uk, the USA or elsewhere) ever had the haircut and, as I say, neither did the "rank and file" Punk audiences until, at the earliest, 1979. It's a pity but the silly look of the Mohican style Punk will be the image that the general public will always associate with the Punk "image" when it couldn't be further from the truth.

[@benduffy6219]

Very well said, and I was being tongue-in-cheek. For the same reason, I imagine that you probably rolled your eyes, as I did, when Eddie Vedder had a mohawk while inducting the Ramones into the Hall. Only more so, because not only did none of the Ramones ever have a mohawk, they actually had a signature hairstyle. :)

[@beefheart1410]

Ben Duffy yeah, you're right. As I say, it's a shame that the Mohican look will always be the image that the general public associates with Punk rock even though it had nothing to do with it as originally conceived. Indeed, leather, 'Brando' style bike jackets weren't part of the image until 1977. By that time, the scene had been around in the U.S for three years and, the U.k variant for almost eighteen months. I'm not sure where the Mohican came from vis a vis Punk?!? I'm fairly sure it was a London thing at the start but I'd be interested to know who started it. As I say, Punk was over by the time it appeared and I don't mean as a trendy scene for the cognoscenti, I mean more along the lines of it had become so dumbed down by that point that the original spirit was lost. Remember, in NYC and London Punk was quite an art school / bohemian / underground thing originally. The scandals created by The Pistols lead it into the hands of the tabloids and, what you end up with, three years later is this lowest common denominator, dumbed down, idea of what Punk was. As such, I always think that the Mohican wearing, "cider punk" scene owed more to the joke Punk caricatures created by Kenny Everett (Sid Snot), "Not The Nine O'clock News" ("Gob On You") and the tabloids than they did to The Clash or The Pistols.

[@isaacness2647]

He's so edgy...

[@todcornellier1689]

The Beatles were not pop..Tomorrow Never Knows...I Am The Walrus..Coming from someone called The Edge..Says a ton..I absolutely loved The Clash.. Lost all respect for U2..Sorry

[@edbowie2041]

Th Clash are the shit

[@patswayze7359]

Really...some guy that calls himself "the edge" is who was asked to induct the clash...really???

[@jimjimtrains]

Why the fuck is the Edge inducting The Clash???