Joe Strummer ( born Joe Strummer ; real name John Graham Mellor ); August 21, 1952 - December 22, 2002 ) - British rock musician , frontman of the punk band The Clash .
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| Birth name | John Graham Mellor |
| Date of Birth | August 21, 1952 |
| Place of Birth | Ankara , Turkey |
| Date of death | December 22, 2002 (50 years old) |
| A place of death | Broomfield, Somerset , England , UK |
| A country |  United Kingdom |
| Professions | musician composer actor |
| Years of activity | since |
| Singing voice | |
| Instruments | guitar the piano |
| Genres | punk rock reggae dub folk |
| Aliases | Woody |
| Collectives | The 101'ers The clash The latino rockabilly war The mescaleros The pogues The vultures |
| Labels | Cbs Sony Hellcat Mercury |
| www.strummernews.com | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Discography
- 2.1 The Clash
- 2.2 The 101'ers
- 2.3 Solo Records
- 2.4 The Latino Rockabilly War
- 2.5 The Mescaleros
- 3 In popular culture
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
John Graham Mellor was born in Ankara to the family of Ronald Mellor, a British diplomat of Armenian and Jewish descent and a Scottish woman, Anna Mackenzie. By age, Joe Strummer was much older than the future punk generation [1] . He studied at a private closed school in London . In 1973, John Mellor, who then had the pseudonym Woody, joined the band The Vultures as a guitarist, drawing inspiration from early American rock and roll , blues , and British rock from the 1960s, but her activities were amateurish.
In the summer of 1974, Woody assembled The 101'ers with which he first performed at a concert in September of that year, and in the spring of 1975, Mellor changed his name to the pseudonym Joe Strummer . The 101'ers was a typical, low-profile pub-rock band playing primitive 1950s rock and rolls , rhythm and blues at taverns. In the end, a small independent label drew attention to the group, and in March 1976 the group's debut single, scheduled for the summer of that year , was recorded. However, the upcoming success was interrupted: when he saw the opening performances of The 101'ers members of Sex Pistols in April of that year, he noted that his group was “yesterday”. Interestingly, Joe learned to play the guitar quite late — at the age of 21. began to think about another musical direction, because there was an obvious difference between his group The 101'ers and Sex Pistols . Despite some social differences between Sex Pistols and himself (he grew up in the middle class and was much older than the generation of punks), Strummer took a lot from the group’s image. His stage image began to change. In late May, Strummer was made an offer to join a new group (future The Clash ), which he accepted. The 101'ers broke up and their first and last single came out after the breakup.
In The Clash, Strummer became the frontman, although he was far from the only author of texts and music. However, most of the vocal parts belong to him.
After the collapse of The Clash in 1986, Strummer took up a solo career. His last project was the group The Mescaleros , which lasted from 1999 to 2002.
Joe has two daughters from his girlfriend Gabi Salter: Jazz Domino Holly Mellor and Lola Mellor
Strummer died on December 22, 2002 from a congenital heart disease .
Discography
The Clash
Main article: The Clash Discography
| Year | Album |
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| 1977 | The clash |
| 1978 | Give 'Em Enough Rope |
| 1979 | London calling |
| 1980 | Sandinista! |
| 1982 | Combat rock |
| 1985 | Cut the crap |
The 101'ers
| Year | Album | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Elgin avenue breakdown | Collection of various materials from 1974 to 1976 . |
Solo Records
| Year | Album | Additional Information |
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| 1986 | Sid and nancy soundtrack | Soundtrack for the movie Sid and Nancy . |
| 1987 | Walker | Soundtrack to the movie Walker . |
| 1987 | Straight To Hell Original Soundtrack | Soundtrack to the movie Straight to Hell . |
| 1993 | When Pigs Fly Soundtrack | Unpublished soundtrack for the movie When Pigs Fly . |
| 1998 | Chef Aid: The South Park Album | Composition “It's A Rockin 'World” |
| 2003 | Unearthed | A duet with Johnny Cash in the song "Redemption Song". |
| 2004 | Black magic | Song "Over The Border". |
| 2007 | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Soundtrack to the documentary of the same name. |
| 2018 | Joe Strummer 001 | The collection includes 32 tracks, 12 of which have not been previously published. |
The Latino Rockabilly War
| Year | Album | Additional Information |
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| 1988 | Permanent Record Original Soundtrack | Soundtrack to the film " Eternal Song" |
| 1989 | Earthquake weather | Full-length studio album. |
The Mescaleros
| Year | Album | Additional Information |
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| 1999 | Rock Art and the X-Ray Style | Strummer's first album with The Mescaleros . |
| 2001 | Global a go-go | The album reached 23rd place on the Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart in the USA . |
| 2003 | Streetcore | The last record with Stramer, released posthumously. |
In popular culture
The song “Mongo Bongo” from the album “ Global a Go-Go ” was used in the film “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” in a scene in Bogota
Numerous graffiti with the image of Joe Strummer appeared in different cities of the world after his death in 2002. One of them, on the outer wall of the NIAGARA bar in the East Village , New York , became the hallmark of the institution
Notes
- ↑ Salewicz, Chris (2006). Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 9780571211784 . OCLC 76794852