Ginsberg Finds Poetry in Punk
Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 1983
WHEN THE Clash decided it wanted "the voice of God" in its last album, the group turned to Allen Ginsberg. The 56-year-old poet with the rumbling basso profundo obliged, teaming with England's young punk-rock firebrands on 'Ghetto Defendant' from the best-selling Combat Rock LP.
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