The Clash: Give 'Em Enough Rope (Epic JE 35543)
Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 16 February 1978
THE CLASH IS A PUNK ROCK BAND and proud of it, but fans who dismiss it for that reason alone are making a mistake. This defiantly uncompromising English quartet could well be the most exciting and important hard-rock band on the scene.
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