The Clash, The Jam, The Buzzcocks: The Rainbow Theatre, London
Jon Savage, Sounds, 21 May 1977
Rock n roll can be one of the few honest things left in this world.
Yes.
An event, a gathering of the clans.
Yes.
But it was all down to the Clash.
Yes.
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