Combat Rockers
Penny Valentine, The History of Rock, 1983
IF THERE WAS one band that successfully rose above punks swift and premature decline, it was the Clash. Although historically the Sex Pistols remain the most important mid-Seventies group for their shattering effect on the complacency of the music business, it was the Clashs achievement to hone and structure punks original wildly anarchistic intent into a more mature and durable form.
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