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Early Clash most assuredly is. Yea, I never really got the idea that the Clash were really "Punk". I tend think of bands like The Exploited or The Sex Pistols. The Clash were always little more polished. That said, I would much rather listen to The Clash than the groups mentioned, and actually I think it's about time to throw a little London Calling on right now. Bill Have you ever heard the Clash's first, self-titled, album, or any of their first few singles? If that isn't punk, then neither are the Sex Pistols, Ramones, or Buzzcocks. Perhaps the trouble is people tending to think of the sound of London Calling as the sound of the Clash, period. That's like judging the Beatles entirely by the White Album. The early Clash were like the third British punk band ever. No polish at all on that first album. In fact, Epic didn't release it in the U.S. until after their second album, because it sounded so wiry and tin can scrappy. Even when they did release it here, they included some more powerfully recorded later singles and left off a few tracks (shades of Capitol and the early Beatles!). Tonight at dinner with my wife I did the math on the “are the clash punk rock or not” conversation. Best as I can figure I have not had the conversation since 1990, which is pretty good considering it probably came up a couple times a year the from 1984-1990. I believe that in the summer of 83’ it probably was discussed no less than a dozen times on different occasions. The good news is I have either matured or just grown old, either way, I have realized that I no longer care what section it is suppose to be filed in, I just want to listen to music I like. My apologies to those actually trying to discuss the topic this thread was intended to discuss. Bill

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Early Clash most assuredly is. Yea, I never really got the idea that the Clash were really "Punk". I tend think of bands like The Exploited or The Sex Pistols. The Clash were always little more polished. That said, I would much rather listen to The Clash than the groups mentioned, and actually I think it's about time to throw a little London Calling on right now. Bill

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