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The Clash

Punk rock
Punk rockReggaeSka

The Clash is a Punk rock and Reggae act. Their catalogue also touches Ska. Their sound grew out of Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Woody Guthrie and Gene Vincent. Those roots explain a lot about how The Clash arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers and Joe Strummer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Green Day, The Police, Planet Funk, Motörhead and Skindred, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 227 connections around The Clash, reaching back through Elvis Presley and forward to Green Day. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The ClashElvis PresleyBob DylanBob MarleyWoody GuthrieGene VincentSex PistolsThe WhoJimmy CliffGreen DayThe PolicePlanet FunkMotörheadSkindredU2LostprophetsThe OffspringJoe Strummer and the…The JamBuzzcocksStiff Little FingersJoe StrummerGeneration XIggy PopThe Undertones

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The Clash connections

The Clash grew out of Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and Woody Guthrie, shares an orbit with Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, The Jam, Buzzcocks and Stiff Little Fingers, went on to shape Green Day, The Police, Planet Funk and Motörhead. 227 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Sounds and acts that shaped The Clash.

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