#OnThisDay in 1980, Bankrobber was released. Mick to author Daniel Rachel "...we made it so everybody could relate to it. It wasn't exactly the truth, for instance in 'Lost in the Supermarket', I didn't have a hedge in a suburb, I lived in a council flat. With Joe's words the songs are like folk songs, they've become like traditional songs. I think my dad was a bankrobber's assistant, there was talk of him driving getaway cars, he was a cab driver. It was based on truth but a lot of the time it

23 years ago this month, Joe Strummer played his iconic benefit show for striking firefighters, which features his onstage reunion with Mick Jones. The show marked Joe and Mick’s one and only onstage reunion since Mick left The Clash almost two decades earlier and saw them perform three classic songs by the band, including “Bankrobber”, “White Riot” and “London’s Burning”. Listen to this historic show - LIVE AT ACTON TOWN HALL - on streaming, vinyl & CD - https://darkhorserecords.lnk.to/liveatac

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