The Clash

The British Invasion

Promotional portrait of English punk rock group The Clash, early 1980s. Clockwise from lower left, Joe Strummer (1952 - 2002), Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, and Topper Headon. (Photo by Jon Hammer Collection/Getty Images)

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