Strummer Sentence Examples

It was here that Strummer's songwriting prowess would first surface.

Joe Strummer, the punk singer last night played a concert for the striking firefighters.

They became well-known on the local punk scene but Strummer left to form The Clash two years later.

Joe Strummer is best known as the frontman of The Clash, one of the seminal punk bands.

It was the first of many memorable songs that Strummer would pen.

This is the period of time Strummer is most well known for, his work with the Clash from 1976 to 1985.

In Mick Jones, who played lead guitar, Strummer found his songwriting partner, and the hits poured out.

All good things must end, however, and in 1985 the Clash called it a career, and Strummer was dumped into his wilderness years.

It was here that Strummer was able to fully explore his interests in world music, which he began to explore near the end of the Clash's tenure.

It seemed that Strummer was back where he belonged, with a creative group of musicians who shared his vision.

Three days before Christmas, Strummer sat down in his house after walking his dogs, and suffered a fatal heart attack.

It turned out that Strummer had a congenital heart defect, and was very susceptible to such an event.

When Strummer died, the world lost a music icon, one who helped to shape the musical landscape for over a quarter of a century.

Jones wrote most of the music for the Clash, with Joe Strummer providing the lyrics.

The three needed another input, and they got it from Joe Strummer, and then they added Terry Chimes to play drums.

Soon, Levene was out, and Strummer and Jones were writing songs.

Finally, after recording Combat Rock, Strummer and Simonon had had enough of Jones.

Interestingly, Joe Strummer was given a copy of the first album by Jones, and didn't like it.

This did not lead to the Clash reunion many hoped for, as Strummer and Jones would not work together again for years.

Strummer died in 2002, months before the induction was to take place.

Joe Strummer and Jones had also attended art school, but their motivation was to get a band together, not learn how to make art.

Simonon says he wrote "Brixton" in order to receive royalties like Strummer and Jones were.

However, when Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon decided to form a new group, Chimes was brought on board.

Joe Strummer said "We would have been absolutely lost if it wasn't for Topper Headon".

Mick Jones came up with a guitar part that fit, and Joe Strummer had some lyrics that made the song complete.

Joe Strummer plays the part of the lone man left in London, calling out to the rest of the world, letting whoever is left know they are not alone.

Strummer, however, appears dressed in normal clothes and using his old battered Telecaster.

It makes for a very sharp contrast between Strummer and the rest of the band.

Some have seen it as a mocking gesture, but Joe Strummer was very conscious of rock history, and probably intended it as a compliment.