Tuesday 6 January 2015

Unseen footage of The Clash's 1977 New Year's concert finally surfaces

Unseen footage of The Clash's 1977 New Year's concert finally surfaces


1977 was a turbulent year for the United Kingdom. It was the year of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, financial hardships, and the violent popularization of punk rock. On January 1st, before Baby New Year could even take his first breath, The Clash would perform at the soon-to-be-infamous Roxy. Filmmaker Julien Temple (The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle, The Filth and the Fury) was on hand to capture the concert. Now, in a new BBC documentary, Temple has unleashed that footage for the first time.

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