The Clash: Guns on the Roof, Chased out of Kingston, and a Riot in Times Square

DISGRACELAND

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Music, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Clash were once described by their manager as a news organization first, and entertainers second. They were, as their record label put it, “the only band that matters.” They were on the front lines at the dawn of punk rock, but were adventurous enough to quickly branch out into reggae, dub, and hip-hop. They were arrested on suspicion of terrorism in London. Chased out of Jamaica by local drug lords armed to the teeth. Caused a near riot in Times Square when their week-long takeover of a disco was shut down by the city after night one. For Joe Strummer, one of the Clash’s two songwriters and the group’s political avatar, all this insanity came with the territory when you were disrupting the status quo. But the weight of it all, the importance of the only band that mattered, became too much to bear, and at the height of the band’s commercial success…their frontman went missing. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Double Elvis.
0:05.0	Hey, discos, what is up?
0:09.0	Listen, we are launching a new contest, which includes a chance to win your very own
0:13.7	Disgrace Land story.
0:15.4	We're going to memorialize one of your experiences, narrated by me,
0:19.7	scored by Double Elvis, on the after party, if you want us to share it that is
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0:30.0	free three more winners get a custom voicemail greeting from me and everyone who enters
0:34.3	automatically unlocks a disgraceland illustrated poster to download.
0:38.6	Hit up disgraceland contest.com to get in on the action.
0:42.0	Rockerola.
0:44.0	Disgraysland is a production of Double Elvis. The stories about the clash are insane. They were arrested on suspicion of terrorism after shooting guns off of a roof.
1:06.7	They were chased out of Jamaica by local drug lords armed to the teeth.
1:11.3	They caused a near riot in Times Square when their week-long takeover of a disco was shut down
1:17.0	by the city after one night.
1:19.4	They were famously described as the only band that matters.
1:23.0	A description that weighed so heavy, it caused one of the members of the band to disappear at their commercial peak.
1:30.0	Long before they reached that peak, The Clash were making great music.
1:35.0	Unlike that clip I played for you at the top of the show,
1:38.0	that wasn't great music.
1:40.0	That was a preset loop from my Melotron called the illustrious 7
1:45.1	M. K too. I played you that clip because I can't afford the rights to a clip from
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