The Clash were mere days away from releasing Combat Rock when drummer Topper Headon was unceremoniously fired. Fittingly, he appeared to be pained and out of focus on the subsequent album cover.
Here’s wishing a Happy Birthday to Topper Headon, the longtime drummer of The Clash, who turned 70 on May 30. Headon was simply one of the most dynamic beat-keepers to emerge from the British punk ...
When The Clash’s 1982 anthem Should I Stay Or Should I Go was first released as a double A-side single with Straight To Hell, ...
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Former members of the Clash, Mick Jones and Nicky "Topper" Headon, have recorded together for the first time in almost 30 years by reworking a version of the punk rock band's 1978 song "Jail Guitar ...
In hindsight, it may have seemed an unlikely match -- a young aspiring musician with a jazz background joining a still-emerging British punk rock group in 1977. But that's just part of the ...
Former Clash stars Mick Jones and Nick 'Topper' Headon have reunited in the studio for the first time in 27 years to record a new version of the band's track 'Jail Guitar Doors'. The guitarist and ...
In hindsight, the Clash's penultimate 1982 album Combat Rock marked the end of an era for the British punk band, as it was the last record to feature the classic lineup of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, ...
Clash drummer Topper Headon is pitching in to raise funds for Strummerville, the Joe Strummer foundation for new music. Headon's donated his customized Mini Cooper, which will be sold with all funds ...
In hindsight, The Clash probably shouldn’t have agreed to tour Asia and Australia in early 1982. Beyond the fact that it came midway through the tense Combat Rock sessions, promoters put together an ...
Mick Jones and Topper Headon from The Clash reunited onstage in a London pub. Jones, who was performing with his new band Carbon/Silicon, was joined by Headon for a run through the '70s punk band's ...
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“It was just a good rockin’ song – our attempt at writing a classic” ...
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