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| Artist: |
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros |
| Record Label: |
Hellcat Records |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Release Date: |
October 01, 2004 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Tony Adams 2. Sandpaper Blues 3. X-Ray Style 4. Techno D-Day (Spanish) 5. Road to Rock 'N' Roll 6. Diggin' the New 7. Nitcomb 8. Forbidden City 9. Yalla Yalla 10. Willesden to Cricklewood |
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In the decade following the release of Joe Strummer's 1989 debut, EARTHQUAKE WEATHER, the Sex Pistols reformed and Orange County became the '90s equivalent to Brixton. Rather than hopping onto any bandwagons, Strummer spent this time dabbling in different projects and sampling different genres. All this musical exploration resulted in ROCK ART AND THE X-RAY STYLE, a musical gumbo that finds punk as its least significant ingredient. The one constant from Strummer's days with the Clash is socially conscious lyrics that not only tap into the global injustice of what happened at Tianamen Square ("Forbidden City"), but in a more personal confrontation with police at 1998's Megadog Festival ("Techno D-Day"). Elsewhere, Strummer explores new ground with such unpunk flourishes as merging Moorish percussion with Spanish guitar ("X-Ray Style") and grafting Orb-like ambiance onto tribal rhythms ("Yalla Yalla"). Like former bandmate Mick Jones's Big Audio Dynamite, the Muscaleros utilize interesting dance beats part... |
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