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Fuller and his group’s version of ‘I Fought The Law’ is a classic rock’n’roll record, but always risks being upstaged by the macabre circumstances of his death.No matter how memorable was Bobby Fuller’s signature hit – and his version of “I Fought The Law” is inarguably a classic rock’n’roll record of any era – it always risks being upstaged by the macabre and never-explained circumstances of his death. Born on October 22, 1942 in Baytown, Texas, Fuller became a noted performer in the El Paso, Texas area to which he and his family relocated. His first appeared on disc...

The original drummer from renowned punk rock band, The Clash, has written about his spiritual reawakening in his new book. In his autobiography, The Strange Case of Doctor Terry and Mr Chimes, baptised Catholic Terry Chimes, who drummed on The Clash’s eponymous debut album and toured with the band in the early 1980s, writes about his journey back to the Catholic faith. Chimes describes stumbling across a copy of CS Lewis’s book Mere Christianity at a car boot sale in 1998 and reading about Lewis’s analysis of the sin of pride. Chimes said: “There was a chapter entitled The Great...

This is a public service announcement WITH GUITARS! Know your rights... ALL THREE OF THEM! Number 1 You have the right not to be killed Murder is a crime! Unless it was done by a Policeman or aristocrat politicians, and billionares Know your rights And number 2 You have the right to food money Providing of course you Dont mind a little compulsory computor Investigation, humiliation And if you cross your fingers Rehabilitation Know your rights These are your rights Know these rights Number 3 You have the right to free Speech as long as youre not Dumb enough to...

LONDON - You expect to have your luggage scrutinized at the airport. But how about your choice of music? Security staff at a British airport stopped a businessman from catching a flight because the songs he had asked a taxi driver to play on the car stereo made the driver suspicious, police said. Harraj Mann, who is of Indian origin, had the songs stored on an MP3 player, which the cab was equipped to play on its stereo. Mann asked the driver to play "London Calling" by the Clash as they headed for Tees Valley International Airport near Darlington in...

A mobile phone salesman was hauled off a plane and questioned for three hours as a terror suspect - because he listened to songs by The Clash and Led Zeppelin. Harraj Mann, 24, played the punk anthem London Calling and classic rock track Immigrant Song in a taxi before a flight to London. The lyrics to both tracks made the driver fear his passenger was a terrorist.

A new rock group featuring former members of The Clash and Generation X has taken a novel approach to the issue of piracy by urging their fans to copy their music. Carbon Silicon make all their recordings freely available online, and actively encourage bootlegging or filming of their gigs. They even attack the current waves of litigation surrounding illegally copied music in their song Gangs Of England, which includes the line, "if you want the record, press record". "What we're talking about here is fans who are sharing music," Tony James, formally of Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Generation X -...

NEW YORK, Mar 11, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- A potential war with Iraq wasn't far from the minds of some musicians who turned out for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. "Tonight we're having a good time," singer Neil Young said at Monday's ceremony. "But we're going to kill a lot of people next week. Let's not forget about that ... We're making a huge mistake." Young, who wrote the anti-Vietnam War rocker, "Ohio," was speaking at the Waldorf Astoria ceremony to honor record executive Mo Ostin. Despite the presence of intently political musicians like...

<p>LONDON — Joe Strummer, lead singer of the legendary British punk band The Clash, has died, his record company said Monday. He was 50.</p> <p>Strummer, who was the band's guitarist, vocalist and songwriter alongside Mick Jones, died on Sunday. The British Broadcasting Corp. quoted The Clash's video director Don Letts as saying Strummer died of a heart attack.</p>

Just heard on the radio that Joe Strummer was found dead, presumably of a heart attack. RIP Joe.

FReepers, I was just on the air with Hugh Hewitt. He wanted to see one thread in which we answer the question --- should Lott stay or go. Please give Hugh a one word answer. Thanks. DFU -- go

<p>People have been asking me what I think of the new Bruce Springsteen CD.</p> <p>It's got a good beat. The tunes are catchy.</p> <p>But it fails the Jersey guy test.</p> <p>Tommy Moore is one Jersey guy I'm thinking of. He lives in Belmar, not far from E Street. Back when Bruce was becoming a rock star, Moore was becoming a Port Authority cop.</p>