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Sandy Pearlman, Blue Öyster Cult manager and producer, dies aged 72

He was also a record executive, songwriter, manager, poet and a producer for acts including The Clash

Introducing The History Of Rock 1977

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Members of Roxy Music and The Clash form supergroup

Phil Manzanera and Paul Simonon have teamed up with Tony Allen

The Clash’s debut would “fail miserably” says unearthed industry letter

The note sees Epic A&R executive Bruce Harris explain why he wouldn't sign them

Paul Weller joined on stage by Mick Jones

The pair played "The Changingman" together

The Clash’s 30 best songs

An all-star panel – including Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Terry Chimes – vote for the greatest songs Strummer and co ever recorded

Watch unseen footage of The Clash’s 1977 New Year’s concert at the Roxy

Band's performance filmed by Julien Temple...

The Clash “couldn’t have gone on… it was too intense”

The surviving members of The Clash explain how the group couldn’t conceivably have lasted much longer, as “it was too intense”, in the new issue of Uncut.

October 2013

A number of thoughtful readers have written recently to remind me it will be the 10th anniversary in September of Warren Zevon's death, not that I was likely to forget.

The end of The Clash – by Joe Strummer

This month’s issue of Uncut (September 2012, Take 184) features Joe Strummer on the cover – inside is an in-depth exploration of his secret history, after The Clash split up to his redemption in the late ’90s. To complement this, our archive feature this week finds Strummer looking at the demise of The Clash – from their epic Sandinista! album to their bitter disintegration. This excerpt is taken from a longer piece in the September 1999 (Take 28) issue of Uncut. Words: Gavin Martin __________________________________
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Sandy Pearlman, the manager, songwriter, label executive and poet best known for his association with Blue Öyster Cult, has died aged 72. The news was broken by his friend Robert Duncan on Facebook: "Sandy Pearlman, poet, writer, songwriter, producer, manager, professor, polymath, visionary, pass...

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