Quintessential "college rock" band. The kind critics love. Plenty of good tunes here and there, but I've never really been able to listen to an entire album at a time.
Though ironically -- The Clash were The Beatles of punk, and I love the Beatles, but nonetheless much prefer the Sex Pistols (the Stones of punk) to the Clash (and I should be famous by now for my Stones-disdain!)
Though as far as I'm concerned "punk" didn't really hit its artistic peak until the 80's American indie scene. Black Flag and all those SST bands, now that's the real shit! (Just to let you know what type of hippie I am!)
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