Blog Posts on the mescaleros

A Star Named Joe by The Last Song Syndrome on Dec 22, 2011[If Paul Simonon would have been my lover, then Joe Strummer will always be a star in my musical firmament.]JOHN GRAHAM MELLORaka JOE STRUMMER21 August 1952 - 22 December 2002Rest in peace, my dear star. Your music lives on. [Played on video: Coma Gi...

Remembering Joe Strummer On His 7th Death Anniversary by Trash Radio Manila on Dec 21, 2009On the occasion of the seventh death anniversary of John Graham Mellor, better known to the world as Joe Strummer, Don Letts hosted a tribute over at the BBC 6 Music Radio Last Sunday, December 20. It featured, aside from tunes from Strummer and The...

Remembering Joe Strummer On His 7th Death Anniversary by The Last Song Syndrome on Dec 21, 2009Seven years have passed and I personally still have not gotten over the fact that Joe Strummer, the highly politically-charged frontman of The Clash and later on of The Mescaleros, is no longer of this world.And why is that? Roughly three decades dow...