{"id":20025,"date":"2022-09-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20025"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:54:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:54:45","slug":"joe-strummer-celebrated-with-a-previously-unheard-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20025","title":{"rendered":"JOE STRUMMER CELEBRATED WITH A PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD NEW SONG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>LANCE BANGS DIRECTS OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE FROM THE JOE STRUMMER ARCHIVE AND A SPECIAL CAMEO FROM EDDIE VEDDER TRACK FROM STRUMMER\u2019S FINAL SESSIONS FEATURED ON THE ACCLAIMED NEW BOX SET,\u00a0 JOE STRUMMER 002: THE MESCALEROS YEARS&#8217;JOE STRUMMER 002:\u00a0 THE MESCALEROS YEARS&#8217; AVAILABLE NOW VIA DARK HORSE RECORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51bXc4mv9-L._AC_SL1200_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"643\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51bXc4mv9-L._AC_SL1200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51bXc4mv9-L._AC_SL1200_.jpg 747w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/51bXc4mv9-L._AC_SL1200_-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;If you think you miss Joe Strummer now, by the time you get to the end of this boxset, you are really going to miss the guy. What an impact, what an amazing musician, what an amazing human being, a great artist, and this boxset perfectly captures the man, the music and the moment, I\u2019m so glad this came out&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><strong>Henry Rollins<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previously unreleased track is among the highlights found on &#8216;Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years&#8217;, the first-ever comprehensive collection highlighting Strummer\u2019s work with his post-Clash band, The Mescaleros, available now on 4CD w\/72-page book and 7LP w\/32-page book, special edition packaging and exclusive 12\u201dx12\u201d art print.\u00a0&#8216;Fantastic&#8217; marks one of Strummer\u2019s final recordings, with vocals recorded in December 2002 at the famed Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales, mere weeks after Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros played their last ever live show at Liverpool University on November 22, 2002. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track\u2019s emotional companion video, directed by renowned rock \u2018n\u2019 roll filmmaker Lance Bangs (Nirvana, Sonic Youth) and featuring archival footage shot by\u00a0<strong>Strummer<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Dick Rude<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Julien Temple<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Don Letts<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Josh Cheuse<\/strong>, along with a special cameo by\u00a0<strong>Eddie Vedder<\/strong>\u00a0and spoken word introduction by Strummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy &#8216;Strummer 002&#8217; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LTIQR3\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LTIQR3\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Strummer - Fantastic (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/48-geUgSF8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCE BANGS DIRECTS OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE FROM THE JOE STRUMMER ARCHIVE AND A SPECIAL CAMEO FROM EDDIE VEDDER TRACK FROM STRUMMER\u2019S FINAL SESSIONS FEATURED ON THE ACCLAIMED NEW BOX SET,\u00a0 JOE STRUMMER 002: THE MESCALEROS YEARS&#8217;JOE STRUMMER 002:\u00a0 THE MESCALEROS YEARS&#8217; AVAILABLE NOW VIA DARK HORSE RECORDS &#8220;If you think you miss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[463],"class_list":["post-20025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-joe-strummer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20027,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20025\/revisions\/20027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}