{"id":25743,"date":"2024-12-11T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25743"},"modified":"2024-12-09T21:29:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T21:29:27","slug":"the-clash-a-photographic-monograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25743","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Clash: A Photographic Monograph\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rufus Publications<\/strong>\u00a0is pleased to announce the publication of\u00a0\u2018The Clash: A Photographic Monograph\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0featuring the photographs of\u00a0Adrian Boot<\/strong>\u00a0and the words of\u00a0Chris Salewicz<\/strong>.\u00a0

As Chris Salewicz says in his introduction, \u201cThe Clash were the garage band that grew to stadium status. The Clash \u2013 as befitted the art school backgrounds of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, the three front men – lived in the gap between art and life.\u00a0Spearheading \u2013 at first with the Sex Pistols – that huge shift in the culture of the British music scene brought about by punk rock in 1976, The Clash exploded a colossal artistic change that lingers to this day, virtually half a century later.\u00a0

Joined by drummer Topper Headon, an enduring part of their truth, they became one of the very greatest of British groups; with an abiding and palpable impact on global youthful rebellion, through the course of five extraordinary classic albums, the highly intelligent The Clash changed how people thought, laterally educating them through their own broad interests.\u00a0

Driven by\u00a0the unique skills of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon, their shows were the best, the warmest, the most involving and the most enjoyable rock\u2019n\u2019roll shows you had ever seen. They were also the most human.\u00a0

The band\u2019s popularity and influence has grown significantly over the last 20 years, continuing to win new followers with every generation of music fans.\u00a0\u2018The only band that matters,\u2019 cleverly ran their American record company\u2019s tagline for The Clash. And guess what? They were.\u00a0

Adrian Boot had honed his photographic skills in the early 1970s in Jamaica, shooting not only local roots artists but also the Rolling Stones when they were recording their Goats Head Soup album on the island. In other words, he had his feet in two of the camps that were The Clash\u2019s foundations; reggae music and outlaw rock\u2019n\u2019roll.\u00a0

He was the ideal photographer to shoot The Clash.\u00a0Judge for yourself.\u00a0Here it is.\u201d

\u2018The Clash: A Photographic Monograph\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0features hundreds of carefully scanned and restored images, documenting the band on location shoots in London and Belfast, live on stage, relaxing with family and friends and the period after when Joe Strummer appeared in the film, Straight to Hell and Mick Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The 260 page hard back book is available to order in three editions: The standard hardback book edition, measuring 246 x 346mm and printed on 170gsm art paper, sells for \u00a389 plus shipping. The Deluxe Edition\u00a0is quarter bound\u00a0in pink Skivertex\u00ae Galuchat, a leather substitute material,\u00a0 and is a numbered edition of only 300 copies personally signed by Adrian Boot and Chris Salewicz, presented in a luxury slipcase with a unique gicl\u00e9e print, created by photographer Adrian Boot. Each book is page edged in pink and sells for \u00a3199 plus shipping. Finally an ultra limited Super Deluxe Edition is also\u00a0available, with just 100 numbered copies worldwide. This super sized A3 book comes with an A3 print and is housed in a beautiful Clamshell case with a large\u00a0gicl\u00e9e\u00a0print created by Adrian Boot and sells for \u00a3399 plus delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book can be pre-ordered at\u00a0https:\/\/www.rufuspublications.com\/punk-alternative\/theclash<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will ship at the end of March 2025. All pre-orders placed before the end of January 2025 will be discounted by 10%.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rufus Publications\u00a0is pleased to announce the publication of\u00a0\u2018The Clash: A Photographic Monograph\u2019\u00a0featuring the photographs of\u00a0Adrian Boot\u00a0and the words of\u00a0Chris Salewicz.\u00a0 As Chris Salewicz says in his introduction, \u201cThe Clash were the garage band that grew to stadium status. The Clash \u2013 as befitted the art school backgrounds of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[8638,394],"class_list":["post-25743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-rufus-books","tag-the-clash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25743","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=25743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25746,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25743\/revisions\/25746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}