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Let Fury Have the Hour:

The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer

Antonino D'Ambrosio
December 2004     ISBN: 1560256257


A quintessential rude boy, punker, rebel musician, artist and activist. Joe Strummer wrote some of the most important music of the last century. His most influential songs include "Guns of Brixton," "The Washington Bullets," "Spanish Bombs," "London's Burning" and "Garageland." Effectively melding raw creativity with radical politics, Strummer transformed punk rock from its early associations with reactionary and nihilistic politics into a social movement.

Let Fury Have the Hour collects articles, interviews, essays and reviews that chronicle Strummer's life both as a musician and a political activisst. Included are essays and interviews by Antonino D'Ambrosio, alongside contributions from Peter Silverton, Billy Bragg, Ann Scanlon, Lester Bangs, Sylvie Simmons, Charlie Bertsch, Greil Marcus, Amy Phillips, Joe Schalit and others.

What readers are saying

"The most serious work dedicated to punk politics."

--Z Magazine

"Less a hagiography than an earnest consideration of Strummer's political views and life, Let Fury Have the Hour is a rewarding look back at the man who made The Only Band That Matters, well, matter. Leaping confidently from timeless screeds by Greil Marcus and Lester Bangs to appreciations from Chuck D, Kristine McKenna, Michael Franti, Tony Kushner, Tim Robbins and out into the more analytical work of Bad Subjects vets Charlie Bertsch and Joel Schalit, this potent collection ably communicates the hunger for social, cultural and racial justice that made Strummer's work so engaging."

--Salon.com

About the Authors

Antonino D'Ambrosio is a writer, filmmaker, photographer and musician. He is the founder and director of La Lutta New Media Collective, a media activism and documentary film production group based in New York City. His writing has appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, Monthly Review, Color Lines, New Labor Forum and other publications. His recent documentaries include Desaparecidos and Piccolo Colli: The People of Russell Street.

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