Almost as much as I like the cure-

one of the classic punk bands just like the ramones and the sex pistols there cool

1 of the best

punk is very important

some songs r ok

Did bad for the punk image

They have some great songs...but I only know a few.

Somewhat pioneers.

never heard of em

haha yeah

I like them haha

for the time

which iss?

IT WAS A GOOD ALBUM BUT NOT VERY PUNK

eww wat the fuck is this

their kool...

memories

?

classic punk

YAY PUNK MUSIC

Funny....I am asking myself that very same question right now. Should I stay or should I go. Creepy.

Um, no

Never heard of them

The only band that mattered

Wtf is this shit

yess!

no

should I stay or should I go was okay, but that's about it.

i just remeber should i stay or should i go and most of the time i was drunk"

/e <3

Like "Rock the Casbah!"

The first great punk band

LOVE these guys! Their hits aren't even as good as their other stuff!

Max Max respect .. I recomment to you Clash on Broadway, a 3 cd box with their demos.

The Clash is kind of a classical punk band, if that is possible.

probably overated but they kick so much ass it's impossible not to luv em.fave:police&thieves

The body of work is very strong, and at its best, superb. One of the giants of their era.

While London Calling is a solid album, although there is some dodgy filler here, most of the other albums were patchy especially the hugely overrated debut.  You have to say that on balance they're well overrated and singles like 'Rock the Casbah'  and 'Should I stay' are as vapid and pointless as anything by Britney. A good band but certainly not a great one.

Never liked this band and I agree with John Lydon that I never cared for the way they structured their songs either. "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"......??????!!!!! How can you people classify this band as one of the punk greats! They are very possibly THE MOST OVERRATED PUNK BAND IN HISTORY! Their first couple of albums have one or two listenable songs on them and the rest of it is complete crap. I wish they had "Cut The Crap" along time ago. Not only that, they continued to spew out all of this anti- rock establishment talk and badmouthed all of the leading arena rock acts of the time for being overblown and bloated old assholes and then came to the USA to OPEN UP FOR THE WHO???? What a bunch of total hypocrites! I don't like "Rock The Cashbox", I don't like "Radio Clash". I don't like 99% of this band's material at all. And yes, I have heard all the albums and I hear all of you praising them for adapting reggae and ska styles to their music and blah, blah, blah. And I hear all of you going on about the best Clash material being stuff that was and never is currently being played on radio. It's that way with almost any rock group, so shut up. The Clash had their 15 minutes of fame playing clubs in the UK when they first came out in the late Seventies and should have broken up then. The vast majority of their material is boring, barely listenable, throwaway junk.

While rock and roll is a young man's game, this axiom especially holds true in the case of punk artists (though considerably less so for its cousin ska). This means that the more legendary punk artists burn bright, yet fleeting, or otherwise the acts become "soft" with maturity and a loss of angst. Notwithstanding the poor late 1985 release "Cut The Crap," the Clash not only wore this mold like a glove, but the band created and broke it as well. Nowhere is this more evidenced than with the indisputable musical masterpiece "London Calling" (1979) which has the band continuing to merge reggae, but also jazz, rockabilly, and (of course) ska. Due to the strength of this release, one should supplement any basic compilation with it, though "The Story Of The Clash, Vol. 1" (1988) is more Clash than most would ever want. Nevertheless, the band loses a star for relatively week vocals.

A great versatile band that experimented with reggae and ska before it was the cool thing to do

I'm surprised they are currently 30th on this list. Even allowing that "Combat Rock" wasn't THAT great, and the ill-advised "Cut the Crap" is pretty awful, their earlier work alone shows, IMO, that they are the greatest group of this type. They could be a tad preachy at times, but they are simply the top group of punk, the most diverse and challenging band of their genre and timeframe. Highly influential band, the weak ripoffs of more recent times can't hold a candle to them.

One of the finest "punk" bands to come out of England and conquer the masses.

I don't understand how some of you can rate The Clash so low. Not only are they the greatest Punk band of all time, they are one of the greatest Rock bands of all time. Do yourself a favour and go pick up a copy of London Calling. Give it a good listen. You cannot judge The Clash on a few songs that they play on the radio. The best stuff is what you never hear played.

Best punk band ever, they made me get into punk [now i am really into punk] and joe strummer and mick jones are the best rythim guitarists in THE world

Incredible band. They were one of the first punk bands to really stand for something. They were the first rock band to trully embrace reggae ideas and sound. Now you hear it all the time but in the late 70s' and early 80s' it was not common

That the Clash should be any less than #5 on a list such as this is ludicrous. Or at least a good example of the fact that no one younger than 28 frequents this site. Who is this moron? Not very good musicianship, poor 'singing', boring leftwing ranting. Politics and music dont really mix MORON.

Seem like a pretty good band. I like the beat of some of their songs (e.g, Rock the Casbah) but not always their lyrics.

One of the more overrated bands who've acquired some kind of seminal status. Not very good musicianship, poor 'singing', boring leftwing ranting. Politics and music dont really mix. Most kids who like punk/new wave are in it more for the aggression and a superficial and fashionable anti-society attitude or they simply just the music. I suppose at least Joe Strummer didn't sell out like most of his peers.

The Clash were beyond great. I love many bands, but the Clash have to be my favorite. The Clash (US release) was the first vinyl album I ever bought, and Should I Stay Or Should I Go was the first song I learned on guitar. Songs like Deny, What's My Name, Protex Blue, etc. really make one wanna go out there and punch a wall in, and somehow this is not a bad thing. And London Calling is delicious in its apocalyptic imagery.