Video: The Clash - Interview with Tom Synder 1981

This time of year is always bittersweet for fans of The Clash . Ten years ago today, December 22nd, 2002, the band's great frontman Joe Strummer died of a heartache after retuning home from walking his dogs. He was just 50. His premature death was sudden, senseless, and inexplicable. Following The Clash's tumultuous break-up, Strummer had pieced his life back together. He was a vegetarian, an avid runner, and was working on a third album with his acclaimed solo project, The Mescaleros. In early December, he performed on stage with former bandmate Mick Jones, and [...]

The '80s. The decade that taste forgot, ten years that we look back on as being culturally and politically bankrupt. The source of many a cheesy pop tune and money raking comeback. We all know the score, or at least we think we do. Director Antonino d'Ambrosio has other ideas, however, and his point of few can be found in the excellent new documentary Let Fury Have The Hour . Talking to musicians such as Chuck D (pictured), Billy Bragg, Tom Morello and Fugazi's Ian McKaye, the film chronicles how a generation of artists, thinkers, [...]

Raise a toast to saint Joe Strummer I think he might have been our only decent teacher getting older only makes it harder to remember we are our only saviors The Hold Steady, "Constructive Summer" Another summer day, another birthday of note. So far we've seen the voice of a generation , the bluesman that started it all, and even the roots of lyrical poetry . But today we celebrate the would-be 59th birthday of one [...]

Picking up where we left of last week here's part two of the best interviews youtube has to offer. It's another special edition this week; the best interviews from the greatest musicians of the last 50 years. This week we have The Clash, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and the legend that is Kurt Cobain. The Clash Never less than brilliant in interviews, here's Joe Strummer and co switching between taking the piss and being surprisingly candid with Tom Synder, who seemed to have something [...]

While combing the Internet in our under last night stumbled across this great interview the Clash did with late night great Tom Snyder in the early 80s. Teddy bears are punched, the squatter lifestyle is examined, and mumbled witticisms are laced throughout. Rather than searching for "fighting babies" or "skateboarding dogs" tonight when you get home from the bar, make this part of your daily YouTube-age instead.

After recently viewing an old clip of The Clash being interviewed by the late (late) and great Tom Snyder (1936-2007), I was so inspired to write about his unique and relevant place in the anals of punk rock history. As host of The Tomorrow Show , which aired from 1973 until it's replacement by David Letterman in 1982, Tom Snyder characterized himself as a true grit journalist with the ability to land on topics that were not only controversial and taboo, but more importantly, misunderstood. [...]

... in the US, that is. BUY ITTTTT!!!!! Here's the Clash on the Tom Synder Tomorrow Show (when in doubt badge pin the host):

Topper Headon got up and played "Should I stay or should i go" and "train in vain" with carbon/silicon (Mick's band). Apparently its been 25 years since the two were on stage together. RIP strummer. read an article here also, dare i say, best interview ever?

The Clash is okay but Tom Snyder rules! Watch the two go head-to-head. Apparently Tom let them play some songs too. And, what the hell. How about a clip of "White Riot" from Rude Boy while we're at it. They used to have this movie at the Seattle Public [...]

Tom Snyder, a former late-night staple and veteran newsman, died Sunday at his home in San Francisco from complications of leukemia. He was 71. Snyder got his start as a radio reporter in Milwaukee in the 1960s and jumped to television news in the '70s. In 1972, he was hired as host of NBC's Tomorrow Show, which aired after the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Between 1973 and 1982, [...]

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Snyder and the Clash Tom Snyder , the strange TV and radio talk show host whose Tomorrow hosted many extraordinary musical moments (eg, John Lennon's last interview, KISS's breakup announcement), died Sunday of leukemia at 71. Besides being known for his steel gray hair and angry eyebrows, he is perhaps also notable for being pushed aside by his network to make room for the launches of both David Letterman's and Oprah Winfrey's careers. Stereogum has collected several more videos, including U2's first appearance on [...]

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