[Axiom] Axiom Discs Clash

[AndyJB]

I'd like to hear more about the Clash, please.

 

[bfowler]

they produce discs in almost every color and of different shades lol.

I even have brown and grey MVP discs.

Out of all of those colors the only ones I don't have is dark blue (which I don't want to buy) and green which I'm getting an Impulse in.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

I'd like to hear more about the Clash, please.

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, dub, funk, and rockabilly. For most of their recording career the Clash consisted of Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mick Jones (lead guitar, vocals), Paul Simonon (bass guitar, vocals) and Nicky "Topper" Headon (drums, percussion). Headon left the group in 1982, and internal friction led to Jones' departure the following year. The group continued with new members, but finally disbanded in early 1986.

The Clash achieved commercial success in the United Kingdom with the release of their debut album, The Clash, in 1977. Their third album, London Calling, released in the UK in December 1979, brought them popularity in the United States when it came out there the following month. It was declared the best album of the 1980s a decade later by Rolling Stone magazine. In 1982 they reached new heights of success with the release of Combat Rock, which spawned the US top 10 hit "Rock the Casbah", helping the album to achieve a 2x Platinum certification there. Their final album, Cut the Crap, was released in 1985.[1]

The Clash's politicised lyrics, musical experimentation, and rebellious attitude had a far-reaching influence on rock, alternative rock in particular.[2] They became widely referred to as "The Only Band That Matters"

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Clash number 28 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time,[103] and in 2010, the band was ranked 22nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[104] According to The Times, the Clash's debut, alongside Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, is "punk's definitive statement" and London Calling "remains one of the most influential rock albums".[97] In Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, London Calling ranked number 8, the highest entry by a punk band. The Clash was number 77 and Sandinista! was number 404.[105] In the magazine's 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, "London Calling" ranked number 15, again the highest for any song by a punk band. Four other Clash songs made the list: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (228), "Train in Vain" (292), "Complete Control" (361), and "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" (430).[55] "London Calling" ranked number 48 in the magazine's 2008 list of the 100 greatest guitar songs of all time.[106]

In John Robb's description, the Clash's debut established the "blueprint for the sound and the soul of what punk rock would be about.... The Clash were utterly inspirational, utterly positive, and they offered a million possibilities."[107] Jake Burns of Stiff Little Fingers, the first major punk band from Northern Ireland, explained the record's impact:

[T]he big watershed was The Clash album—that was go out, cut your hair, stop mucking about time, y'know. Up to that point we'd still been singing about bowling down California highways. I mean, it meant nothing to me. Although The Damned and the Pistols were great, they were only exciting musically; lyrically, I couldn't really make out a lot if it.... [T]o realise that [The Clash] were actually singing about their own lives in West London was like a bolt out of the blue.[108]

The Clash also inspired many musicians who were only loosely associated, if at all, with punk. The band's embrace of ska, reggae and England's Jamaican subculture helped provide the impetus for the 2 Tone movement that emerged amid the fallout of the punk explosion.[109] Other musicians who began performing while the Clash were active and acknowledged their debt to the band include Billy Bragg and Aztec Camera.[110] U2's The Edge has compared the Clash's inspirational effect to that of the Ramones—both gave young rock musicians at large the "sense that the door of possibility had swung open."[111] He wrote, "The Clash, more than any other group, kick-started a thousand garage bands across Ireland and the UK... eeing them perform was a life-changing experience."[3] Bono has described the Clash as "the greatest rock band. They wrote the rule book for U2."[112]

In later years, the Clash's influence can be heard in American political punk bands such as Rancid, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, NOFX, Green Day, and Rise Against as well as in the political hard rock of early Manic Street Preachers.[113] California's Rancid, in particular, are known as "incurable Clash zealots".[114] The title track of the band's album Indestructible proclaims, "I'll keep listening to that great Joe Strummer!"[115]

The Clash's involvement with Jamaican musical and production styles has inspired similar cross-cultural efforts by bands such as Bad Brains, Massive Attack, 311, Sublime and No Doubt.[116] They are credited with laying the groundwork for LCD Soundsystem's "punk-funk".[117] Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers lists London Calling as the record that "changed his life".[97] Bands identified with the garage rock revival of the late 1990s and 2000s such as Sweden's The Hives, Australia's The Vines and America's The White Stripes and The Strokes evince the Clash's influence.[118] Among the many latter-day British acts identified as having been inspired by the Clash are Babyshambles, The Futureheads, The Charlatans and Arctic Monkeys.[117] Before M.I.A. had an international hit in 2008 with "Paper Planes", which is built around a sample from "Straight to Hell", she referenced "London Calling" on 2003's "Galang".[117] A cover of "The Guns of Brixton" by German punk band Die Toten Hosen was released as a single in 2006.[119] A version by reggae legend Jimmy Cliff with Tim Armstrong from Rancid was scheduled for release in November 2011.[120] American-Irish punk band Dropkick Murphys released a cover of the song on Anti Heros vs Dropkick Murphys in 1997.[121][122]

In June 2009 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band opened their concert in Hyde Park, London, with 'London Calling'. The concert was later released on DVD as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: London Calling - Live in Hyde Park. Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven, Dave Grohl and Elvis Costello did the same song on The Grammy awards in 2003 as a tribute to Joe Strummer who died the year before.

The band has also had a notable impact on music in the Spanish-speaking world. In 1997, a Clash tribute album featuring performances by Buenos Aires punk bands was released.[123] Many rock en español bands such as Todos Tus Muertos, Café Tacuba, Maldita Vecindad, Los Prisioneros, Tijuana No, and Attaque 77 are indebted to the Clash.[124][125][126] Argentina's Los Fabulosos Cadillacs covered "Should stay or should I go!",London Calling's "Revolution Rock" and "The Guns of Brixton" and invited Mick Jones to sing on their song "Mal Bicho".[126] The Clash's influence is similarly reflected in Paris-founded Mano Negra's politicised lyrics and fusion of musical styles.[

 

[Hampstead]

London Calling is one of the best records ever recorded.

 

[ZAMson]

I'd like to hear more about the Clash, please.

The PDGA approval went through so the name and purpose were released, but not a release date. I've only seen a CAD profile and the photo they posted. So there's not much but speculation.

 

[luckless_pedestrian]

It got lost in the supermarket?

 

[B3NDER]

this is the worst with MVP-- I cant even stand having 2 molds in the same color anymore b/c when you look into the bag they look the same lol.

I have always wondered how people can throw only 1 color or something its so hard on the brain. I love knowing my X color disc is Y mold and so on.

I have my all stormtrooper grip bag sorted from left to right with drivers, to a few anodes, then mids (with putters up top) then they are sub-sorted alphabetically. I almost ALWAYS grab the right disc I wanted (almost)

 

[asc349]

I'd love to see a pic of that loaded bag, sounds sweeeet!

 

[bfowler]

I practice holding my discs in the dark and try to identify which one is which.

 

[B3NDER]

I'd love to see a pic of that loaded bag, sounds sweeeet!

 

[brutalbrutus]

Why do I hear the "Imperial March"?

 

[asc349]

Thanks Bender, that looks so nice!!!

 

[Toro71]

^missing a Vader. You need to grab one black core disc!

 

[B3NDER]

Vader is in the topic pocket. Ion

 

[Rogue9]

Awesome.

 

[ZAMson]

the OCD gods and their bauhaus bishops smile on that bag :thmbup: :hfive:

 

[DG_Before_Breakfast]

I thought this thread was going to be about how the color schemes don't match well with each other, and thus "Clash".

I'm liking the Crave, so this would be a nice compliment for when I want to break to the left. Doubt it replaces my Volt though

 

[Toro71]

Vader is in the topic pocket. Ion

Awsome! Now, you just need to figure out how to alter the grip logo to look like the planet-killer dish-shaped indentation in the death star:

 

[brutalbrutus]

It almost looks like the side of a TIE fighter already...

 

[Rogue9]

It looks like the Imperial logo