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unusual facts about Mick Jones



Guerrilla librarian

In more recent history, the term “guerrilla librarian” has been used to refer to Mick Jones of The Clash.

Mickey the Monkey

The Clash Drummer Topper Headon, real name Nicholas Bowen Headon, earned his nickname from the band's guitarist Mick Jones due to his resemblance to Mickey the Monkey.

Nick Sheppard

When The Clash sacked Mick Jones in 1983, Sheppard and Vince White replaced him, and he toured America and Europe with them in 1984, playing on their final album Cut the Crap.

On Melancholy Hill

The rest of the video shows Murdoc Niccals, 2-D and Cyborg Noodle traveling through the deep ocean with a fleet of submarines, crewed by all of the collaborators that helped make the album, including Lou Reed, De La Soul, Snoop Dogg, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, 2manyDJs and Gruff Rhys.

Stan Stammers

During their two year existence Theatre of Hate released a number of singles and albums, most notably "Legion" the b-side to the first single "Original Sin", the Westworld album which was produced by Mick Jones of The Clash, and the "Westworld" single which went into no. 40 of the UK charts, qualifying the band for an appearance on Top of the Pops.

The Quietus

The Quietus has featured exclusive interviews with Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock, The Clash's Mick Jones, The Smiths' Johnny Marr, The The's Matt Johnson, Oasis's Noel Gallagher, New Order's Peter Hook, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, The Killers' Brandon Flowers, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Andy McCluskey, and La Roux's Elly Jackson, among others.


see also

Cut the Crap

Biographer Chris Salewicz noted that the "fundamental flaw" in firing Mick Jones from The Clash was that he wrote virtually all of the music.

The Clash: Westway to the World

The documentary implies that The Clash broke up in 1983 when Mick Jones left the band, and makes no mention of the post-Jones version of the band that existed between 1983 and 1986, nor the album that iteration produced (Cut the Crap).