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4 unusual facts about White Riot


Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön also covered "White Riot" by The Clash and "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf (which also was recorded in studio) at some of their gigs.

Sham Pistols

At what was intended to be Sham 69's final concert at the Glasgow Apollo Theatre on June 29, 1979 Jones and Cook had joined Sham onstage for the encore of "Pretty Vacant", "White Riot", "If the Kids Are United" and "What Have We Got".

White Riot

The song was featured in the soundtrack for the game Tony Hawk's Underground.

The Clash: Westway to the World.


Clash on Broadway

It comprises 64 tracks on three compact discs, spanning the time period from their very first single "White Riot" in 1977 through the Combat Rock album of 1982.


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Jesse Malin

Stateside fans were eventually able to purchase the album "The Fine Art of Self-Destruction in January 2003. Tour dates followed, both in America and the United Kingdom. Malin contributed to two cover albums, first he covered "Hungry Heart" for Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen, and then he recorded a cover of The Clash's "Death Or Glory" on the tribute White Riot Vol. 2: A Tribute to The Clash.