Buying the first Clash album is one of the most exciting days of my life. (once upon a time records could do that) It was year zero and I knew The Clash even then would be the only band that matters We had heard about it, read about it and finally it was here. Every song was great and so many of these songs could of been written about here. But Garageland was almost my anthem and I love spitting out the lyrics as I drove around Nunawading in my Datsun Bluebird.
My mate Chris and I decided to make our own Clash T-shirts with house paint. Mine was White Riot and Chris painted London’s Burning. However he left off the “R” so it became London’s Buning. He still wore it once or twice though.
Later little Murders would cover the song on stage around 1981 and I thought we did a great version. Then later when I was playing solo gigs in 2002 I would play this song with just me and the Fender. I still try and get Little Murders to have a go at playing it live but the guys are on to me now and know that every once in a while when we talk about adding a cover I will push for this one. They just laugh me off! And guess what. We're still in garageland.
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