• "The Guns of Brixton" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash, originally released on their 1979 album London Calling. It was written and sung...
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    Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres...
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    The 1981 Brixton riot, or Brixton uprising, was a series of clashes between mainly black youths and the Metropolitan Police in Brixton, London, between...
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    Hell", she referenced "London Calling" on 2003's "Galang". A cover of "The Guns of Brixton" by German punk band Die Toten Hosen was released as a single in...
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  • Good to Me", which it is named after. It also samples the songs "The Guns of Brixton" by the Clash, the Once Upon a Time in the West theme by Ennio Morricone...
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  • criminal named Jimmy Jazz and a gun-toting Jimmy Cliff aspirant living in Brixton ("Guns of Brixton"). In the opinion of PopMatters journalist Sal Ciolfi...
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  • a re-working of the SOS Band's chart-topper "Just Be Good to Me", based on a sample of the bassline from the Clash's "Guns of Brixton". This song was...
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  • economic and moral wellbeing of the UK. In 1980 "Clampdown" was released as a single backed with "The Guns of Brixton" in Australia. The single was not...
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    contributed vocals to the songs "Too Drunk to Fuck", "In a Manner of Speaking", "The Guns of Brixton", and "Making Plans for Nigel" on their first album. In 2005...
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  • and rhythm guitar on "The Guns of Brixton" Joe Strummer – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass guitar on "The Guns of Brixton" Topper Headon – drums 1977...
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  • The Brixton riot of 1985 started on 28 September in Lambeth in South London. It was the second major riot that the area had witnessed in the space of four...
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  • line from The Clash song "The Guns of Brixton." Another song titled "Ganja Bus" features vocals from Damian Marley (son of Bob Marley). Two different CD...
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    Jimmy Cliff (category Recipients of the Order of Merit (Jamaica))
    Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying "There's ska, rock steady, roots reggae, a revelatory cover of The Clash's "Guns of Brixton" delivered...
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  • singing a version of "Career Opportunities" from the band's first album, and his daughter Maria singing a snippet of "The Guns of Brixton", from London Calling...
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  • (2) Mixed by: Bryce Goggin Producers: Joshua Camp, Olivier Conan The Guns of Brixton (Strummer, Jones, Headon, Simonon) Rica Chicha (Jaime Moreyra) Alone...
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  • "The Guns of Brixton" Mick Jones - lead guitar, vocals Paul Simonon - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals and rhythm guitar on "The Guns of Brixton" Terry...
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  • England riots 2011 England riots "The Guns of Brixton" Hyson Green "How smouldering tension erupted to set Brixton aflame". The Guardian. London. 13 April...
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  • and "Just Can't Get Enough") Camille – vocals ("In a Manner of Speaking", "Guns of Brixton", "Too Drunk to Fuck" and "Making Plans for Nigel") Mélanie...
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    track featured Tim Armstrong of Rancid on guitar and backup vocals. It was based on the classic song "The Guns of Brixton" from The Clash's album London...
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    (January 28, 2022 - digital, April 1, 2022 - physical) The Guns of Brixton / Interior of a Dutch House (November 13, 2006) – Calexico/Beirut 7″ split...
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    the name "Brix" after the Clash's 1979 song "The Guns of Brixton". Smith met Mark E. Smith, vocalist of the Fall, at a gig at Metro in Chicago on 23 April...
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    The Clash discography (category Discographies of British artists)
    first UK single, "Tommy Gun", rose to number 19. In support of the album, the band undertook its first, largely successful tour of the US. In February 1979...
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    Fatboy Slim (category Alumni of the University of Brighton)
    allegations of copyright infringement through the liberal use of unauthorised samples: the bassline was taken from the Clash's "The Guns of Brixton" and the...
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  • song "Guns of Brixton". Big Audio Dynamite sample the line "Sit tight and listen keenly" on their song "C'mon Every Beatbox". List of hood films Bakari...
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  • was released in 2004 and featured a rerecorded bassline from "The Guns of Brixton" by The Clash. The music video for the song was directed by Dean Karr...
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    it out as soon as possible. Then we did Just Can't Get Enough and Guns Of Brixton. We put the album together in just eight months. And after that we...
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    reggae artist Jimmy Cliff. Their first single, a cover of The Clash song "The Guns of Brixton", was released on October 4, 2011. Sacred Fire EP was released...
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    in the song "The Guns of Brixton" on their seminal 1979 album London Calling: "You know it means no mercy They caught him with a gun No need for the Black...
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    police, instead playing the song. "Cop Killer" "The Guns of Brixton", a 1979 song by The Clash born of similar frustration with police tactics Rodney King...
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    on "Career Opportunities" while Maria sang on "The Guns of Brixton" which was featured at the end of the song "Broadway". "Mick Gallagher biography". theblockheads...
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