Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros YearsLimited seven vinyl LP pressing. 2022 marks 20 years since the passing of the legendary Joe Strummer. While best known as the frontman for The Clash, between 1999 2002 Strummer produced some of his most exciting work alongside The Mescaleros. Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years is the first comprehensive collection highlighting this intense period of creativity and brings together the albums Rock Art and the X Ray Style (1999), Global A Go Go

Tracks like “Everything Is Alright” and “Hold Me Down” showcase the band's signature blend of upbeat pop harmonies

power and pride in their standing as one of the true forefathers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

and his affinity for wry

With Curtis Fuller

full expanded sound using Boulevard Recording Studio and mixes by Mark Needham (The Revivalists

and more intentional within his palette of warped synth

But I brought a mix of rock and disco and it became the bomb

Upon hearing "Bay of Pigs

a genre of it's own

and co-produced by Eno and Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire

These tracks are now gathered together for the first time

virtuoso playing and heart-racing energy of HEAD FIRST