Garageland (song)
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"Garageland" is a song by English punk rock
band The Clash
featured as the final track for their 1977 debut album The Clash
.
The song was penned by Joe Strummer
as a response to music journalist Charles Shaar Murray
, who, after a gig in 1976, wrote a review saying that they were "the kind of garage band who should be returned to the garage immediately", and also to both the fans and the record company, with which they had signed a contract for £100,000 on 25 January 1977, that they would still remain the same as they were before the signing.
's early appearance at the Sex Pistols
Screen on the Green
concert, Charles Shaar Murray
, an NME
critic, produced a damning review of the band:
The Clash reacted immediately by writing the song 'Garageland', whose opening verses are: "Back in the garage with my bullshit detector / Carbon monoxide
makes sure it's effective", followed by the chorus: "We're a garage band / We come from garageland", and concluding with "Back in the garage".
Another theme in the song is about the band signing to CBS Records
on 25 January 1977 for £100,000. The music press and fans criticized The Clash for having "sold out" to the establishment. Mark Perry
, founder of the leading London punk periodical, Sniffin' Glue
, let loose with what he would later call his "big quote": "Punk died the day The Clash signed to CBS." This was evidenced in the verses: "Meanwhile things are hotting up in the West End alright / Contracts in the offices and groups in the night / My bumming slumming friends have got new boots / And someone just asked me if the group would wear suits", and, after the chorus, with the following lines: "I don't want to know about what the rich are doing / I don't want to go to where the rich are going / They think they're so clever, they think they're so right / But the truth is only known by gutter snipes".
"Garageland", as well as the most of their debut studio album
, was conceived on the 18th floor of a council high rise on London's Harrow Road
, in a flat that was rented by Jones
' grandmother, who frequently went to see them rehearsing. The song was recorded at CBS
Whitfield Street Studio No. 3 on 27 February 1977, with the tapes for the entire album delivered to CBS at the start of March and released in the United Kingdom through CBS Records
on 8 April 1977, engineered by CBS staff engineer Simon Humphrey and produced by Clash live soundman
Mickey Foote.
, London
, where the band was supported by Subway Sect
, Buzzcocks
, and The Slits
. From that moment to 1985, the song has become a stable part of the setlists of their future tours and concerts, and has graced stages all over the world. Among the most important venues, concert halls and arenas there were:
As mentioned before, "Garageland" was first featured as the last track of the band's debut album as well as in its 1979 U.S. release and is featured in many unofficial and semi-official bootlegs such as the 1992 release of U.S.A. 1979. It was featured on the films Rude Boy
, released in 1980, where it was performed live at Rehearsal Rehearsals, but the audio was re-recorded at Wessex Studios, and on The Punk Rock Movie
, directed and filmed by Don Letts
mainly at The Roxy
club in Super 8
in Autumn of 1977 during The Clash's White Riot tour, and published in DVD format in 1992. "Garageland" is also featured on some live and compilation albums, most notably on Clash on Broadway
and The Essential Clash
, both released in 2003, Rarities released in 2003, and Pearl Harbour '79 released in 1979 in Japan and in 2004 worldwide.
Murray called The Clash "the greatest rock band in the world".
s such as City Rockers: A Tribute To The Clash
, released on 6 July 1999 by various artists throughout Chord Records where the song was performed by The Sick
. White Riot: A Tribute To The Clash (Vol. Two) released in 2003 by various artists and performed by Billy Bragg
with Wiggy, The Neurotics
, and Attila & The Stockbroker
, Charlie Does Surf: A Tribute To The Clash released in 2004 by various artists where the song was performed by The Glasgow Tiki Shakers with Bill McGlynnon guitar, Joyce Seko on bass, and Bruce Graham on drums, and Revolution Rock: Joe Strummer Memorial Night At Klubi, Tampere Finland released on December 2006 by various artists throughout LampLite Ltd. and performed by The Control with ex-Hanoi Rocks
' Stefan Piesnack and Tumppi Varonen on vocals.
The New Zealand
indie rock
band Garageland
, as well as a UK magazine published by Transition Edition
, (and a tribute band from Dublin Ireland) are named after this song.
Journals and magazines
|title=The Clash |date= |journal=Mojo
|issue=Mojo Classic |publisher=Bauer |location=London, UK |accessdate=2011-09-24 }} |last=Murray |first=Charles Shaar |authorlink=Charles Shaar Murray |title=Joe is dead, but the Clash are immortal |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3592288/Joe-is-dead-but-the-Clash-are-immortal.html |date=2003-04-05 |journal=The Daily Telegraph
|publisher=Telegraph Media Group |location=London, UK |accessdate=2011-09-20 |quote=I described them as the kind of garage band who should be speedily returned to their garage, preferably with the engine running }} |date=16 March 1991 |title=The Uncut Crap - Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash |journal=NME
|volume=3 |pages= |publisher=IPC
|location=London, UK |issn=0028-6362 |oclc=4213418 |accessdate=2011-09-24 }}
Films and documentaries
|people=Letts Don
; Rick Elgood, Joe Strummer
, Mick Jones
, Paul Simonon
, Topper Headon
, Terry Chimes
, The Clash
|date=2001 |title=The Clash: Westway to the World |medium=DVD |publisher=Sony Music Entertainment
; Dorismo; Uptown Films |location=New York, NY |accessdate=2011-09-20 |isbn=0-7389-0082-6 |oclc=49798077 }} |people=Letts Don
; The Clash
, Sex Pistols
, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
, Generation X
, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Slits
, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Eater
, Subway Sect
, X-Ray Spex
, Alternative TV
, Johnny Thunders
and The Heartbreakers
|date=1991 [1977] |title=The Punk Rock Movie
|medium=DVD |publisher=Studio !K7
|location=Berlin
, Germany |accessdate=2011-09-20 |isbn= |oclc= }} |people=Hazan, Jack; David Mingay, Ray Gange, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Nicky Headon, Buzzy Enterprises, Epic Music Video |date=2006-08-01 |title=Rude Boy |medium=DVD |publisher=Epic Music Video |location=New York, NY |accessdate=2011-09-20 |isbn=0738905879 |oclc=70850190 }}
Records
|title=The Clash |albumlink=The Clash (album) |artist=The Clash
|year=1977 |format=LP |publisher=CBS
/Epic
|location=UK
}}
Web
|url=http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1976_77/77-03-11%20Coliseum/77-03-11%20Coliseum.html |title=The Clash Harlesd(e)n Roxy 10 March 1977 |accessdate=2011-09-20 |publisher=BlackMarketClash.com }} |url=http://www.transitiongallery.co.uk/garageland.htm |title=Garageland |accessdate=2011-09-21 |publisher=Transition Gallery
}} |url=http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1976_77/76-08-29%20Screen%20on%20the%20Green/Midnight%20Special.html |title=Screen on the Green - Islington |accessdate=2011-09-20 |publisher=BlackMarketClash.com }}
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
featured as the final track for their 1977 debut album The Clash
The Clash (album)
The album received positive reviews from critics and peaked at number 12 in the UK charts. In December 1979, critic Robert Christgau named it his favorite album of the 1970s....
.
The song was penned by Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
as a response to music journalist Charles Shaar Murray
Charles Shaar Murray
Charles Shaar Murray is an English music journalist. His first experience in journalism came 1970 when he was asked to contribute to the satirical magazine Oz...
, who, after a gig in 1976, wrote a review saying that they were "the kind of garage band who should be returned to the garage immediately", and also to both the fans and the record company, with which they had signed a contract for £100,000 on 25 January 1977, that they would still remain the same as they were before the signing.
Writing and recording
Upon The ClashThe Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
's early appearance at the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
Screen on the Green
The Screen On The Green
The Screen On The Green is a single screen cinema facing Islington Green in the London Borough of Islington, London. The current building was opened in 1913 and it is one of the oldest continuously running cinemas in the UK...
concert, Charles Shaar Murray
Charles Shaar Murray
Charles Shaar Murray is an English music journalist. His first experience in journalism came 1970 when he was asked to contribute to the satirical magazine Oz...
, an NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
critic, produced a damning review of the band:
- The Clash are the kind of garage band who should be returned to the garage immediately, preferably with the engine running, which would undoubtedly be more of a loss to their friends and families than to either rock or roll.
- Followed by:
- Their guitarist on the extreme left, allegedly known as Joe StrummerJoe StrummerJohn Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
, has good moves but he and the band are a little shaky on ground that involves starting, stopping and changing chords at approximately the same time.
The Clash reacted immediately by writing the song 'Garageland', whose opening verses are: "Back in the garage with my bullshit detector / Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide , also called carbonous oxide, is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly lighter than air. It is highly toxic to humans and animals in higher quantities, although it is also produced in normal animal metabolism in low quantities, and is thought to have some normal...
makes sure it's effective", followed by the chorus: "We're a garage band / We come from garageland", and concluding with "Back in the garage".
Another theme in the song is about the band signing to CBS Records
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
on 25 January 1977 for £100,000. The music press and fans criticized The Clash for having "sold out" to the establishment. Mark Perry
Mark Perry (musician)
Mark Perry, also known as Mark P, was a British fanzine publisher and is a writer and musician.Perry was a bank clerk when, inspired by The Ramones, he founded the punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue in 1976...
, founder of the leading London punk periodical, Sniffin' Glue
Sniffin' Glue
Sniffin' Glue is the name of a monthly punk zine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year. The name is derived from a Ramones song "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." Others that wrote for the magazine that later became well known journalists include Danny Baker.Although initial...
, let loose with what he would later call his "big quote": "Punk died the day The Clash signed to CBS." This was evidenced in the verses: "Meanwhile things are hotting up in the West End alright / Contracts in the offices and groups in the night / My bumming slumming friends have got new boots / And someone just asked me if the group would wear suits", and, after the chorus, with the following lines: "I don't want to know about what the rich are doing / I don't want to go to where the rich are going / They think they're so clever, they think they're so right / But the truth is only known by gutter snipes".
"Garageland", as well as the most of their debut studio album
The Clash (album)
The album received positive reviews from critics and peaked at number 12 in the UK charts. In December 1979, critic Robert Christgau named it his favorite album of the 1970s....
, was conceived on the 18th floor of a council high rise on London's Harrow Road
Harrow Road
The Harrow Road is an ancient route in Greater London which runs from Paddington in a northwesterly direction to Harrow. With minor deviations in the 19th and 20th centuries, the route remains otherwise unaltered...
, in a flat that was rented by Jones
Mick Jones (The Clash)
Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones is the former lead guitarist, secondary vocalist and co-founder for the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and...
' grandmother, who frequently went to see them rehearsing. The song was recorded at CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
Whitfield Street Studio No. 3 on 27 February 1977, with the tapes for the entire album delivered to CBS at the start of March and released in the United Kingdom through CBS Records
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
on 8 April 1977, engineered by CBS staff engineer Simon Humphrey and produced by Clash live soundman
Audio engineering
An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
Mickey Foote.
Appearances
The song made its live debut on 10–11 March 1977, on the first and second night of an early gig at The Coliseum in HarlesdenHarlesden
Harlesden is an area in the London Borough of Brent, northwest London, UK. Its main focal point is the Jubilee Clock which commemorates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee....
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where the band was supported by Subway Sect
Subway Sect
Subway Sect were one of the original British punk bands. Their influence was limited by the very small amount of recorded material they released.-The early days:...
, Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...
, and The Slits
The Slits
The Slits were a British punk rock band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The members were Ari Up , who died of cancer in October 2010, and Palmolive , with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members, Kate Korus and...
. From that moment to 1985, the song has become a stable part of the setlists of their future tours and concerts, and has graced stages all over the world. Among the most important venues, concert halls and arenas there were:
- De Montfort HallDe Montfort HallDe Montfort Hall is a music and performance venue in Leicester, England. It is situated adjacent to Victoria Park and is named after Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester.-History:...
in LeicesterLeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
(1977), - the Lyceum Theatre, London (1978),
- the AgoraAgora Theatre and BallroomThe Agora Theatre and Ballroom is a concert club located in Cleveland, Ohio. The Agora name was previously used by two other Cleveland venues in succession, the latter of which was destroyed by fire in 1984...
in Cleveland (1979), - the New York Palladium (1979),
- the Capitol TheatreCapitol Theatre (Passaic)The Capitol Theatre was an entertainment venue located at the intersection of Monroe Street and Central Avenue in Passaic, New Jersey. Built in 1926 as a vaudeville house, the Capitol later served as a movie theater and a venue for rock concerts.Throughout the 1970s and into the mid 1980s, the...
in Passaic, New JerseyPassaic, New JerseyPassaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...
(1980), - the Orpheum TheatreOrpheum Theatre (Boston, Massachusetts)The Orpheum Theatre is a music venue located at 1 Hamilton Place in Boston, Massachusetts. One of the oldest theaters in the United States, it was built in 1852 and was originally known as the Boston Music Hall, the original home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The concert hall was converted for...
in BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
(1980), - the Hammersmith PalaisHammersmith PalaisThe Hammersmith Palais de Danse, later simply the Hammersmith Palais, was a ballroom and entertainment venue in London that operated from 1919 until 2007...
in London (1980), - the Théâtre MogadorThéâtre MogadorThéâtre Mogador founded in 1913 and designed by Bertie Crewe, is a Parisian music hall theatre located at 25, rue de Mogador in the 9th district. It seats 1,800 people on three tiers.In 1913 financier Sir Alfred Butt rented an area in Paris...
in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(1981), - the Brixton Academy in London (1982 & 1985),
- the Saint Paul Civic Center Arena in St Paul, Minnesota (1982),
- the Johanneshovs IsstadionHovetHovet , formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion, is an arena in Stockholm mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was opened in 1955 as an outdoor arena. A roof was added in 1962, and the arena interior has also been a subject to major renovation in 2002. The arenas main...
in StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(1984), - the Espace BallardElysée MontmartreOpen in 1807, the Élysée Montmartre is a music venue, at 72 Boulevard de Rochechouart, in Paris, France. It has a capacity of 1,200 patrons. The nearest métro station is Anvers.In 1900, the venue was damaged by fire, and was re-decorated...
in Paris (1984), - the Orange arena at the Roskilde FestivalRoskilde FestivalRoskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
of 1985 in DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
.
As mentioned before, "Garageland" was first featured as the last track of the band's debut album as well as in its 1979 U.S. release and is featured in many unofficial and semi-official bootlegs such as the 1992 release of U.S.A. 1979. It was featured on the films Rude Boy
Rude Boy (film)
Rude Boy is a 1980 British film directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay and filmed in 1978 and early 1979.The film, part fiction, part rockumentary, tells the story of Ray Gange, a Clash fan who leaves his job in a Soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band...
, released in 1980, where it was performed live at Rehearsal Rehearsals, but the audio was re-recorded at Wessex Studios, and on The Punk Rock Movie
The Punk Rock Movie
The Punk Rock Movie was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at The Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, principally during the 100 days in 1977 in which punk acts were featured at The Roxy club in London.-History:Roxy club disc jockey...
, directed and filmed by Don Letts
Don Letts
Don Letts is a British film director and musician. He is credited as the man who through his DJing at clubs like The Roxy brought together punk and reggae music.-Biography:...
mainly at The Roxy
The Roxy
The Roxy was a fashionable nightclub on Neal Street in London's Covent Garden, known for hosting the flowering British punk music scene in its infancy.-Brief history:...
club in Super 8
Super 8 mm film
Super 8 mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format....
in Autumn of 1977 during The Clash's White Riot tour, and published in DVD format in 1992. "Garageland" is also featured on some live and compilation albums, most notably on Clash on Broadway
Clash on Broadway
-Track listing:All songs written by Mick Jones and Joe Strummer except where noted otherwise.-Disc one:# "Janie Jones" — 2:11# "Career Opportunities" — 1:58#* early demo versions produced by Guy Stevens# "White Riot" — 1:59# "1977" — 1:41...
and The Essential Clash
The Essential Clash
The Essential Clash is a career-spanning greatest hits album by The Clash first released in 2003. It is part of the on-going 'The Essential' Sony BMG compilation series...
, both released in 2003, Rarities released in 2003, and Pearl Harbour '79 released in 1979 in Japan and in 2004 worldwide.
Reception
Ironically, only two years after the 1976 review that inspired the band to write "Garageland", in NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
Murray called The Clash "the greatest rock band in the world".
Tributes
"Garageland" is also featured on tribute albumTribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
s such as City Rockers: A Tribute To The Clash
City Rockers: A Tribute To The Clash
City Rockers: A Tribute To The Clash is a tribute album to the punk rock band The Clash.-Track listing:#"Death or Glory" – Dave Smalley#"Clampdown" – Hot Water Music#"Hate & War" – Murhpy's Law#"Hateful" – Kid Dynamite...
, released on 6 July 1999 by various artists throughout Chord Records where the song was performed by The Sick
Dozer
Dozer is a stoner rock band from Sweden.- Early years :Dozer was formed in Borlänge, Sweden in 1995, playing local youth centres and supporting any bands that came to their hometown. In 1998 the band recorded a Split EP with the American band Unida...
. White Riot: A Tribute To The Clash (Vol. Two) released in 2003 by various artists and performed by Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
with Wiggy, The Neurotics
The Newtown Neurotics
The Newtown Neurotics were an English punk rock/post-punk group formed in 1979. They were noted for their openly political music.-History:...
, and Attila & The Stockbroker
Attila the Stockbroker
Attila the Stockbroker is a punk poet, and a folk punk musician and songwriter. He performs solo and as the leader of the band Barnstormer...
, Charlie Does Surf: A Tribute To The Clash released in 2004 by various artists where the song was performed by The Glasgow Tiki Shakers with Bill McGlynnon guitar, Joyce Seko on bass, and Bruce Graham on drums, and Revolution Rock: Joe Strummer Memorial Night At Klubi, Tampere Finland released on December 2006 by various artists throughout LampLite Ltd. and performed by The Control with ex-Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
' Stefan Piesnack and Tumppi Varonen on vocals.
The New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Garageland
Garageland
Garageland was an indie rock band on New Zealand's Flying Nun record label. Influenced by Pixies, Pavement, The Clean and The Velvet Underground, they were critically acclaimed in the UK and US for their well-crafted and catchy pop songs...
, as well as a UK magazine published by Transition Edition
Transition Gallery
Transition Gallery is a contemporary art project space in Hackney, East London. It is run by artists Cathy Lomax and Alex Michon. Transition Editions the gallery's publishing arm produces publications to accompany shows as well as two bi-annual magazines Arty and Garageland.-History:Transition...
, (and a tribute band from Dublin Ireland) are named after this song.
Covers
"Garageland" has been performed by a number of bands, including :- Welsh band The OppressedThe OppressedThe Oppressed is a Welsh anti-fascist Oi! band that formed in 1981 in Cardiff. Most of the musicians in the band's various lineups were skinheads. Throughout the band's career, the members openly expressed opposition to racism and fascism — in their lyrics, interviews, on-stage comments and other...
(Oi!) - English band The HousemartinsThe HousemartinsThe Housemartins were an English indie pop band that was active in the 1980s. Many of the Housemartins' lyrics were a mixture of Marxist politics and Christianity, reflecting singer Paul Heaton's beliefs at the time .-Formation:The band was formed in late 1983 by Paul Heaton and...
(indie pop) - British band ChumbawambaChumbawambaChumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music...
(punk rock, world, folk) - New York band Urban BlightUrban Blight (band)Urban Blight is a New York City band. The seven-member group plays crossover music with varied styles, including ska, reggae, and new jack swing, and includes elements of lyrical humor....
(ska, reggae, new jack swing) - Californian band Manic HispanicManic HispanicManic Hispanic is a punk rock/Chicano rock band from Orange County and Los Angeles, California. They are a semi-parodic act that plays cover versions of punk rock and hardcore punk "standards" by slightly renaming songs and adjusting lyrics to address Chicano culture...
(punk rock, chicano rock) - Finnish musician Pelle MiljoonaPelle MiljoonaPelle Miljoona, real name Petri Samuli Tiili is a Finnish punk rock musician, who assembled his first band in 1977. His biggest hit was in 1980 with Moottoritie on Kuuma . Another well-known song is Tahdon rakastella sinua...
(punk rock) - Italian band Gang (acoustic version)
- Italian band Linea
Sources
BooksJournals and magazines
|title=The Clash |date= |journal=Mojo
Mojo (magazine)
MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...
|issue=Mojo Classic |publisher=Bauer |location=London, UK |accessdate=2011-09-24 }} |last=Murray |first=Charles Shaar |authorlink=Charles Shaar Murray |title=Joe is dead, but the Clash are immortal |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3592288/Joe-is-dead-but-the-Clash-are-immortal.html |date=2003-04-05 |journal=The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
|publisher=Telegraph Media Group |location=London, UK |accessdate=2011-09-20 |quote=I described them as the kind of garage band who should be speedily returned to their garage, preferably with the engine running }} |date=16 March 1991 |title=The Uncut Crap - Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash |journal=NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
|volume=3 |pages= |publisher=IPC
IPC Media
IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...
|location=London, UK |issn=0028-6362 |oclc=4213418 |accessdate=2011-09-24 }}
Films and documentaries
|people=Letts Don
Don Letts
Don Letts is a British film director and musician. He is credited as the man who through his DJing at clubs like The Roxy brought together punk and reggae music.-Biography:...
; Rick Elgood, Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
, Mick Jones
Mick Jones (The Clash)
Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones is the former lead guitarist, secondary vocalist and co-founder for the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and...
, Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon
Paul Gustave Simonon is an English musician and artist best known as the bass guitarist for punk rock band The Clash. Recent work includes his involvement in the album The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Damon Albarn, Simon Tong and Tony Allen, released in January 2007...
, Topper Headon
Topper Headon
Headon was extensively interviewed for the Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten documentary film about the late Clash frontman. He related his experiences during this period, how he became addicted to heroin and how there were problems before his dismissal...
, Terry Chimes
Terry Chimes
Terry Chimes was the original drummer of punk rock group The Clash. He originally played with them from July 1976 to November 1976, January 1977 to April 1977, and again from May 1982 to February 1983. He was the drummer for Hanoi Rocks in 1985, before the band broke-up that same year...
, The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
|date=2001 |title=The Clash: Westway to the World |medium=DVD |publisher=Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
; Dorismo; Uptown Films |location=New York, NY |accessdate=2011-09-20 |isbn=0-7389-0082-6 |oclc=49798077 }} |people=Letts Don
Don Letts
Don Letts is a British film director and musician. He is credited as the man who through his DJing at clubs like The Roxy brought together punk and reggae music.-Biography:...
; The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
, Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
Wayne County & the Electric Chairs were part of the first wave of punk bands from the 1970s. The band is headed by Georgia transgendered woman, Wayne County, who later changed her name to Jayne County.-Career:...
, Generation X
Generation X (band)
Generation X was a British punk rock band, formed on 21 November 1976 by Billy Idol, Tony James and John Towe.-History:...
, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Slits
The Slits
The Slits were a British punk rock band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The members were Ari Up , who died of cancer in October 2010, and Palmolive , with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members, Kate Korus and...
, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Eater
Eater
Eater were an early British punk band from London who took their name from a Marc Bolan lyric. In 2001, the band’s second single, "Thinking of the USA" , was included in a leading British music magazine’s list of the best punk-rock singles of all-time...
, Subway Sect
Subway Sect
Subway Sect were one of the original British punk bands. Their influence was limited by the very small amount of recorded material they released.-The early days:...
, X-Ray Spex
X-Ray Spex
X-Ray Spex were an English punk band from London that formed in 1976.During their first incarnation , X-Ray Spex were “deliberate underachievers” and only managed to release five singles and one album...
, Alternative TV
Alternative TV
Alternative TV were an English rock band, formed in London in 1976. Their punk rock and post-punk sound was influential for several musical artists.-History:...
, Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. , was an American protopunk guitarist, singer and songwriter.He came to prominence in the early '70s as a member of the New York Dolls...
and The Heartbreakers
The Heartbreakers
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, also known as The Heartbreakers, were an American rock & roll band formed in New York in May 1975. The band was part of the first wave of punk rock.-History:...
|date=1991 [1977] |title=The Punk Rock Movie
The Punk Rock Movie
The Punk Rock Movie was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at The Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, principally during the 100 days in 1977 in which punk acts were featured at The Roxy club in London.-History:Roxy club disc jockey...
|medium=DVD |publisher=Studio !K7
Studio !K7
Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...
|location=Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany |accessdate=2011-09-20 |isbn= |oclc= }} |people=Hazan, Jack; David Mingay, Ray Gange, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Nicky Headon, Buzzy Enterprises, Epic Music Video |date=2006-08-01 |title=Rude Boy |medium=DVD |publisher=Epic Music Video |location=New York, NY |accessdate=2011-09-20 |isbn=0738905879 |oclc=70850190 }}
Records
|title=The Clash |albumlink=The Clash (album) |artist=The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
|year=1977 |format=LP |publisher=CBS
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
/Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
|location=UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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- |title=Clash on Broadway |albumlink=Clash on Broadway |artist=The ClashThe ClashThe Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
|year=1991 |format=3×CD box set |publisher=Epic/LegacyLegacy RecordingsLegacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...
|location=U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
}} - |title=The Essential Clash |albumlink=The Essential Clash |artist=The ClashThe ClashThe Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
|year=1991 |format=2×CD+DVD box set |publisher=ColumbiaColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
/Epic/Legacy |location=Australia, Europe, U.S. }} - |title=U.S.A. 1979 |artist=The ClashThe ClashThe Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
|year=1992 |format=CD |publisher=Post Script |location=ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
}} - |title=Rarities |artist=The ClashThe ClashThe Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
|year=2003 |format=LP |publisher=Darkside}} - |title=Pearl Harbour '79 |artist=The ClashThe ClashThe Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
|year=2004 [1979] |format=CD |publisher=Sony }}
Web
|url=http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1976_77/77-03-11%20Coliseum/77-03-11%20Coliseum.html |title=The Clash Harlesd(e)n Roxy 10 March 1977 |accessdate=2011-09-20 |publisher=BlackMarketClash.com }} |url=http://www.transitiongallery.co.uk/garageland.htm |title=Garageland |accessdate=2011-09-21 |publisher=Transition Gallery
Transition Gallery
Transition Gallery is a contemporary art project space in Hackney, East London. It is run by artists Cathy Lomax and Alex Michon. Transition Editions the gallery's publishing arm produces publications to accompany shows as well as two bi-annual magazines Arty and Garageland.-History:Transition...
}} |url=http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1976_77/76-08-29%20Screen%20on%20the%20Green/Midnight%20Special.html |title=Screen on the Green - Islington |accessdate=2011-09-20 |publisher=BlackMarketClash.com }}
External links
- Garageland live on YouTube
- AllMusic rating
- "Garageland" lyrics at: