Finish the lyric... (So don't complain) about your useless employment Jack it in forever tonight

17th February 1978, "Clash City Rockers" is released, with "Jail Guitar Doors" on the b-side.

The Clash - “Train in Vain” #TheClash

Finish the lyrics… You say you stand by your man So tell me something I don't understand

The Clash in the USA, 1979.

In February 1979, The Clash head out on their first USA tour, ‘Pearl Harbour’, featuring blues pioneer Bo Diddley as support.

Happy International Clash Day! Shoutout to KEXP radio. Which album or tracks are you listening to on repeat today? #TheClash

Finish the lyric... Sharif don't like it

1979, The Clash tour USA. Art: Raymond Lowry

Career opportunities, the ones that never knock Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock Career opportunities, the ones that never knock 📸: Caroline Coon @ Camera Pree

The Clash in Tokyo. #TheClash

1977, The Clash sign a recording contract with CBS Records. 📸: Kate Simon ©️

The Clash perform at Shibuya Kokaido in Tokyo, 1982. #TheClash

The Clash - Rock the Casbah #TheClash #RocktheCasbah

The Clash - Police & Thieves #TheClash

1980, The Clash performed in Edinburgh. #TheClash

Can you name the song? Now, sing, Michael, sing On the route of the nineteen bus We hear them sayin'

The Clash on their 16 Tons Tour, 1980. #TheClash

1981, “Hitsville U.K.” is released as a single with “Radio One” on the B-side. #TheClash

The Clash - “Protex Blue”

1980, The Clash perform at the Gaumont Theatre in Ipswich. 📸: Ian Goold

Can you name the song? While all the windows stare ahead An' the streets are filled with dread Every nation in the world Slinks through the alley after girls

10th January 1980, a month after the original UK release, London Calling is released in the US. The split Atlantic release date results in the record being voted best album of the 1980s by Rolling Stone magazine and one of the top 10 greatest albums of the 70s by the UK’s own NME. Art: Ray Lowry

9th January 1980, The Clash played at Top Rank in Brighton. The band were famously joined on stage by The Who’s Pete Townshend for “Garageland”, “Armagideon Time”, “English Civil War” and “Louie Louie”.

"I loved drumming, so I just thought, 'Right, I'm going to learn reggae now.' That's the way I was – I've got an addictive personality. All I ever did was drum, drum, drum." - Topper Headon, The Independent, 2009 📸: Neal Preston

Finish the lyric… The money feels good And your life you like it well But surely your time will come

The Clash. 📸: Pennie Smith

New Year’s Day 1977, The Clash played the opening night at London’s premier punk venue, The Roxy Club in Covent Garden.

The Clash - “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” live at Shea Stadium

1978, The Clash perform at the Lyceum Ballroom in London. #TheClash

The Clash interview, 1980, The Story So Far issue #3

The Clash - “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” #TheClash

On Christmas Day 1979, The Clash Christmas Dinner Dance is held at Acklam Hall.

Can you name the song? Standing in the bog of a west end bar Guy on the right leaning over too far Money in my pocket gonna put it in the slot Open up the pack see what type I got

"London Calling" - The Clash

1978, The Clash perform at Music Machine. 📸: Neil Anderson

Joe's original lyrics that were part of the London Calling scrapbook, released in 2019.

Finish the lyric… The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin Engines stop running, but I have no fear

During the recording of “London Calling”, The Clash played football every day. “I just think we really found ourselves at that time, and it was a lot to do with the football, because it made us play together as one.” - Mick Jones

Born on this day in 1955, Paul Simonon. 📸: Andre Csillag

14th December 1979, The Clash’s third studio album “London Calling” is released. Whats your favourite tracks from the album?

12th December 1980, The Clash released “Sandinista!”. Recorded in Jamaica, London and New York and shows the group on a creative roll experementing with dub, rap and jazz. A triple album containing 36 tracks, what are your top tracks?

Can you name the song? The kingdom is ransacked, the jewels all taken back and the chopper descends They're hidden in the back, with a message on a half-baked tape with the spool going round Saying I'm back here in this place and I could cry and there's smoke you could click on

“We’re not afraid to play around. What we’re doing now is experimenting. But I’ll only put on a record if it’s worth listening to. I hate music that’s so concerned with being ‘new’ that it forgets to have any soul, y’know?” - Joe Strummer, NME, 1981 📸: George Rose

Manchester Electric Circus, 1976.

1979, “London Calling” single is released.

"Rock 'n' roll means so much more to people, it enriches the culture. Also, it inspires people, there's no half-feeling." - Mick Jones, GQ, 2012

Can you name the song? I play around don't stay around This old town too long Seems like I got to Travel on A lotta people won't get no supper tonight A lotta people won't get no justice tonight The battle is getting harder

The Clash in Los Angeles, photographed by Spike Waltzer

Finish the lyrics… You ain't happy less you got one Tommy gun Ain't gonna shoot the place up Just for fun