Paul Simonon was a master of his instrument, with his grasp of reggae and rock that made his bass style unique, a fact duly noted on London Calling with its super-recognisable intro. An excellent Paul ...

The Clash bassist Paul Simonon and Galen Ayers, daughter of Soft Machine’s Kevin Ayers, are releasing an album together, Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?, which is out May 19. The album was produced by ...

Joe Strummer and co were certainly writing about serious subjects, but a certain cynicism and media savviness made them eager ...

“We just did an interview with a progressive rock magazine,” says singer/songwriter/vocalist Galen Ayers cheerfully during her Zoom chat with SPIN. “So Paul’s feeling a bit defensive.” She begins to ...

Decades ago, “when the Clash was falling apart” – as the band’s bassist Paul Simonon tells it – Joe Strummer wanted to return to his roots busking in public. So he and the band journeyed to the north ...

The past several years have brought the longtime friends even closer with Ayers eventually moving into Simonon’s London home when the two began writing a mélange of songs for their collaborative debut ...

In some ways, Paul Simonon is coming full circle: He went to the Byam Shaw School of Art to be a painter and left to become a musician. Art school as band breeding ground is hallowed tradition in ...

The Clash may have been "the only band that matters" during their heyday, but when talks of an eventual reunion came about, it wasn't the money that mattered. Bassist Paul Simonon confirmed as such ...