The only internationally successful, million-selling group to emerge from theate seventies London punk scene, the Clash set out to change the world with potent mix of politics, blazing rock'n'roll and iconic imagery. The band'snterest in social issues - unemployment, racism, police oppression - andascination with international events - terrorism, CIA-backed coups, thehadow of nuclear war - reflected the turmoil of an era when the greatultural revolution of the sixties appeared to have failed. It was an agendairrored in the Clash's music, which swiftly evolved from ferocious punk rocko incorporate reggae, ska, funk, jazz, soul and hip hop.;Passion is aashion draws on over 70 interviews with the key participants in the story ?oadies, producers, friends and fans - and above all conversations with theand members themselves, to give the first real insight into what went onehind the scenes during the Clash's ten-year career. With a superb sense oflace, from the streets of south London and the grimy bedsits of Notting Hillo the dislocated luxury of Los Angeles, it charts the Clash's picaresque.