Thursday, December 22, 2011

Joe Strummer died 9 years ago today

Joe Strummer died on this date in 2002. He reportedly had an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. He was 50.

In November 2003, REVOLT painted a mural in honor of the former Clash frontman on the side of Niagara on Seventh Street at Avenue A. (You can watch a video of the making of this here.)


Since then, I've taken far too many photos of the mural, which REVOLT updated in February 2009...


Look, Smokin' Joe! (Eh, sorry...)



There's always something comforting about seeing the mural there... looking rather calm about anything going on around it...




Let's end this with a Strummer solo number from Aki Kaurismäki's "I Hired a Contract Killer" from 1990...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Joe Strummer gets a splash of Niagra

Joe Strummer gets a new look, skyline
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6 comments:

  1. Marty WombacherDecember 22, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Love the Joe Strummer mural! R.I.P.

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  2. Crazy EddieDecember 22, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Here’s to the Joe Strummer mural! Lets’ hope that Joe stays ageless in the EV like the mannequin in the “Time Machine” movie, the one and only George Pal 1960 version. Well, at least until the nuclear apocalypse. Or even more horrifying, NYU expansion. In either case, you know that in the future, the Frat Boys will evolve into the Morlocks.

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8jtgy_the-time-machine-1960-part-3-full-m_shortfilms#rel-page-4

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  3. JanosDecember 22, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    We'll always love you, Joe.

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  4. AveaisEssexDecember 22, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Love that mural and agree that it's a comfort...every time I see it, I know that I'm home. Thanks for the coverage.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 23, 2011 at 2:35 AM

    Hate the mural, JS so was so much more than that dorkey cartoonish mural on place that was actually not very punk at all. Blah.

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  6. AnonymousDecember 23, 2011 at 3:36 AM

    JOHN GRAHAM MELLOR u r missed R.I.P.

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