Joe Strummer signing LP’s and memorabilia and posing with Clash fans and fellow spanish rockers Kike Turmix, lead vocalist for the Pleasure Fuckers and boss of Safety Pin Records (pic. no.1), Tacho González, drummer for 091, and Carlos Segarra, founder of Los Rebeldes (pic no.4), as captured at “La Via Lactea” bar, Malasaña, Madrid, by Angel Aparicio.
Joe Strummer fled to Spain in 1986 after The Clash had disbanded, an international rock star & living legend running from problems and doing nothing musically. He got to know the Granada band 091 and suggested producing a record for them, a project that never actually played out but brought him to Madrid, where he stayed for several months immersing himself in the city’s vibrant nightlife and spending his nights out in the bars or in the studio till the early hours with various local musicians.
Being a people’s person, Joe Strummer really enjoyed being around people, chatting and having a drink even with complete strangers who he had just met backstage. I bet that all over the world, there are thousands of fans or ordinary people, not actual friends of Joe, that can share a story of how they ended up spending time with him after briefly meeting him (like this particular one, when Joe met some guys backstage after a Mescaleros gig in Greece in 2001 and after going bar-hopping with them, later on, instead of checking in his hotel, he ended up in one the guys’ place, sharing a bottle of rum and talking about life and everything from Cuba and Ghandi to his daughter. almost missing his flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrHziiucMC0).
For Joe Strummer, “without people, you’re nothing” was not just a quote but a way of life.
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