theunderestimator-2:‘Cause I’m Kurtis Blow/ and I want you to know/ that these are The Clash.Joe Str
theunderestimator-2:‘Cause I’m Kurtis Blow/ and I want you to know/ that these are The Clash.Joe Strummer and Kurtis Blow in a Clash tee backstage at the Akron Civic Theater, Akron, OH, in 1982. Kurtis Blow was handpicked by the band as their opening act for some of their Combat Rock tour shows and though, if I’m not mistaken, he got his share of boos and tomatoes by the punk crowd, the fusion of the two subcultures became an awakening for most.Hip-hop was a force of nature in the US and the trend on the street and in dance clubs by the early-’80s and The Clash, who had always been open to experimenting and incorporating elements from other genres from rockabilly to soul and reggae into their sound, were keen to embrace it. This wasn’t actually they band’s first attempt to pick hip-hop artists as opening acts for their US shows. In 1981, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five opened for The Clash in NYC but the crowd that gathered to see the British punk rockers literally booed, spat and threw beers in protest. (via, via & via) -- source link