Ten Favorite Bands With Multiple Lead Singers: The Clash (#6)

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Ah....... There’s something wrong, though, with coming into reality after a lovely 90 minute massage, discovering that, after all that peace and tranquility, I have this band next on the list of favorites who used more than one lead singer. While this isn’t soothing music that I’d listen to after (or during) a massage, it’s still some of my favorite music, so here they are. #6: The Clash And here we have an interesting twist of facts. Given that guitarist Mick Jones sang lead on two of the three “big hits” the Clash had in the US (“Train in Vain [Stand By Me]” and “Should I Stay or Should I Go”), many might think of him as the primary lead vocalist. In truth, Joe Strummer was the main vocalist for the band. But Jones had his fair share of lead vocals. Even bassist Paul Simonon and drummer Topper Headon got in on the act, singing two and one lead vocals, respectively. As a friend of mine once said, could you listen to Sandinista! if it was six sides of just Joe Strummer singing? Nah, he wasn’t that bad, and the other guys pulled their load vocally. The Clash Primary lead vocalist: Joe Strummer Other lead vocalists: Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon Here’s Mick Jones singing, along with Ellen Foley (who sang on Meat Loaf’s “Paradise By the Dashboard Lights”) on a song that doesn’t sound anything like you’d expect the world’s greatest punk band to sound: