Born John Graham Mellor on August 21, 1952 in Turkey.
He gave himself the name Joe Strummer because although he was left handed, he learned to play guitar on a right handed guitar, therefor he could only do the strumming chords.
Pre-1977, Joe was in bands such as The Vultures and The 101ers.
However, he is best known for his work in the punk rock band, The Clash. He wrote most of the lyrics, and shared vocal duties with co-band member Mick Jones. The Clash lasted from 1977 to 1985. They released several great records, most notably "London Calling".
In 1995, Joe signed onto Hellcat records with his group, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros.
Joe died on December 22, 2002 of heart complications.
In my opinion Joe is one of the greatest musicians of all-time, and was a really great guy. RIP Joe
He gave himself the name Joe Strummer because although he was left handed, he learned to play guitar on a right handed guitar, therefor he could only do the strumming chords.
Pre-1977, Joe was in bands such as The Vultures and The 101ers.
However, he is best known for his work in the punk rock band, The Clash. He wrote most of the lyrics, and shared vocal duties with co-band member Mick Jones. The Clash lasted from 1977 to 1985. They released several great records, most notably "London Calling".
In 1995, Joe signed onto Hellcat records with his group, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros.
Joe died on December 22, 2002 of heart complications.
In my opinion Joe is one of the greatest musicians of all-time, and was a really great guy. RIP Joe
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Strummer Hollis is someone who is very dumb and has no brains at all Strummer goes to Valley and also a professional Fortnite player and Fantasy Football player. She is also a big bean and looks like Jono Siwa
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A Banjo Strummer is a person often from the hills of a southern state that may have high levels of heavy metals in their body and may be slightly handicapped. The term was derived from the movie Deliverance where a group of handicapped southerners played the banjo and raped passersby.
From “I Was Bitten” on the Discovery Channel. A BANJO STRUMMER was in China and wanted to see the elephants. He thought he was on a bus full of other tourists, but they were actually Chinese people. He found the elephants. They attacked and eviscerated him. He decided he was going to “disconnect” his heart by reaching inside and squeezing it. Rather than talk he “hooted” to tell some passersby he was injured.
by Banjo 1 December 13, 2009