The picture of Simonon smashing his bass at NYC ?

Pyouh · #1 01-01-2005, 02:13 PM

Hey all,
I want to know if someone knows where (website, store, Paul's email...) I can find the picture (free or not) of Simonon smashing his bass at NYC in 1979, taken by Pennie Smith and which is used for London Calling.
But the original one and not the front cover of London Calling :

As you can see it's less focused on Paul than on the cover of LC, and we can see the whole stage.

And this pic in a large enough size to put it on my wall.

Thanks a lot in advance.
Charles from France (sorry for the mistakes

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Not Mark Westlake · #2 01-01-2005, 02:15 PM

Stupid question, but have you done a search on http://images.google.com ?

Pyouh · #3 01-01-2005, 02:20 PM

Yep, I did, and the only stuff I found is the small picture shown in my previous message.

Not Mark Westlake · #4 01-01-2005, 02:27 PM

Best I've been able to find so far:

I found a Pennie Smith site relating to her spot in the National Portrait Gallery which has an enlargement of the above image, but they don't have the webimages available for her Artist's Page yet.

Matt Till · #5 01-01-2005, 07:55 PM

That poor bass.

no4mk1 · #6 01-02-2005, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt Till

That poor bass.

Yeah... But it definitely died a hero. They were "The Only Band That Matters" after all!

SubEndSorcerer · #7 01-02-2005, 02:39 AM

damn, how tragic. what kinda bass was that. I'm not too familiar with punk music but do like early Misfits. i remember listening to Wolfsblood A.D. alot growing up. maybe they were more metal though. eh i dunno

no4mk1 · #8 01-02-2005, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SubEndSorcerer

damn, how tragic. what kinda bass was that. I'm not too familiar with punk music but do like early Misfits. i remember listening to Wolfsblood A.D. alot growing up. maybe they were more metal though. eh i dunno

Thou shalt go buy all of the Clash's albums and get righteous ye heathen!

In Simonon's defense, it was the only bass he ever smashed, and he felt really bad about it afterwards... He was grumpy.

invader3k · #9 01-02-2005, 08:09 AM

I'm pretty sure that was a Fender P-bass of some kind, as that's the only kind I've ever seen him with in pictures.

Matt Till · #10 01-02-2005, 10:02 AM

Yep, also I'm fairly sure the remnants of that bass are hanging in the rock n' roll hall of fame.

It was a really bad gig with a really bad mix and just a really bad everything and Paul smashed his bass to hell.

The Clash are awesome, they are probably the most influential punk band ever... well there is the Ramones... but they kinda created that whole Punk/Ska/Dancehall thing. Rancid would not exsist if it weren't for the Clash, that is overly clear.

Pyouh · #11 01-02-2005, 04:03 PM

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I found a Pennie Smith site relating to her spot in the National Portrait Gallery which has an enlargement of the above image, but they don't have the webimages available for her Artist's Page yet.

Could you give me the adress of this site ?
Thanks

And yes, it is (was ?) a Precision.

I've also heard that Q awarded the pic I'm looking for as the best rock picture ever shot.

FUNKonthewall · #12 01-02-2005, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Till

Yep, also I'm fairly sure the remnants of that bass are hanging in the rock n' roll hall of fame.

It is. He also said that it was just sitting (in pieces) in the case in his closet until the R&R Hall of Fame called him up and wanted to put it on display.

Not Mark Westlake · #13 01-02-2005, 04:28 PM

I cleared my History, sorry

Just scoot on over to www.google.com, bosh in Pennie Smith, and it's one of the results. It's not a main referenced site though, you've gotta have a gander at one of the linked sites from the front page of google first. That bigger pic of Paul I found was from some properly weird French site :-\

Happy hunting.

Mark.