‘The Best Covers Ever’ series counts down our favorite covers of great artists.
“We are The Clash!” they sang on their final album. The artists below are not The Clash (even if one of them, in covering that very song, says they are). For the most part, they sound nothing like The Clash. It turns out, though, that Clash songs sound great in a wide array of styles, from trip-hop electronic to orchestral pop, olde-time a cappella to walking-bass lounge jazz.
Go straight to our clampdown—sorry, countdown—of the 30 best Clash covers on the next page.
