Greatest Rock Band since The Clash?
Discuss.
Nowhere near.
Not even a tenth of the musical diversity of The Clash, who took in punk, reggae, trad rock and roll, garage (the 60s sense, not UK Craig David stylee obviously), hip-hop, dub, probably even a disco beat or two from Topper.
Decent band, nothing more. right place at the right time with Everything Must Go, which last time I listened to, I was shocked by how poor it was - Kevin Carter, other than highlighting the work of the titular person, is woeful, Australia, horrible clunky tune, overblown string arrangements everywhere, etc. etc.
Holy Bible is pretty good, and there's great tracks off the first two as well, but since then...their best musical moment was their namecheck in Half Man Half Biscuit's 'Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes'.
Fair play to them for carrying on so long. Fair play for going to Cuba and being all anti-capitalist, and then doing a Sainsbury's ad. Righteous.