• "The Guns of Brixton" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash, originally released on their 1979 album London Calling. It was written and sung...
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    Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres...
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    The 1981 Brixton riot, or Brixton uprising, was a series of clashes between mainly black youths and the Metropolitan Police in Brixton, London, between...
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    from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016. "Single—'The Guns Of Brixton (Unplugged)'". Die Toten Hosen. Archived from the original...
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  • and grandmother. "The Guns of Brixton" was the first of bassist Paul Simonon's compositions the band would record for an album, and the first to have him...
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  • which it is named after. It also samples the songs "The Guns of Brixton" by the Clash, the Once Upon a Time in the West theme by Ennio Morricone, and "Jam...
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  • riots 2011 England riots "The Guns of Brixton" Hyson Green "How smouldering tension erupted to set Brixton aflame". The Guardian. London. 13 April 1981...
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  • The Brixton riot of 1985 started on 28 September in Lambeth in South London. It was the second major riot that the area had witnessed in the space of...
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  • From Here to Eternity: Live (category The Clash live albums)
    vocals and rhythm guitar on "The Guns of Brixton" Joe Strummer – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass guitar on "The Guns of Brixton" Topper Headon – drums 1977...
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  • the social, economic and moral wellbeing of the UK. In 1980 "Clampdown" was released as a single backed with "The Guns of Brixton" in Australia. The single...
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