Were Big Audio Dynamite more pioneering than the Clash?

In the early-80s, punk was floundering. Then up stepped Mick Jones and his motley crew of artists with one of the most innovative groups of the timeBack in the dark days of early 1984, there was a time when Orwell's predictions of an overbearing police state seemed worringly prescient.Thatcherism was at its peak, the miners were striking and punk was on its arse. Even scene figureheads the Clash were floundering. The tight-knit "classic" lineup was no more, their forthcoming tour was a busk arou...

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