Strum & Strummer...
LET’S ROCK AGAIN! is a one-hour music documentary following rock icon Joe Strummer as he tours across America and Japan. The film had a limited release , but look for the home video to be available sometime in June of this year.
After a montage of Strummer’s glorious past with the seminal rock band the Clash, we are treated to a slice of life eleven years later on the comeback trail. Strummer’s main objective is simple -- to get his music out to the people and break his record even so that he can have another chance to rock again.
This is achieved through photo shoots, magazine interviews and press appearances. In his humble quest, we even see Joe handing out flyers on the boardwalk and making a blind visit to a radio station in order to get his latest CD on the air and attract fans to his concert. Live performances feature songs from the Clash, as well as material written with his new band, the Mescaleros.
More importantly, however, is the intimate portrait depicted. For all of his fame, the life of Strummer has always been that of a genuine working-man. He is a salt of the earth guy following his passion with 100% effort, and this above all, makes him the true hero he is.
At the close of 2002, the world lost Joe to a congenital heart condition. LET’S ROCK AGAIN! is his final message, a story about never giving up.
*Text as seen on film producer, Dick Rude's website.
After a montage of Strummer’s glorious past with the seminal rock band the Clash, we are treated to a slice of life eleven years later on the comeback trail. Strummer’s main objective is simple -- to get his music out to the people and break his record even so that he can have another chance to rock again.
This is achieved through photo shoots, magazine interviews and press appearances. In his humble quest, we even see Joe handing out flyers on the boardwalk and making a blind visit to a radio station in order to get his latest CD on the air and attract fans to his concert. Live performances feature songs from the Clash, as well as material written with his new band, the Mescaleros.
More importantly, however, is the intimate portrait depicted. For all of his fame, the life of Strummer has always been that of a genuine working-man. He is a salt of the earth guy following his passion with 100% effort, and this above all, makes him the true hero he is.
At the close of 2002, the world lost Joe to a congenital heart condition. LET’S ROCK AGAIN! is his final message, a story about never giving up.
*Text as seen on film producer, Dick Rude's website.
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