Mick Jones always wanted to re-form The Clash. He and Strummer came very close to doing it too. Negotiations were approaching a conclusion when Joe simply said ‘Let’s not bother’. It was probably a good decision - and with Joe now absent, one that will be permanent. But I hope Mick doesn’t feel his next band proper - Big Audio Dynamite - were in any way a substitute for a re-united Clash, because they were far more important than that.
