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On their debut, The Clash famously claimed to be "bored with the USA," but wasn't a parochial record. Mick Jones' licks on songs such as "Hate and War" were heavily influenced by classic American rock and roll, and the cover of Junior Murvin's reggae hit "Police and Thieves" showed that the band's musical influences were already wide-ranging. Later albums such as and saw them experimenting with a huge range of musical genres, lyrical themes and visual aesthetics.

On their debut, The Clash famously claimed to be "bored with the USA," but wasn't a parochial record. Mick Jones' licks on songs such as "Hate and War" were heavily influenced by classic American rock and roll, and the cover of Junior Murvin's reggae hit "Police and Thieves" showed that the band's musical influences were already wide-ranging. Later albums such as and saw them experimenting with a huge range of musical genres, lyrical themes and visual aesthetics.