
Rude Boy
Ray (Ray Gange) falls in with The Clash, navigating the grim streets of late-Seventies London and its treacherous web of neo-fascists, cops and punks. Taking up with them as a roadie he drinks and fights his way through a tour, before aimlessly wandering off while the band prepare for a global assault. Shot through with energetic concert footage, Ray’s failure to actualise Joe Strummer’s political convictions reflects the greater cultural failure of Britain’s first wave of punk.