- Bernard Rhodes
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Name = Bernie Rhodes
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Background = non_performing_personnel
Birth_name = Bernard Rhodes
Born =UK
Occupation =Record producer , manager,songwriter
Years_active =1975 – present
Associated_acts =The Clash Subway Sect The Specials
URL =Bernard Rhodes is the former manager of legendary English
punk rock bandThe Clash .cite book
last = Gilbert
first = Pat
title = Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of The Clash
origyear = 2004
accessdate = 2007-11-20
edition = 4th edition
year = 2005
publisher =Aurum Press
location = London
isbn = 1845131134
oclc = 61177239 ] cite book
last = Topping
first = Keith
authorlink = Keith Topping
title = The Complete Clash
origyear = 2003
accessdate = 2007-11-20
edition = 2nd ed.
year = 2004
publisher = Reynolds & Hearn
location = Richmond
isbn = 1903111706
oclc = 63129186 ] cite book
last = Gray
first = Marcus
title = The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town
origyear = 1995
accessdate = 2007-11-20
edition = 5th rev. ed.
year = 2005
publisher = Helter Skelter
location = London
isbn = 1905139101
oclc = 60668626
ref=_note-Gray-The_Clash ] cite video
people = Letts Don;Joe Strummer , Mick Jones,Paul Simonon ,Topper Headon ,Terry Chimes , Rick Elgood,The Clash
year2 = 2001
title = The Clash,Westway to the World
medium = Documentary
publisher =Sony Music Entertainment ; Dorismo; Uptown Films
location = New York, NY
accessdate = 2007-11-26
time =
isbn = 0738900826
oclc = 49798077
quote = ] He previously worked withSex Pistols managerMalcolm Mclaren and once, notoriously, claimed to have "invented punk". [In a television interview,Joe Strummer of The Clash said, after drawing the camera to Bernard sleeping against a wall, "He invented punk...it was obviously too much for him", referring ironically to a statement of Rhodes himself. The scene and the statement are featured in the documentary "".]Management
Rhodes was responsible for spotting
John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) in theKings Road and getting him to audition as singer for the Sex Pistols in McLaren's shop SEX.Rhodes was instrumental in the The Clash's formation in 1976, was fired in 1978 but then rehired in 1981 and managed them until their break-up in 1986.
Rhodes also managed
Subway Sect andska bandThe Specials in 1979, shortly after these bands formed.Cut the Crap
According to guitarist
Vince White the working title of the 1985 Clash's last studio album was "Out of Control", The title was changed to "Cut the Crap " by Rhodes shortly before its release without consulting the band. Rhodes also produced the record, using the alias of Jose Unidos (presumably to suggest Joe Strummer was the producer). He is credited, together withJoe Strummer , for co-writing all the tracks of that album.Reputation
The intro to the Specials song "Gangsters," "Bernie Rhodes knows don't argue", was a reference to him getting their guitars and equipment back after they were confiscated by a hotel in
Paris (even though the band had done nothing wrong). Also, the line "Now the king told his boogiemen/You have to let that raga drop" of the Clash's famous "Rock The Casbah " refers to Rhodes being angry that the track "Sean Flynn" from the Clash's album "Combat Rock " exceeded eight minutes in length - he reportedly said "Must everything be an Indian raga?". Rhodes is also mentioned in the Clash's song "All The Young Punks" on the album "Give 'Em Enough Rope ": "Of course we got a manager/Though he ain't the mafia/A contract is a contract/When they get 'em out on yer."Clash Culture incident
On
May 2 ,2007 Rhodes caused outrage at aLondon event, "Clash Culture" atCentral St Martins College of Art and Design when he said "If you want to sort out crime in London, sort out the niggers in Peckham" [cite web
url = http://www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk/daily/070504.html
title = UNLIMITED / CMU Daily 04.05.07
accessdate = 2007-12-04
date = 2007-05-04
work = CMU Daily - on the inside
publisher = CMU Music Network
quote = Many in the audience, which included ex-Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and former Clash roadie Sebastian Conran, were seemingly outraged when Rhodes opened his mouth to utter the immortal words: "If you want to sort out crime in London, sort out the niggers in Peckham". ]In the July 2007 issue of "Mojo" magazine, Rhodes claimed he was taken out of context.
:He also said the offending statement was quoted out of context and was actually in relation to possible future government policy, [It was] saying that the government had a plan to solve crime in Peckham by linking with a potential call-up if the war goes bad, then they would be looking toward these people first. It's being discussed, it's not the fantasy of mad Mr. Rhodes...
Current activities
According to Rhodes' website he has written a trilogy of books which will be published starting in 2008.
ee also
*
The Clash
* "Cut the Crap "
* ""Notes
Further reading
*cite book |last=Gilbert |first=Pat |title=Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of The Clash |origyear=2004 |accessdate=2007-11-20 |edition=4th edition |year=2005 |publisher=
Aurum Press |location=London |isbn=1845131134 |oclc=61177239
*cite book |last=Gray |first=Marcus |title=The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town |origyear=1995 |accessdate=2007-11-20 |edition=5th revised edition |year=2005 |publisher=Helter Skelter |location=London |isbn=1905139101 |oclc=60668626
*cite book |last=Gray |first=Marcus |title=Last Gang In Town: The Story and Myth of The Clash |accessdate=2007-11-20 |year=1995 |publisher=Fourth Estate |location=London |isbn=1857021460 |oclc=34258882External links
* [http://bernardrhodes.com Bernard Rhodes's website]
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NAME=Rhodes, Bernard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Bernie Rhodes
SHORT DESCRIPTION=English record producer, talent manager, and songwriterand
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PLACE OF BIRTH=England
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