The 101ers

Infobox musical artist
Name = The 101'ers


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = London, UK
Genre = Pub rock, Protopunk
Years_active = 1974 - 1978
Label = Chiswick
Andalucia
Astralwerks
EMI
Associated_acts = The Clash
The Passions
The Raincoats
Public Image Ltd.
Basement 5
The Latino Rockabilly War
The Pogues
The Mescaleros
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Past_members = John "Woody" Mellor
Clive Timperley
Dan Kelleher
Richard Dudanski
Simon Cassell
Alvaro Peña-Rojas
Antonio Narvaez
Julian Yewdall
Tymon Dogg
Marwood Chesterton aka " Mole"
Patrick Nother
Martin Stone

The 101'ers were a pub rock band from the 1970s, notable as being the band that Joe Strummer left to join 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 = 2008-02-06
time = 8:40–11:40
isbn = 0738900826
oclc = 49798077
quote = ] Formed in London in May 1974, the 101'ers made their performing debut on 6 September at the Telegraph pub in Brixton under the name "El Huaso and the 101 All Stars". The name would later be shortened to the "101 All Stars" and finally just the "101'ers". The group played at free festivals such as Stonehenge, and established itself on the London pub rock circuit prior to the advent of punk.

History

The group was named for the squat where they lived together: 101 Walterton Road, Maida Vale, although it was for a time rumoured that they were named for "Room 101", the infamous torture room in George Orwell's novel "1984". The novel was later to become something of a manifesto for the political element of the punk rock movement.Fact|date=September 2008

The 101'ers were supported by the Sex Pistols at the Nashville Room on 3 April 1976, and this is when Strummer claimed he saw the light and got involved in the punk scene.

Joe Strummer commented on this event in the Don Letts documentary "Westway to the World" on the end of the 101'ers by saying "5 seconds into their (the Pistols') first song, I knew we were like yesterday's paper, we were over."

By the time their debut single was released, Joe Strummer was in The Clash and the band were no more. Clive Timperley later joined The Passions, Dan Kelleher went to The Derelicts. Richard Dudanski went on to work with The Raincoats, Basement 5 and Public Image Ltd. Tymon Dogg worked with Strummer briefly in The Clash, playing fiddle and singing his original song, "Lose This Skin," on Sandinista!), and later in The Mescaleros.

The 101'ers recorded output was initially limited to one single. However, by 1981, interest in The Clash was at its height and a second single and a compilation album "Elgin Avenue Breakdown" was released. Several of the tracks on the latter album were live recordings, and there is no evidence that the band ever conceived of these recordings as a full length album.

Until his death in 2002, Joe Strummer had been planning to re-release "Elgin Avenue Breakdown", complete with previously unreleased tracks that would encompass everything the band ever recorded.Fact|date=September 2008 The project was completed with the help of Strummer's widow Lucinda Tait and former drummer Richard Dudanski, and released in May, 2005 as "Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited" via Astralwerks in the US and EMI in Europe.

Covers

* [http://www.thehypertonics.com/mp3/The_Hypertonics_57_Cover_Keys_To_Your_Heart_Joe_Strummer_101'ers_The_Clash.mp3 The Hypertonics] have covered "Keys To Your Heart".

Band Line-Up

*John "Woody" Mellor aka Joe Strummer - Guitar, vocals
*Clive Timperley - Guitar, vocals
*Dan Kelleher - Bass, guitar, vocals
*Richard Dudanski - Drums
*Simon Cassell aka "Big John" - Saxophone
*Alvaro Peña-Rojas - Saxophone
*Marwood Chesterton aka "Mole" - Bass guitar (until Oct. 1975)
*Antonio Narvaez - Drums
*Julian Yewdall - Vocals, harmonica
*Patrick Nother - Bass (1st gig)
*Martin Stone - Lead guitar (final gig)
*Tymon Dogg - Fiddle, vocals

Discography

Singles
*"Keys to Your Heart" (Joe Strummer) b/w "5 Star Rock & Roll Petrol" (Strummer, Dan Kelleher) (Chiswick/Big Beat 1976)
*"Sweet Revenge" b/w "Rabies" (Chiswick 1981}

Albums
*"Elgin Avenue Breakdown" Andalucia AND101 (1981)
*"Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited" Astralwerks ASW32161 / EMI 474460 2 (2005)

References

Further reading

*cite book |last=D'Ambrosio |first=Antonino |title=Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer |date=2004-10-13 |publisher=Nation Books |location=New York |isbn=1560256257 |oclc=56988650 |quote=Edited with an Introduction by Antonino D'Ambrosio.

*cite journal |last=DeCurtis |first=Anthony |authorlink=Anthony DeCurtis |year=2003 |title=1952-2002 Joe Strummer - A tribute to the late Clash singer and songwriter, plus his final remarks on the rise and fall of the legendary punk band |journal=Rolling Stone |volume=914 |issue=27 |publisher=Straight Arrow |location=San Francisco, CA |issn=0035-791X |oclc=96002520 |accessdate=2007-11-20

*cite journal |last=Matula |first=Theodore |year=2003 |month=12 |title=Joe Strummer, 1952-2002 |accessdate=2008-04-27 |journal=Popular Music and Society |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=pp. 523–525 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |location=Bowling Green, Ohio |issn=0300-7766 |oclc=89586252 |doi=10.1080/0300776032000144968

*cite book |last=Salewicz |first=Chris |title=Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer |edition=1st American ed |date=2007-05-15 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=New York |isbn=057121178X |oclc=76794852