Brigade Rosse The Clash, Bologna and Italian punx

In 1978, Joe Strummer adapted the red T-shirt of campaign group Rock Against Racism with the stencilled logo of Rote Armee Fraktion enclosed in the words ‘Brigade [sic] Rosse’. The customised garment, referring to both the German and Italian terrorist groups, is clearly visible in a few scenes of th...

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Published inWorking for the clampdown pp. 209 - 222
Main Authors Giacomo Bottà, Ferruccio Quercetti
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Manchester Manchester University Press 01.08.2019
Edition1
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Summary:In 1978, Joe Strummer adapted the red T-shirt of campaign group Rock Against Racism with the stencilled logo of Rote Armee Fraktion enclosed in the words ‘Brigade [sic] Rosse’. The customised garment, referring to both the German and Italian terrorist groups, is clearly visible in a few scenes of the film Rude Boy shot at the Rock Against Racism festival on 30 April 1978.² It is the same T-shirt that Strummer, it was rumoured, intended to wear on stage in Bologna in 1980.³ At the time, Italy was at a crossroads: the shadow of Anni di Piombo⁴ terrorism still lingered,
DOI:10.7765/9781526114228.00020