Artist	Song
Annie Lennox	Train In Vain
from Medusa (1994)
The Afghan Whigs	Lost In the Supermarket
from Burning London - The Clash Tribute (1999)
Indigo Girls	Clampdown
from Rarities (2005)
Silverchair	London's Burning
from Burning London - The Clash Tribute (1999)
Mack 10	Should I Stay Or Should I Go
from The Recipe (1998)
Dropkick Murphys	White Riot
from The Singles Collection (2005)
Down By Law	Safe European Home
from Down By Law / Pseudo Heroes: Split (2002)
Nouvelle Vague	Guns of Brixton
from Nouvelle Vague (2005)
Mike Peters	London Calling
from The Clash Tribute (2006)
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	Revolution Rock
from Vasos Vacios (1994)
Saves the Day	Clash City Rockers
from Ups & Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides (2004)
Solar Twins	Rock the Casbah
from Solar Twins (2008)
Thee Mighty Caesars	Career Opportunities
from Surely They Were the Sons Of God! (1993)

Comment:

Synth to six-string, acoustic to electric, [i]eclectic[/i] is the common — and loosely woven — thread connecting these Clash cover artists. While the Clash hammered home "Clampdown" with snare smashes and guitar slashes, the Indigo Girls ripped its plugs out of their sockets and let Amy Ray's gravel-voiced delivery do the heavy lifting, camouflaging the tune's rabble-rousing lyric in a deceptively sweet-sounding acoustic setting. The Afghan Whigs, meanwhile, transform the anti-consumerist anthem "Lost in the Supermarket" into a working stiff's low-grade nightmare of confusion and insignificance. And Annie Lennox ratchets up the danceability of "Train in Vain" by tossing out half the lyrics, extending the tune by a minute-and-a-half, and pumping in a steroid-juiced bass line under a funky gospel vocal. But don't stop exploring there; artists from Mack 10 (featuring Ice Cube) to Silverchair have raided the Clash’s overflowing musical arsenal.

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