“Welcome to 21st Century B.A.D,” said Mick Jones slyly to the strains of the 20th Century Fox theme, right before launching into the opening riff of “The Bottom Line,” Big Audio Dynamite‘s debut ...

When Mick Jones was kicked out of The Clash in the early ‘80s, he formed Big Audio Dynamite, a group that melded Jones’ pop sensibilities with his earlier band’s punk ethos. This new edition of their ...

Big Audio Dynamite’s rare visit to O.C. this week, with a terrific performance Thursday night at City National Grove of Anaheim, was another one of those cases when unwise booking works to the ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 hit in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

For the sake of this review, we will go ahead and refer to them as BAD, but technically, at this time they were going by the name Big Audio Dynamite II. This the sixth album by the band and the second ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

“If there was any disappointment it was they have been playing the same set at all these shows… I would’ve liked a couple more songs from 1989’s Megatop Phoenix (that album’s single, “Contact,” was ...

Big Audio Dynamite have announced a reunion tour. Mick Jones's post-Clash band will play a full UK tour in March and April before performing at California's Coachella Arts and Music Festival on April ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Big Audio Dynamite was in the midst of completing a brief U.S. tour in ...

It is such a raging disappointment when you hear an album that you thought defined an era for you years after the fact and you can’t find one thing on the album that you can hook yourself onto. This ...