Paul Simonon the bassist for the most important band on earth, the clash, has a solo art show opening this month in london with some saying his painitings could fetch close to $60,000USD. the guardian interviewed paul about many things, i compiled some juicy bits below as well as some recent paintings.

“The day before Strummer died, he sent Paul Simonon a text message. It said, ‘Come on, Paul. Give it a try. You might even like it.’ Strummer was referring to a possible reunion of the Clash for a one-off gig to celebrate their imminent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Simonon, though, was having none of it. ‘Joe was up for it, and so was Mick and Topper [Headon, the Clash's drummer], but I wasn’t,’ he says, without a trace of regret. ‘I was the one who always said no. In this instance, I really didn’t believe it was the right moment. A big corporate event like that, two grand a seat. Nah, that wasn’t in the spirit of the Clash, was it?’”

“‘That’s the thing about painting, it helps you work stuff out. It’s a way of making sense of the world, of yourself.’”

from his upcoming show “16th may anniversary”

from an older show called ‘From Hammersmith to Greenwich’ a piece called ‘The Thames from Millbank’