Hardcore trio Beton rewrote “London Calling” with surviving Clash members’ permission as a resistance anthem against Russian invasion
“Kyiv calling to the faraway towns / Now war is declared and battle come down,” Zholob sings on the updated version. “Kyiv calling to the whole world / Come out of neutrality, you boys and girls / Kyiv calling, now don’t look to us / Phony Putinmania has bitten the dust.”
Danny Saber, a former Joe Strummer collaborator, mixed “Kyiv Calling,” all proceeds of which will go to the citizen-led organizationIn addition to being a punk rocker, Zholob is an orthopedic doctor who is currently war victims and soldiers, while his bandmates — Bohdan Hrynko and Oleg Hula — are both members of the Ukrainian territorial defense.
“The Clash were one of our inspirations when we fell in love with punk rock and music in general, there is no snobbery or pretentiousness to the music, they had something to say and voiced their opinions against human anger,” Zholob. “‘London Calling’ epitomizes all of that and we are very happy to be able to take this iconic classic and turn it into our own anthem with new meaning and life.”
Lviv is also where many of the organizers of the Kyiv-based Atlas music festival have relocated to; as they recently
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