Jun 7, 2025
You should stay and you should go!! - This tour is a must for Clash fans, Joe Strummer fans, or fans of great British groups from the 70’s and 80’s. Aiden is a fantastic, knowledgeable, legitimate, and very funny guide. You won’t be disappointed.
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Jun 7, 2025
You should stay and you should go!!! - For fans of the Clash, Joe Strummer, or the great music of the 70’s and 80’s, this tour is a great trip through time. Aiden is so knowledgeable and legitimate, and his personal stories accent the great musical chronicles of the neighborhood. His accounts and context enhance all of the great history, and my only regret is not buying him a pint and giving him a patch for his best.
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Jun 2, 2025
Highlight of our trip - This tour was authentically informative, insightful, and a good time! Would definitely recommend this tour to all Joe Strummer/Clash fans out there!! You won’t be disappointed.
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Jun 1, 2025
Essential 🎸🇬🇧 - Great meeting! Aidan is a lovely person. He takes us back 50 years, to this working class neighborhood where John Mellor says Woody became Joe Strummer... with his British verve he counts us the meeting of Joe with Mick and Paul, the beginning of Clash, the first recordings, the first gigs... in short a real happiness when we are a fan of the first hour.
Thanks, Aidan!
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May 19, 2025
Excellent tour. - Excellent tour arranged by Aiden. Aiden knows this area of west london very well. Social history was very well explained. Being a fan of early punk rock music, particularly The Clash, I was very lmpressed with Aiden knowledge of events and relevant locations, particularly the small venues and pubs where many bands played back in the day.
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May 16, 2025
Clash fans, don’t miss this tour! - What a great tour! There was so much going on in that neighborhood back in the day and Aiden was there to give us the history and tell the stories. And not just Joe Strummer but The Clash and all things music. We learned so much about the time and came back wanting to revisit the music, movies and books that came from and was inspired by the area. Will definitely do another tour with Aiden on our next trip. Thanks for an amazing day.
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May 12, 2025
Take a StrummerWalk! - On top of being a lot of fun, this tour was very educational. The focus is largely (but not exclusively) on sites of significance from the early days of Joe Strummer and the Clash. (There are places and stories related to other notable musical acts as well, but I won't give anything away!) The tour guide, Aidan, is personable and easygoing, and he gives very entertaining explanations and anecdotes regarding the social, cultural, and historical background of the area and the birth of the punk scene--some of which are from his own personal experience. The next time I'm back in the UK, I'm going on the Soho Punk tour!
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Apr 5, 2025
Best Walking Tour Ever - If you are a fan of The Clash or Strummer, this walking tour is a must. Aidan had brilliant insight into the area and all of the happenings going on in the developing punk scene. His insight helped shed new light on the lyrics of Strummer's bands.
Thank you Aidan!
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Mar 26, 2025
Get the word from Aidan - yay !! - A great insight into The Clash and Joe Strummer, from a man who knows his stuff and his (and The Clash’s) Ladbroke Grove patch intimately.
Aidan is a chatty, informative, amiable bloke who takes you back to pre-Clash days and the pub-rock venues where The 101ers played, the squats, recording studio (Basing Street), and other sights, such as the Westway and the location of the 1976 Notting Hill carnival riots, as pictured on the back of the debut album.
There are plenty of details you won’t know, even if you’re a massive Clash fan, and you’ll also learn a lot about the Grove’s history and culture - and how Aidan himself fits in to it ! Plenty of info on other bands and singers too.
The man can rattle away with his knowledge, anecdotes and reminiscences, but boy do you get your money’s worth !! Highly recommended.
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Mar 17, 2025
Brilliant for old ( or new) Clash Fans - Superb tour from Joes 101ers (pre Clash band,) through to visiting actual locations of classic Clash photographs and where the riots of the late 70s took place. Some urban Clash myths corrected too ! Aidan, the tour guide, was ACTUALLY there at the time and his local knowledge and experiences make this an authentic tour of ‘The only band that matters .’
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