Joe Strummer vs. Hunter S. Thompson
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Joe Strummer
1952 – 2002
John Graham Mellor, known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash.
"Everyone has got to realise you can't hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one."
Hunter S. Thompson
1937 – 2005
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe. He rose to prominence with the book Hell's Angels (1967), for which he lived a year among the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional article titled "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" for Scanlan's Monthly, which further raised his profile as a countercultural figure.
"Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously."
Connections
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