The Clash: We were spied on

The two remaining members of seminal punk band The Clash are worried there is a British secret service file on them.

The two remaining members of seminal punk band The Clash are worried there is a British secret service file on them.

London Calling legends Mick Jones and Paul Simonon believe the British government were so frightened by their actions in their late '70s heyday that they instructed MI5 to compile a dossier about the band.

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