Post 1: Image and Genre - Abby Hellon

The artist I'll be researching into is the band 'The Clash', The Clash are a punk rock band that were around in the 80s. they were together for 10 years as a whole from '76 - '86.
Here are some examples of The Clash's videos:

The Clash stick to their punk-looking clothes throughout all music videos. Sometimes in the videos they will be wearing black and in others, ripped sleeved t-shirts and leather jackets. All members of the band have short punk hairstyles which help the band to relate to the target audience. The band didn't really change over the time they were together, their music videos didn't really change over time, other than the band's clothing etc. which suggests that they were happy with the style of their videos - dim lighting and the band playing in most (if not all) videos I found.

In comparaison with other bands in the genre such as The Jam and The Stooges, The Clash have similar conventions in the image department but also don't just stick to wearing the same things as the other bands in the genre which makes them stand out from them. Which could be why the band were so successful and still listened to now.