TODAY WE HEAD ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1979 ON THIS DATE TO A SHOW AT THE PALLADIUM IN NEW YORK CITY WITH PUNK ROCKERS THE CLASH, WHEN OUT OF FRUSTRATION, BASS PLAYER PAUL SIMONON SMASHED THE CRAP OUT OF HIS FENDER PRECISION BASS OUT OF PURE FRUSTRATION WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT BOUNCERS WEREN’T LETTING AUDIENCE MEMBERS STAND UP OUT OF THEIR SEATS FOR THE SHOW…THE TEMPER TANTRUM WAS CAUGHT ON FILM BY PHOTOGRAPHER PENNIE SMITH AND DESPITE HER DISTASTE FOR THE PHOTO…SHE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO BLURRY, THE PIC WAS USED AS THE ALBUM ART FOR THE BAND’S ICONIC ALBUM, LONDON CALLING. BACK IN 2002, THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS NAMED THE BEST ROCK AND ROLL PHOTOGRAPH OF ALL TIME…AND THE PINK AND GREEN LETTERING WAS AN HOMAGE TO ELVIS…OH…AND THE DAMAGED FENDER BASS CAN NOW BE SEEN AT THE MUSEUM OF LONDON AFTER A STINT AT THE ROCK HALL OF FAME IN CLEVELAND…LONDON CALLING, TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X