Havana 3AM - Reach The Rock

Name: Havana 3AM - Reach The Rock
Uploaded: 1991-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released in 1991 on I.R.S. Records, 'Reach the Rock' is the lead single from Havana 3am's self-titled debut — a British-American supergroup formed in 1986 by Paul Simonon (The Clash), vocalist Nigel Dixon (Whirlwind), guitarist Gary Myrick, and drummer Travis Williams. The band fused rockabilly, reggae, and Latin influences, recording…

1991 · Post-Punk Supergroup Crossover Era (1991) · music video

1991Post-Punk Supergroup Crossover Era (1991)Post-Clash British-American roots rock and rockabilly revival, IRS Records alternative underground 1990-1992

What this video is

Released in 1991 on I.R.S. Records, 'Reach the Rock' is the lead single from Havana 3am's self-titled debut — a British-American supergroup formed in 1986 by Paul Simonon (The Clash), vocalist Nigel Dixon (Whirlwind), guitarist Gary Myrick, and drummer Travis Williams. The band fused rockabilly, reggae, and Latin influences, recording their album in Tokyo with engineer Masahiko Yamazaki. The video arrived as grunge…

Why it matters

Represents a criminally overlooked node in the post-Clash diaspora: a transatlantic rockabilly-punk-reggae hybrid that prefigures the 'cowpunk' and Americana-adjacent alt-rock strands of the mid-90s. The rapid-cut performance aesthetic of the video is a textbook specimen of early-90s IRS Records…

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