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Stiles also shares sons Strummer, 6, and Arlo, 2, with husband Preston Cook, whom she married in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

He was promoted to music columnist, then worked at Atlantic Records where he toured with the rock band Kiss and let The Clash's Joe Strummer crash on his couch.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2023

Mr. Strummer “couldn’t sing to save his life,” Mr. Levene said in the Perfect Sound Forever interview, “but gave off all this energy and ended in a total sweat.”

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

The film director has worked with the Sex Pistols, David Bowie, Madness, the Rolling Stones, Shane Macgowan and Joe Strummer, as well as creating a documentary about the Glastonbury Festival.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2021

Strummer of the lyre   Maker of the tune, Give me a desire—   Bless me with a boon.

From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)