Carbon / Silicon

Carbon/Silicon is a rock band formed in 2003 by two punk rock legends: Mick Jones of The Clash and Tony James of Generation X. Similar in many respects to Jones' earlier work in Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon aims to break the traditional approach to rock and roll. The band was described by critic Alan McGee as "...the Stones jamming with a laptop," and they make use of samples in their recordings and live shows. The formation of the band was catalyzed by the internet and p2p file sharing. The first song written by Jones and James was entitled "MPFree," in which they expressed their willingness to embrace the technology of the internet and file sharing, in the interest of spreading music, rather than profit. The band still makes live bootlegs and recordings freely available through their own site, and the popular fansite carbonsilicon.info. The band to this day has recorded four demo CDs: Sample This, Peace; Dope Factory Boogie; The Grand Delusion and The Homecoming and three official CDs: Value What is Necessary, Lose What is Not, Global War on Culture and The News. All of the tracks from the latter are available from fansites to download as mp3s. The band's first officially released album, A.T.O.M (A Twist of Modern) debuted on the band's website on 28 July 2006. The next album Western Front followed soon after on October 14, 2006 and included rerecorded versions of their earlier songs Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.