Clash Guitarist Hopes to Found Rock Library

An exhibition entitled The Rock and Roll Public Library will open March 9 in London. The Subway Gallery will showcase more than 10,000 items from Clash lead guitarist Mick Jones’s personal collection of books, videos and other memorabilia, according to the Hampstead and Highgate Express.

Paul Simonon, photo by Penny Smith

For the time being, the exhibit only runs through the end of March, according to Sabotage Times, which also offers a slideshow of items from the multimedia collection. However, Jones says he is looking for a location to turn it into a permanent lending library.

Said Jones, “With so many libraries closing at the moment, it would be great to open a totally new sort of library, which can be used as a real educational resource to show the history of our time.”