joe's nickname when he was in the london squatting scene was "woody" because of his love of woody guthrie, however he ditched the name (and his friends) when the sex pistols and punk came around and hated it when people called him woody cos it was seen as as his old "hippie" self. it wasnt punk. the title refers to that and how even the great joe strummer was rerally preoccupied with his image
joe's nickname when he was in the london squatting scene was "woody" because of his love of woody guthrie, however he ditched the name (and his friends) when the sex pistols and punk came around and hated it when people called him woody cos it was seen as as his old "hippie" self. it wasnt punk. the title refers to that and how even the great joe strummer was rerally preoccupied with his image