FRONT COVER :Image on front full length LS photograph of all band members
Debut album -introduces band members for first time
Confrontational , moody pose, blocking alleyway –directly addressing the camera, intimidating scary image
Dress code –leather jackets, scruffy suits, cigarette in hand, messy hair, GB flag, skinny jeans
Conform to punk rock image and attitude
Not professional picture: low quality, grainy, black and white, torn edges, placed at angle on cover
This scrappy, homemade, DIY effect gives it the image of an indie underground music label, presenting a band which is gritty and real rather than presenting a glossed over or ideal representation -which fots in with the look and attitude of the Punk movement in the late 1970's
BACK: The colour code on the back is the same as the front - black, white, green and fluro orange -creating continuity between the two covers, the text on the back and the sleeve is also the same
The background picture is of a still taken from the music video for their single 'White Riot' -which followed the riots at the Notting Hill Carnival in the late 1970's an influential issue at the time -this demonstrates how they would use their music to make their own political opinions, a strong feature in punk music
This background image of the policemen creates a visual divide. With the Clash on the front and the police on the back it is almost as if it is symbolising the punk movement versus the authority -linked to the sense of Anarchism surrounding the Punk movement.
The bits of spray paint present rebellion, anger and vandalism
