Paul Simonon

In 2011, Simonon spent time aboard the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza incognito under the guise of "Paul the assistant cook" in response to Arctic oil drilling in Greenland by Cairn oil. He joined other Greenpeace activists in illegally boarding one of Cairn's oil rigs; an action which earned him two weeks in a Greenland jail. His identity was revealed to other crew members after the voyage, and he joined Damon Albarn and the other members of The Good, the Bad, and the Queen for a performance in London celebrating Greenpeace's 40th anniversary.

Simonon and Mick Jones are now working as executive producers for a new film based on the recording of The Clash classic 1979 album London Calling.

Paul is known for using white Fender Precision basses and Ampeg amplification although he has also used Sunn amps. He is also known for decorating his own basses with paint and stickers, and his basses often had a text on the upper horn of the body.

Paul started off playing through a small unknown head-amplifier and a pink 4x10 cab, but in 1978 he began using Ampeg cabinets and amps and has since used Ampegs. Read Less