Angels & Airwaves talks Strummer, new album, punk rock

With their new album due soon, Angels and Airwaves continues to post stories and statements. The record is titled I–Empire and is due out November 06, 2007.

Though he has become well–known for a series of alternatingly cryptic and grandiose statements, Tom Delonge's latest posting actually discusses his new album and influences rather candidly. It begins by references the late, great Joe Strummer:

Years ago on a tour in Australia, Joe Strummer from the Clash bought me a gift. He handed me a cartridge, meant for the use of rolling "smokable items", and said these words, "I used to walk around saying 'Fuck you, I'm in The Clash, Fuck you, I'm in The Clash!'..well now that I think about it, The Talking Heads were pretty fucking cool." Unbeknownst to me, he and his son were quite the big fans.

The post goes into detail about the album's unusual artwork and Tom shows quite a bit of pride in the accomplishments of AvA members like Atom Willard of Rocket From the Crypt. Largely, it does put the new band in the context of punk rock and Tom's career and you can check it out here in the "About..." section.