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Paul Simonon (Paul Gustave Simonon) was born on 15 December, 1955 in Thornton Heath, Croydon, England, is an English musician and artist (born 1955). Discover Paul Simonon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
Popular As |
Paul Gustave Simonon |
Occupation |
Bass guitarist, visual artist, vocalist, songwriter |
Age |
68 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
Born |
15 December, 1955 |
Birthday |
15 December |
Birthplace |
Thornton Heath, Croydon, England |
Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Paul Simonon Height, Weight & Measurements
At 68 years old, Paul Simonon height is 184 cm .
Physical Status |
Height |
184 cm |
Weight |
Not Available |
Body Measurements |
Not Available |
Eye Color |
Not Available |
Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Paul Simonon's Wife?
His wife is Tricia Ronane (m. 1990–2006)
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Tricia Ronane (m. 1990–2006) |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Not Available |
Paul Simonon Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Paul Simonon worth at the age of 68 years old? Paul Simonon’s income source is mostly from being a successful guitarist. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Paul Simonon's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
Not Available |
Source of Income |
guitarist |
Paul Simonon Social Network
Timeline
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 & the Queen for a performance in London celebrating Greenpeace's 40th anniversary.
Paul Gustave Simonon (born 15 December 1955) is an English musician and artist best known as the bassist for the Clash.
He met Mick Jones in 1976, and six months later the Clash was formed when Joe Strummer joined, with Jones on lead guitar.
Simonon learned his bass parts by rote from Jones in the early days of The Clash and still did not know how to play the bass when the group first recorded.
He is credited with coming up with the name of the band and was mainly responsible for the visual aspects such as clothing and stage backdrops.
Simonon was shown on the front cover of the band's double album London Calling: Pennie Smith's image of him smashing his Fender Precision Bass guitar during a 1979 concert in New York City; the image has become one of the iconic pictures of the punk era.
Simonon played bass on almost all of the Clash's songs.
Recordings that he did not play on include: "The Magnificent Seven" and "Lightning Strikes (Not Once but Twice)" on Sandinista! (played by Norman Watt-Roy), "Rock the Casbah" on Combat Rock (played by Topper Headon), and Cut the Crap (played by Norman Watt-Roy).
Sandinista! featured bass played by Jones or Strummer, some but possibly not all of which Simonon later re-recorded once he rejoined the sessions after filming Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains.
Also, when performing "The Guns of Brixton" live he switched instruments with Joe Strummer, because it was easier for him to sing while playing guitar, instead of bass as he sings lead vocals on this track.
Simonon's contrapuntal reggae/ska-influenced lines set him apart from the bulk of other punk rock bassists of the era in their complexity and the role of the bass guitar within the band.
After the Clash dissolved in 1986, Simonon started a band called Havana 3am.
He recorded one album with them.
He also participated in a Bob Dylan session along with the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones that became part of the Dylan album Down in the Groove.
Also, Simonon works as an artist – his first passion before joining the Clash.
He has had several gallery shows, and designed the cover for Big Audio Dynamite's album, Tighten Up, Vol. 88, as well as the cover for "Herculean" from the album The Good, the Bad & the Queen, a project with Damon Albarn on which Simonon plays bass.
Paul reunited with Damon Albarn and Mick Jones on the Gorillaz album Plastic Beach, and was also the bassist of the Gorillaz live band supporting Plastic Beach, along with Mick Jones on guitar.
More recent work includes his involvement in the supergroup the Good, the Bad & the Queen and playing on the Gorillaz album Plastic Beach in 2010, which saw Simonon reunite with The Clash guitarist Mick Jones and Blur frontman Damon Albarn – and which also led to Simonon becoming the live band's touring bassist for Gorillaz's Escape to Plastic Beach Tour.
Simonon is also an established visual artist.
Simonon was born in Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey.
His father, Gustave, was an amateur artist and his mother, Elaine, was a librarian.
Simonon's paternal grandfather was a Belgian refugee who came to England during the First World War.
Paul grew up in both the London areas of Brixton and Ladbroke Grove.
Before joining the Clash, he had planned to become an artist.
He studied at Byam Shaw School of Art (then based in Campden St, Kensington), which he attended on scholarship.
The band headlined the 2010 Coachella Festival, and took up residence at the Camden roundhouse for two nights in late April 2010.
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.
Actor Pete Morrow portrays Simonon in the 2016 film London Town.
The film was met with mixed reviews.
In 2023, Simonon announced a new album, Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day?, in collaboration with singer Galen Ayers.
The project arose out of Simonon's time writing music in Mallorca during the COVID-19 lockdown and subsequently busking in front of cafes in Palma.
Simonon reunites with Clash guitarist Mick Jones on the album's title track.