Paul Gustave Simonen (born 15 December 1955) is an English musician and artist best known as the bassist for the punk rock band The Clash. More recent work includes his involvement in the project The Good, the Bad & the Queen in 2007 with Damon Albarn, Simon Tong and Tony Allenand the Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach in 2010, which along with Albarn saw him reunite with Mick Jones.
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)” onSandinista! (played by Norman Watt-Roy), “Rock the Casbah” on Combat Rock (played by Topper Headon), and 10 of the 12 tracks on 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.
just...BASS! 