The dispute has revived thorny questions about race, history and identity, familiar territory in a city known for a landmark civil rights clash between marchers and the police in 1965.
The landmark case has renewed interest in the clash of technology and the legal system as information is spread via unregulated social media sites.
Armstrong drew inspiration from The Clash's landmark record London Calling, and referred to Nimrod as "the record I've wanted to make since the band started".
That landmark case, involving the Motion Picture Association of America, became a battle where First Amendment and copyright values clashed, permanently affecting the art, movie, music, and DVD industry, including the rights of MP3 and iPod owners, leading to the new internet landscape.
Transgender rights have become a new flashpoint in the nation's cultural clashes following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage last year.
But February was a new chapter in the struggle, when the reverberations of Egypt and Tunisia reached Bahrain and, after bloody clashes, protesters seized a landmark known as Pearl Square, where they stayed for weeks.
Last fall the culture clash between old and new Landmark management came to a head during a meeting when Mr. Wagner blamed his chief executive, Bert Manzari, for a dip in box office revenue.
The Clash turned the Westway flyover into a legendary landmark, and parlayed fear of the Thames flooding and nuclear dread into the international anthem "London Calling".
With more than 850 structures registered within its National Historic Landmark District, the town is a potpourri of colors and architectural styles that could clash but somehow look as if they were made for one another.
The three surviving members of The Clash have revealed some of the band's long-held secrets during a landmark radio interview at the BBC.
