The Clash mostly eschewed the self-destructive ideology of many of their peers, digging more into the political anger and cynicism. According to the book (and a Joe Strummer doco I saw a while back) they were accused of sloganeering and bandwagon jumping in some corners, but they made good music, so who really cares what their motivations were. As best as I can tell, the lyrics of songs like "Career opportunities" and "I'm so bored with the USA" seem authentic enough.
The band soaked up the multiple cultural influences of living in West London at the time, with sounds including reggae, ska and rocksteady fusing into their punk with a bit more musicality than some of their contemporaries could/wanted to included.
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