Sham 69
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Biography
[Edit]While most of the early British punk bands spoke of working-class concerns — primarily unemployment and the shrinking U.K. economy, which was leaving a generation with nothing to do and nowhere to go — many of the pioneering groups had working-class credentials that were suspect at best; the Sex Pistols' career was being molded by a haberdasher and would-be artist, while the Clash were led by the son of a diplomat. Sham 69, however, was different; proletarian and proud of it, Sham 69 was the voice of the people in the first wave of British punk, and if they were never as fashionable as such contemporaries as the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Wire, or the Jam (who, in their early days, shared Sham's provincial outlook and "we're with the kids" fan solidarity), they enjoyed a long run of chart successes and were a major influence on the street punk and Oi! movements which followed.
Sham 69 was formed in the working-class community of Hersham (in Surrey) in 1975 by singer and lyricist Jimmy Pursey; the name came from an ancient bit of graffiti celebrating a local football team's winning season in 1969. From the start, Sham 69's politics were populist, and their sound accessible; straight-ahead four-square punk with a hard rock influence and lyrics that often used sing-along slogans in their choruses, such as "If the Kids Are United" and "(Gonna Be A) Borstal Breakout." The band went through a revolving cast of musicians early on before settling on the lineup of Pursey, Dave Parsons on guitar, Albie Slider on bass, and Mark Cain behind the drums. They began scaring up gigs where they could, and began playing the notorious London punk venue the Roxy on a regular basis, where they built up a loyal following. Step Forward, a small independent label, released the band's first single, "I Don't Wanna," in September 1977. The success of the single and the band's growing fan base prompted Polydor to sign the band in the U.K., and their first album, Tell Us the Truth — one side recorded live, the other in the studio — was released in early 1978. (Sire released the album in the United States, and it would prove to be the only Sham 69 album released in America until the late '80s.) By the time the album came out, Albie Slider had left the band and Dave "Kermit" Tregenna took over on bass. Sham's second album, That's Life, was released in the fall of 1978, and featured two major hit singles, "Hurry Up Harry" and "Angels With Dirty Faces"; and as many of the first wave of U.K. punk bands were beginning to peter out, Sham 69's popularity continued to grow.
However, there was a fly in the ointment for Sham 69; the band's rowdy, sing-along attitude began attracting a violent and undiscriminating audience, and fighting became increasing common at the band's live shows. The group also found their gigs were becoming recruiting grounds for Britain 's extreme right-wing (and racist) political party, the National Front; while Pursey often spoke out against the NF, for some reason it was an association that wouldn't go away. While the group's third album, The Adventures of the Hersham Boys, was a commercial success (as were the singles "If The Kids Are United" and "You're A Better Man Than I"), the increasing violence at concerts made it harder to tour, and Pursey began producing other bands and investigating new musical directions.
(Drummer Mark Cain also quit the band, with Ricky Goldstein taking over on percussion.) After the group's fourth album, The Game, received a lukewarm reception from both reviewers and fans, Pursey opted to split up Sham 69 in mid-1980. Pursey went on to a solo career, briefly working with former Sex Pistols Steve Jones and Paul Cook, while Dave Parsons and Dave Tregenna formed a short-lived band called the Wanderers with former Dead Boys vocalist Stiv Bators. After "the Sham Pistols" failed to work out, Pursey recorded a series of ambitious but commercially unsuccessful solo albums, and Tregenna joined the Lords of the New Church. In 1987, Pursey and Parsons assembled a new edition of Sham 69; Pursey continues to tour and record with Sham 69, while also pursuing an acting career and recording solo material.
Title: I Live off You (feat. Anita Harris & Tim V) - Single
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Punk, Alternative
Title: The Best of Sham 69 - Cockney Kids Are Innocent
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Rock, Punk, Alternative
Title: Borstal Breakout - The Complete Sham 69 Live
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Hardcore Punk
Title: The Adventures Of Sham 69 Hersham Boys
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Hardcore Punk
Title: The Best of Sham 69: Cockney Kids Are Innocent
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Hardcore Punk, Pop
Title: The Adventures of Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (Live)
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Rock, Punk, Alternative
Title: If the Kids Are United (As feat on CITV) - Single
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Rock, Punk, Alternative
Title: The Adventures of Hersham Boys
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk, Hardcore Punk, Pop
Title: The Adventures of the Hersham Boys (Bonus Track Edition)
Artist: Sham 69
Genre: Rock, Punk, Alternative
Title: Back To Back: Sham 69 & Sex Pistols
Artist: Sham 69, The Sex Pistols
Genre: Punk, Alternative
Collections
Title: Punk's Not Dead: 30 Years of Punk
Genre: Alternative
Title: Enthused Punk
Genre: Alternative
Title: This Is the 70's
Title: Punk Power Workout
Genre: Alternative
Title: Revolutionary bands
Genre: Rock
Title: The Power Of: Punk
Genre: Alternative
Title: Never Mind the S*x P*stols- Here's the Bullocks
Genre: Alternative
Title: A Tribute to The Distillers
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Punk Vs New Wave
Genre: Alternative
Title: This Is Punk
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Play Up Pompey: The Songs of Portsmouth F.C.
Genre: Pop
Title: Live from the Roxy, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock, Punk, Alternative
Title: Skateboard Punk Hits
Genre: Alternative
Title: Sounds Like a Nightmare: A-Z of Psychobilly
Genre: Alternative
Title: Teenage Kicks: Pop-Punk Greats
Genre: Punk, Alternative
Title: Punk & Nasty
Genre: Alternative
Title: Latino Journeys CD 2
Genre: Latin
Title: Burning Ambitions CD 2
Genre: Punk Rock
Title: 100 Hits 70s Pop (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits 70s Pop (CD3)
Title: 100 Hits 70s Pop (CD1)
Title: The Best Punk Anthems... Ever! (CD1)
Genre: Punk
Title: Punk Age 2
Title: The 70's - 1978 (CD2)
Title: Let's Get Loud (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Ever Pop Punk (CD3)
Title: 100 Hits: 70s Pop
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ultimate Collection - Rock 100 Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: No More Heroes: 60 Punk & New Wave Anthems Box Set (CD3)
Genre: New Wave, Punk, Folk Punk, Pop Punk, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: No More Heroes: 60 Punk & New Wave Anthems Box Set (CD1)
Genre: New Wave, Punk, Folk Punk, Pop Punk, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Teenage Kicks: Punk! 2
Title: The Best Of Punk
Genre: Punk Rock
Title: The Number One Punk Album (Polygram TV) (CD1)
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Progressive Rock, Punk, Ska
Title: Greatest Ever Dad Rock (CD2)
Genre: Gothic Rock, Hard Rock, Glam Punk, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Simply Seventies (CD1)
Title: Punk London: 40 Years Of Subversive Culture
Genre: Punk
Title: Punk! Secret Records Presents 40 Years Of Punk
Genre: Punk
Title: Soundtrack Der Strasse IV
Genre: Punk
Title: 100 Hits Rock Nostalgie (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest Ever! Rock The Collection Vol. 1 (CD4)
Genre: Rock
Title: 70s - School Days - The Ultimate Collection 5CD (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Country, Disco, Dance Pop, Funk
Title: Top Of The Pops - New Wave (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Gothic Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Post Punk, Alternative
Title: Action Time Vision: A Story Of Independent UK Punk (CD1)
Genre: Punk
Title: Car Hits: The Ultimate Collection 5CD (CD3)
Genre: Soul, Nu Disco, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Punk & New Wave - The Ultimate Collection (CD03)
Genre: Punk
Title: Punk & New Wave - The Ultimate Collection (CD04)
Genre: Punk
Title: Driven By Rock 5CD (CD5)
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Country, Pop, Indie
Title: Driven By The 70s Box Set (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Hard Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Post Punk, Heavy Metal, Indie
Title: Warm Memories: Collection Classic Rock 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative
Featuring albums
Title: Revenge Is Not the Password - Code Black
Artist: Sham 69's Jimmy Pursey
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Alternative
Title: Punk (Secret Records Presents 40 Years of Punk)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Punk, Pop Punk, Pop, Alternative