a b c d e Al Kowalewski, "Jimmy Pursey 1988: Sham 69 Round Two: A Decade to Think," Flipside, whole no. 58 (Winter 1989), pp. 24–27. a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.493. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Punk band Sham 69 in bitter split". BBC News. 26 January 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007 . Retrieved 23 May 2010.

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Sham 69 - I Don't Wanna". 45cat.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017 . Retrieved 9 April 2018. Sham 69 (Tim V) dates". Allgigs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014 . Retrieved 17 May 2015. On 28 January 2018, Sham 69 co-founder Neil Harris died from cancer at the age of 63. [19] [20] Legacy [ edit ] Krause, Riley (2 February 2018). "Daughter of Sham 69's Neil Harris pays tribute after father's death". Surrey Comet . Retrieved 21 October 2023. I was forced into making it, you understand? I called it The Game because that's how the music business had become to me. Like a little roulette wheel where everything we did had all of this political value to it, but it didn't make any difference because you spin the wheel and if it landed on the right number you were all right, the wrong number and you were not all right." [11]In 1987, Pursey and guitarist David Parsons reformed the band, joined by new personnel. Although subsequently going through a number of line-up changes, Sham 69 remained active and were still playing gigs as of 2022. [1] History [ edit ] Formation [ edit ] Sham 69 released their first single, " I Don't Wanna", on Step Forward Records in August 1977, produced by John Cale (formerly of the Velvet Underground), and its success in the independent charts prompted Polydor Records to sign the band. Their major label debut was "Borstal Breakout" in January 1978, followed by UK Singles Chart success with " Angels with Dirty Faces" (reaching No. 19 in May 1978) and " If the Kids Are United" (No. 9 in July 1978). [9] These were not included on the group's debut album, Tell Us the Truth, a mixture of live and studio recordings. [9]

Bassist Rob Jefferson left Parsons' Sham 69 and was replaced by the former U.K. Subs member Alan Campbell. In 2009, Sham 69 was the first major punk band to tour China. They released an album titled Who Killed Joe Public, in late 2010. Sham 69 formed in Hersham, Surrey in 1975, although originally known (according to some sources) as Jimmy and the Ferrets. [2] 'Sham 69' is said to have derived from a piece of graffiti that co-founder Jimmy Pursey saw on a wall. It originally said Walton and Hersham '69 but had partly faded away, and made reference to when Walton & Hersham F.C. secured the Athenian League title in 1969. [3]

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In 2006, the single " Hurry Up, England" was released as an alternative football anthem for England's entry in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, featuring samples from the original. That's Life peaked at number 27 on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles " Hurry Up Harry" and "Angels with Dirty Faces", which reached numbers 10 and 19 respectively on the UK Singles Chart. [3] In 1989, That's Life and the band's debut album Tell Us the Truth were re-released as a double LP. The original incarnation of Sham 69 disbanded in 1980, following the release of the band's fourth album, The Game. Pursey was enormously critical of the album, calling it "a pile of shit" in a 1989 Flipside interview, noting: