He said, “I was forced into making it, you understand? I called it The Game because that’s how the music business had become to me. The band would eventually break up in 1980, with Jimmy explaining in an interview with the anarchist, punk zine Flipside). They eventually ended doing live shows after a 1979 concert at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park where white power skinheads started fighting and rushed the stage. They would use their shows are recruiting grounds to obtain more working class youths, and would usually cause many fights in their venues. But even with their left wing politics, they had found their band and live shows being riddled with right wing skinheads/fascists, usually siding with the BNP or the National Front. Usually dealing with populist, left wing ideals like antifascism, anti capitalist and anti police. The graffiti was a reference to when the futbol club had won the Athenian title in 69'.Įver since their creation their hard rock influenced music has had a politics heavy theme to it. But after the many years being up on the wall it had faded and just read sham 69. The band got its famous name from graffiti, with the lead vocalist Jimmy Pursey saying that it came from some faded graffiti they saw. Reading Festival 25-8-78.Sham 69 is highly regarded as one of the original trail blazers of the punk genre, ever since their creation in 1976. Tracks: Red London, I Don’t Wanna, Rip Off, I’m A Man I’m A Boy, Tell Us The Truth, Ulster Boy, Borstal Breakout, It’s Never Too Late, Hey Little Rich Boy, They Don’t Understand, What About The Lonely?, What Have We Got, Borstal Breakout, George Davis Is Innocent, What Have We Got (Reprise) Tracks: Borstal breakout, Borstal breakout #2, George davies, Hey little rich boy, I don’t wanna, I’m a man I’m a boy, It’s never too late, Red London, Rip off, Rip off #2, The lonely, They don’t understand, Ulster, What have we got Tracks: Red London, I don’t wanna, George davis is innocent, Rip off, Family life, Ulster, I’m a may i’m a biy, Hey little rich boy, Borstal breakout, They don’t understand, It’s never too late, Ulster #2, What have we got Tracks: Borstal breakout, Hey little rich boy, They don’t understand, Rip off, What ‘av we got Tracks: Leave me alone, Who gives a damn, Everybody’s right everybody’s wrong, That’s life, Win or lose, Hurry up harry, Evil way, Reggae pick up part 1, Sunday morning nightmare, Reggae pick up part 2, Angels with dirty faces, Is this me or is this you That’s Life LP (Polydor, POLD-5010) released 78 Tracks: Hurry up harry, Is this me or is this you Various Artists – Polydor Radio Sampler 12″ (Polydor, NW1) released 78 Hurry up Harry 7” (Polydor, POSP-7) released Oct 78
Tracks: If the kids are united, Sunday morning nightmare If the kids are united 7” (Polydor, 2059 050) released Jul 78 Tracks: Angels with dirty faces, The Cockney kids are innocent
Tracks: We got a fight (live), Rip off (live), Ulster (live), George davies is innocent (live), They don’t understand (live), Bortstal breakout (live), Family life, Hey little rich boy, I’m a man, I’m a boy, What about the lonely, Tell us the truth, Its never too late, Who’s generationĪngels with dirty faces 7” (Polydor, 2059 023) released May 78 Tell us the Truth LP (Polydor, 2383 491) released Feb 78, live recordings Marquee, London 21-10-77 Tracks: Borstal Breakout, Hey Little Rich boy track mis-titled Song of the Streetsīorstal Breakout 7” (Polydor, 2058 966) released Jan 78
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What have we got (live) 1-sided 7”, recorded Marquee, London 21-10-77, given away free at gigs during Dec 77. Tracks: I don’t wanna, Ulster, Red London I don’t wanna 7” (Step Forward, SF-4) released Aug 77.
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