Sham 69 Did Not Have The Art School Background Of Many English Punk Bands Of The Time

Sham 69 formed in Hersham Surrey in 1975, although originally known as Jimmy and the Ferrets, 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 FC secured the Athenian League title in 1969. The 12 November 1976 issue of NME noted that Sham 69 was rehearsing in 1976, although only Pursey would remain from this early line up twelve months later, Original guitarists Johnny Goodfornothing AKA John Goode and Neil Harris were replaced by Dave Parsons, and drummer Billy Bostik AKA Andy Nightingale by Mark Cain. Albie Slider AKA Albie Maskell remained for the group's first single in 1977 before being replaced by Dave Tregunna. The Pursey, Parsons, Tregunna, Cain line up then remained stable until 1979, when Ricky Goldstein took over on drums for the band's fourth album. Sham 69 did not have the art school background of many English punk bands of the time, and brought in football chant backup vocals and an implicit political populism, The band attracted a large skinhead following. Their concerts were plagued by violence and the band ceased live performances after a 1979 concert at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park was broken up by National Front supporting white power skinheads fighting and rushing the stage. Pursey formed the short lived band Sham Pistols with former Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook before moving on to a solo recording career. Pursey's first solo album was with Polydor Records, the label for which Sham 69 had recorded, but was a commercial and critical failure, The second solo album Alien Orphans was recorded with CBS Records France, For his third solo album Revenge Is Not the Password, Pursey paid for the recording out of his own pocket in order to maintain artistic freedom. In 1981 Pursey collaborated with Peter Gabriel on the single Animals Have More Fun which was commercially unsuccessful, He also became occupied with video production in London, making use of snippets of found video in an effort to do something really anarchic. Rick Goldstein, Dave Parsons and Dave Tregunna joined the 1980s glam punk gothic rock band the Wanderers with Stiv Bators of the Dead Boys, Tregunna and Bators later recruited Nick Turner of the Barracudas and Brian James of the Damned to form the Lords of the New Church. In 1987 Pursey and Parsons resurrected Sham 69 with new members Ian Whitewood on drums, Andy Prince on bass, Tony Hardie Bick on keyboards and Linda Paganelli on saxophone releasing the album Volunteer and the singles Rip and Tear and Outside the Warehouse. The album Live at CBGB's also features this line-up, The next studio album Information Libre has Patricia de Mayo on keyboards. Andy Prince went on to join the Magic Mushroom Band, and Whitewood was replaced on drums by Sonny Boy Williamson, who played on the Soapy Water and Mister Marmalade album and the singles Uptown, Action Time & Vision and Girlfriend.
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