Sham 69
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Review by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 11 February 1978
"ELLO MUSH...this one's all about getting' yer 'ead kicked in." ...
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Interview by Danny Baker, ZigZag, September 1977
THE ROXY CLUB. Week one. The band bottom of the three playing that night played the night's most exciting set to about 20 people. ...
Live Review by Barry Cain, Record Mirror, 10 September 1977
SHAZAM 77! The antediluvian ideals of the pig-gutted swirl are in the process of a distortion that any bleach-eyed chameleon would be proud of. Like ...
Report by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 1 October 1977
AFTER A WEEK of cloud-sealed gloom the sun shone down on London on Friday pushing the lunchtime temperature to 63 degrees. The vibes seemed auspicious ...
Interview by Peter Silverton, Sounds, 29 October 1977
"I'M NOT stupid. I know, however successful I get to be right now, that in two, three, maybe four if I'm lucky, years' time, I'll ...
Report and Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 12 November 1977
JIMMY PURSEY bursts upon you. He is a natural. A natural natural. Distortion in the media can colour reputations wrongly, especially the reputation of fulsome ...
Sham v Them. Referee: Barry Cain
Report and Interview by Barry Cain, Record Mirror, 25 February 1978
JIMMY PURSEY talks. Jimmy Pursey talks corks out of bottles. Talks forks out of mouths. Talks porks out of pigs. Talks hawks out ...
Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 29 April 1978
SO THERE I was with photographer Harry Murlowski, dozing and half-listening to his interminable, politically-orienated conversation with a couple of hard-core Sham 69 followers in ...
Review by Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, June 1978
THERE HAVE BEEN quite a few new wave bands who have a strong relationship with their audience, but not a one can compete with Sham ...
Sham 69: If The Kids Are United…
Report and Interview by Caroline Coon, Sounds, 3 June 1978
JIMMY PURSEY'S very baggy grey flannels are held up by a brand new pair of white braces. His striped shirt is as clean as five ...
Sham 69: Pursey's Down The Dogtrack
Report and Interview by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 5 August 1978
Sham 69's leader blows his wages, ponders his role, and has a few larfs. DANNY BAKER goes to see an old mate about a dog. ...
Review by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 4 November 1978
JIMMY PURSEY'S Ulysses – a day in the life of 'a working class kid'. A shrug of the shoulders. ...
Sham 69 & The Cimarons: The West Country Invasion Starts Here
Report and Interview by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 18 November 1978
IT WOULD appear that someone's got it in for Jimmy Pursey and Sham 69. You see they're planting stories in the press to the effect ...
Report by Kris Needs, New Musical Express, 10 February 1979
ON WEDNESDAY, January 31, Sham 69 played their last ever gig. ...
Jimmy Pursey: The People's Champ
Interview by John Pidgeon, Melody Maker, 7 April 1979
JIM POPS down the betting shop to bung twenty quid on a 10-1 shot in the 3.10 at Newbury, so I give his records the ...
Report and Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 7 July 1979
"WE WANT SHUM! WE WANT SHUM! WE WANT SHUM!" Friday night in Glasgow The Apollo is packed to capacity and if you want understatements the ...
Sham 69, the Valves: Apollo, Glasgow
Live Review by Ronnie Gurr, Record Mirror, 7 July 1979
The Cockney Cowboys ride again ...
Sham 69: The Adventures Of Hersham Boys (Polydor)***
Review by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 8 September 1979
WHAT DID Sham mean to you? I don't really give a monkey's cos to me and a lot of my mates they were the business. ...
Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 20 October 1979
JIMMY PURSEY talks about sex, Mod, the Pope, Christmas, Scum and stuff like that... GIOVANNI DADOMO listens and listens and listens and ...
Sham 69, Dead Kennedys: Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 12 January 1980
SOME PEOPLE join a band to get out of the crowd. Jello Biafra, I'm convinced, joined the Dead Kennedys to guarantee a space in the ...
Jimmy Pursey: People Try To Put Me Down...
Interview by Mike Stand, The Face, May 1980
"PEOPLE PUT me down as a loudmouth. Well, I've got a lot to talk about," said Jimmy Pursey and proved it at once by descending ...
Profile by Martin Aston, Q, May 1991
FAMOUS – OR SHOULD that be infamous? – for their punk-era, terrace-anthem hits 'If The Kids Were United (They Would Never be Divided)' and 'Hurry ...
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