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While the title here, Complete Collection, is somewhat misleading because it doesn't contain everything they recorded, it really is almost everything (and more) you'd ever want. Everyone from the great leftist working-class bands like the Angelic Upstarts and Newtown Neurotics to Nazi punks Skrewdriver and the 4-Skins claimed Sham 69 as an influence. They returned to the UK top 10 last June with their World Cup anthem Hurry Up England, an updated version of Hurry Up Harry.As reviled as they were celebrated, Jimmy Pursey and company were the original boot boys from London's notorious East End, the true Cockney kids, and the lot who inadvertently inspired the loads of Oi! and skinhead punk bands that followed.
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The group first split in 1980 but Pursey and Parsons reformed Sham 69 seven years later. Pursey formed the band in 1975 and Parsons joined two years later, with the pair going on to write the band’s biggest hits together. Parsons and Whitewood have found a new bassist and will start auditioning singers shortly with the intention of carrying on as Sham 69. At the moment, they’re just being held back all the time.” “The rest of the band want to get out there and kick ass on stage. “It was him personally that was causing a lot of the problems within the band and between the band and promoters and media. “The reasons behind it are that Jimmy seems to show no great desire to play live and is constantly pulling out of gigs at the last moment,” he said. The split had “been on the cards for a while”, according to Mike Harris, spokesman for the other band members. “I don’t want to do that and I’ve never wanted to do that.
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“I can turn down a nostalgia gig, which is like a Doctor Who convention, where it’s just bringing a load of old punk rockers together to celebrate nostalgia,” he told the BBC News website. Pursey denied that, saying he only turned down revival gigs that were booked for the sake of money. Parsons and Whitewood said they sacked Pursey because he showed little interest in playing live. Sham 69 enjoyed five top 20 singles in the late 1970s I can’t know what’s going through his mind when wanting to leave the band.” Pursey compared his former bandmates’ behaviour to “mutiny on the bounty”.Īsked how the split came about, he replied: “I don’t know, you’ll have to ask him. I am Sham 69.”īut Parsons and Whitewood said: “Sham 69 have left Jimmy Pursey.” Sham 69 recorded 1970s punk hits including If the Kids are United and Hurry Up Harry. Pursey said: “He has walked out of the band. Pursey said Parsons had left the group, while Parsons said he and drummer Ian Whitewood had sacked the singer.īoth are now laying claim to the Sham 69 name. Punk band Sham 69 have split up after a bitter fall-out between singer Jimmy Pursey and guitarist Dave Parsons. “Singer Jimmy Pursey formed the band in 1975 Any bands/artists you want us to check out?ĭave Parsons, outside CBGB’s New York(last gig ever at the club) I have to confess my ignorance here (no that’s not the name of a band)ĩ. Do you have any swedish favourite bands/artists?ĭP. We were always looked after really well, and people were really friendly.Ĩ. It all gets a bit muddled up as time goes by, the memories I can remember well, I’m keeping to myself. I remember the first time I saw Sham 69 live, 1980 at Lobo in Gothenburg, my best memory is an autograph were it say I´am nr2 in Shams Private Army, laugh! Do you have any memories from Sweden?ĭP. Have you managed to live as a proffesional musician since the 70’s or have you done anything else on the road as well?ħ.
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I just love touring full stop, we’ve had some great times in Scandanavia (in the Summer).Ħ. I’ve got a new solo album almost finished, but I’m holding back on releasing it, as I may use some of the songs for the next Sham album.ĭP. Any more sologigs or recordings on the agenda?ĭP. Dave Parsons hasn’t left Sham69 – Sham69 have sacked Jimmy Pursey.And yes we will continue, at first as Dave Parsons Sham69 (Just so people are aware that some changes have been made).ģ. Dave Parsons has left Sham 69 is the news at does this mean that we will see a Dave Sham and a Jimmy Sham in the future, like Andy Scott’s Sweet etc?ĭP. As you say there’s quite a few examples,Rutts dc were great after Malcom Owen died.Ģ. I know it’s possible to continou a classic band without the original vocalist, there is a few good examples like AC-DC to mention one, but according to what have happened with Sham do you have any favourit band with a new singer?ĭP. Lars Wallin talking to Dave Parsons, Sham 69ġ.