Sham 69
The Sex Pistols and The Clash may have inspired gangs of art school kids to
dress up in bondage gear and stick safety pins through their noses when they
kick-started the British punk scene in the late 1970s, but it was Sham 69 who
captured the boisterous, beer-swilling spirit of the terraces and built a large
skinhead following. Taking their name from a faded piece of graffiti that
celebrated their local football team Walton & Hersham's 1969 league triumph,
motormouth front man Jimmy Pursey spoke to the downtrodden, working class youth
with forthright, in-yer-face sloganeering an...
