The beginning of SHAM 69 was in 1976 when Hersham (South
London) born Jimmy Pursey, working at the Wimbledon
Greyhound stadium(among 40 odd jobs he claims to have had),
got together with Neil Harris (lead guitar), Johnny
Goodfornothing (guitar), Albie Slider (bass) and Billy
Bostik (drums). The name came from some graffiti sprayed on
a local wall; It originally proclaimed "Hersham '69" but
the "Her" had long since worn away. Like the SWANKERS and
various members of the LONDON SS, the Small Faces were
proclaimed as an early influence. Although at first SHAM 69
were nothing more than Bay City Roller and Gary Glitter
imitators, by November 1976, with Punk rumbling through the
suburbs, they had become a high voltage dole queue
rock'n'roll band.
Oi!!!First of all Sham 69 is one of my fave band in all time... The real Rock and Roll band!!! Hope Sham 69 will be forever!!!
Ferdie of Le beat
(editor of EARTH'S FINAL WARNING FANZINE in the Philippines)
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