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Tim v sham 694/18/2023 ![]() In 2006, listeners to Christian O'Connell's Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio voted overwhelmingly for the band to record a song to support the England national football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. ![]() Blair/We know you care/So bring them home/Don't leave them there", referring to the troops remaining in Iraq after the 2003 invasion. Pursey sang altered lyrics, including "Mr. As a result of this, the band was invited onto BBC TV's current affairs program Newsnight to sing a version of the song. In 2005, the band gained media attention when "If the Kids Are United" was played during UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's entrance at the Labour Party Conference. By that time, Pursey was a vegetarian and he appeared in the British media condemning the use of his song by what he considered a multinational abuser of animals and humans. ![]() "If the Kids Are United" was used in a McDonald's advertising campaign, long after the rights to the band's songs had been sold. This line-up recorded the albums The A Files and Direct Action: Day 21 and the single "Swampy". In 1995, Whitewood returned on drums and former Chelsea (band) bassist Mat Sargent was recruited. 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" In 1987, Sham 69 were resurrected with a different line-up Ian Whitewood on drums and Andy Prince on bass releasing the albums Volunteer and Information Libre, and the singles "Rip And Tear" and "Outside the Warehouse". In 1981, Pursey collaborated with Peter Gabriel on the single "Animals Have More Fun" which was commercially unsuccessful. Stiv Bators and Dave Tregunna recruited Nick Turner of The Barracudas and Brian James of The Damned to become Lords of the New Church. Rick Goldstein, Dave Parsons, and Dave Tregunna joined the 1980s glam punk/ gothic rock band The Wanderers with Stiv Bators of The Dead Boys before he formed The Lords of the New Church. This was after their fourth album, and Pursey moved in a heavy metal direction after working with the remaining members of the Sex Pistols for a short time, under the name Sham Pistols. The band broke up in 1979 following Jimmy Pursey's departure to the Sex Pistols. This was demonstrated by their third album, The Adventures of the Hersham Boys. The band eventually started to move away from punk rock, to embrace a sound heavily influenced by classic British rock bands such as Mott the Hoople, The Who, The Rolling Stones and The Faces. The band's popularity was enhanced by their performances on Top Of The Pops, and the band performed in the 1980 film, D.O.A. The group had further chart success with "Hurry Up Harry" (number 10 in October 1978), which came from their second LPand first full studio album, That's Life. They weren't taken from the group's debut album, Tell Us the Truth, a mixture of live and studio recordings. Their major label debut was "Borstal Breakout" in January 1978, followed by UK Singles Chart success with "Angels With Dirty Faces" (reaching number 19 in May 1978) and " If the Kids Are United" (number 9 in July 1978). Sham 69 released their first single, "I Don't Wanna", on Step Forward Records in August 1977, produced by John Cale (formerly of the Velvet Underground), and its success in the independent charts prompted Polydor Records to sign the band. Their concerts were plagued by violence, and the band ceased live performances after a 1979 concert at Middlesex Polytechnic was broken up by National Front-supporting white power skinheads fighting and rushing the stage. The band had a large skinhead following ( left wing, right wing and non-political), which helped set the tone for the Oi! movement. 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 a sort of inarticulate political populism. ![]() The 12 November 1976 issue of NME notes that Sham 69 was rehearsing in 1976, although only Pursey would remain from this early line-up twelve months later.
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