Blair / We know you care / So bring them home / Don't leave them there", referring to the troops remaining in Iraq after the the 2003 invasion. As a result of this, they were invited onto BBC TV's current affairs programme, Newsnight to sing a version of the song. The band gained further media attention when "If The Kids Are United" was played during UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's entrance at the 2005 Labour Party Conference. Pursey is a vegetarian, and appeared in the UK media condemning the use of one of his songs by what - he saw - as a multi-national animal and human abuser. "If The Kids Are United" was used in a McDonald's advertising campaign, long after the rights to their songs had been sold. Pursey resurrected Sham 69 in the 1990s with a different line-up, but without major success. Dave Treganna joined the pioneering 1980s glam-punk-Gothic band, The Lords of the New Church, with Stiv Bators of The Dead Boys and Brian James of The Damned. 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. Sham 69 broke up after their fourth album. They then started to move away from punk rock into a sound heavily influenced by classic British hard rock bands such as Mott The Hoople, The Who and The Faces, evidenced on their third album, The Adventures of the Hersham Boys. The latter came from their second LP and first full studio album, That's Life. 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), "If The Kids Are United" (number 9 in July 1978), and "Hurry Up Harry" (number 10 in October 1978). Sham 69 released their first single, "Ulster", on Step Forward Records in August 1977, and its success in the independent charts prompted Polydor to sign the band. Their concerts were notoriously plagued by violence, and the band ceased live performances after one of their gigs at Middlesex Polytechnic in 1978 was broken up by National Front skinheads fighting and rushing the stage. The band had a large skinhead and hooligan following, which helped set the tone for the Oi! movement. Sham 69 lacked the art school background of many rock bands of the time, and brought in football chants, drinking songs and a sort of inarticulate political populism. Read Full Bio They formed in Hersham, UK in 1976. The breakup brought an end to a fantastic career.They formed in Hersham, UK in 1976. People still listened to them but Sham 69 was no more. Unfortunately, drinking became an issue, which led to the end of their live career. Others hits that followed were "The Kids are United" and "Harry Up Harry", which followed many others up the charts. However, Sham 69's frontman was getting them into to trouble with a following of violence. In February they came out with their debut album "Tell Us The Truth" and in April, their new single "Angels with Dirty faces" was released. ![]() Polydor had caught on to the scene and signed Sham 69. In October 1977 the band was asked to play on TV for a documentary. ![]() Albie quit the group shortly after and was replaced by Dave Treganna. Soon, they had a few hits including "George Davis Is Innocent" and "Let's Rob A Bank". Dave Parsons was hired to play guitar and Mark Cain was signed on to drum. Quickly, more fans tagged along to see them play and Pursey decided some changes were to be made. ![]() They were nothing more then a cover band, but as the "punk" scene grew so did they. Sham 69 was born in 1976 when Jimmy Pursey got together with Neil Harris(guitar), Johnny Goodfornothing(guitar), Albie Slider(bass) and Billy Bostic(drums).
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