Neil Harris - Sham 69 Gründungsmitglied gestorben". Awayfromlife.com (in German). 28 January 2018 . Retrieved 30 January 2018. Sham 69 - Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018 . Retrieved 30 January 2018. Sham 69 - I Don't Wanna". 45cat.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017 . Retrieved 9 April 2018.

On 28 January 2018, Sham 69 co-founder Neil Harris died from cancer at the age of 63. [19] [20] Legacy [ edit ] Bassist Rob Jefferson left Parsons' Sham 69 and was replaced by the former U.K. Subs member Alan Campbell. In 2009, Sham 69 was the first major punk band to tour China. They released an album titled Who Killed Joe Public, in late 2010. I was forced into making it, you understand? I called it The Game because that's how the music business had become to me. Like a little roulette wheel where everything we did had all of this political value to it, but it didn't make any difference because you spin the wheel and if it landed on the right number you were all right, the wrong number and you were not all right." [11] a b "Jimmy Pursey: Hurry up Jimmy". The Independent. 25 June 2006. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Sham 69 split with singer". NME. 26 January 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 30 January 2018.Sham 69 formed in Hersham, Surrey in 1975, although originally known (according to some sources) as Jimmy and the Ferrets. [2] 'Sham 69' is said to have derived from a piece of graffiti that co-founder Jimmy Pursey saw on a wall. It originally said Walton and Hersham '69 but had partly faded away, and made reference to when Walton & Hersham F.C. secured the Athenian League title in 1969. [3]

In 1987, Pursey and guitarist David Parsons reformed the band, joined by new personnel. Although subsequently going through a number of line-up changes, Sham 69 remained active and were still playing gigs as of 2022. [1] History [ edit ] Formation [ edit ] Punk band Sham 69 in bitter split". BBC News. 26 January 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007 . Retrieved 23 May 2010.In 2006, the single " Hurry Up, England" was released as an alternative football anthem for England's entry in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, featuring samples from the original. a b c d e Al Kowalewski, "Jimmy Pursey 1988: Sham 69 Round Two: A Decade to Think," Flipside, whole no. 58 (Winter 1989), pp. 24–27. Piller, Eddie (2023). Clean living under difficult circumstances: A life in Mod. London: Monoray. pp.141–144. ISBN 978-1-8009-6059-6. Krause, Riley (2 February 2018). "Daughter of Sham 69's Neil Harris pays tribute after father's death". Surrey Comet . Retrieved 21 October 2023.

a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Conciseed.). Virgin Books. p.1074. ISBN 1-85227-745-9. Sham 69 | Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019 . Retrieved 5 February 2020.Sham 69 (Tim V) dates". Allgigs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014 . Retrieved 17 May 2015. In 1981, Pursey collaborated with Peter Gabriel on the single "Animals Have More Fun" which was commercially unsuccessful. He also became occupied with video production in London, making use of snippets of found video in an effort "to do something really anarchic." [11] a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.493. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.