![]() The mix of these three musicians, and Pursey up front, go together to make SHAM 69 one of the best live bands you could wish to see on the circuit.īorstal Breakout and Thats Life were lobbed up at us next along with a barrage of water from Jimmy Pursey as he sprayed the front rows with bottles of water. Music needs personalities and talent – he has both in bucket loads and he is part of SHAM 69 as do the entire band, as they bring their larger than life personalities to each set they play. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Sham 69 - The Very Best Of The Hersham Boys at Discogs. (He also plays with another Scene Sussex favourite outfit – The Fiascos). Not the downer stuff that STP and Pearl Jam crank out today. But counrty style Hersam Boys and Questions and Answers are true old style sham-what us old punks grew up on. Borstal Breakout of course being the traditional sham. He just doesn’t stop – he adds power and fills to each track and works in perfect punk unison with Dave T and Dave P. I've had this one on LP forever and am waiting for the cd to come out. Buy any six items from my store and get the cheapest item free 1-3 7' Singles 1.80 postage in UK. Media Condition: Media: Good Plus (G+) Sleeve Condition: Sleeve: Generic. He plays – but he puts on a show and then some. Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (7', Single) Label: Polydor, Polydor Cat: P152. ![]() The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys is ranked 114241st in the overall chart. I love this guy as he is one of the top drummers out there. The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys is a music album by Sham 69 released in 1979. Robin Guy is a star drummer, make no mistake. ![]() All in all, a very decent affair and a good documentary on Parsons and Pursey's important and creative work.Robin Guy – drums. Yep Well this is no country album, but a more dare I say, powerful. There's a very readable biography by Betty Chienne, a decent discography, and a set list that allows you to pull up whichever song you'd like to hear. Here comes The Cockney Cowboys Sham 69 dressed as extras from a spaghetti western movie. Groove wear will start tobe noticeable, as will light scratches. The bassist's youthful looks feel like a time transfusion next to his mates, and he plays well with Parsons' slashing guitar lines while keeping a good rhythm with drummer Whitewood, the song "Tattoo" having some nice camera shots to add to the excitement. Very Good Generally worth 25 of the Near Mint value, Surface noise will be evident upon playing. At times the video is dark - but it captures the energy as those Eddie Cochran chords are used again on "Borstal Breakout." For fans of the group, this is a nice little treasure chest that is apt to pick up some new devotees who weren't born when this music originally happened. "Fourteen Years" provides evidence that this new lineup can handle it, with Ian Whitewood on drums and Matt Sargent on bass. The sound is in gorgeous 5.1 Surround Sound and holds up well throughout the performance and interviews. ![]() Their "national anthem," which evolved out of this record industry demand (à la Garland Jeffreys' "Wild in the Streets" and Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust," strangely enough) opens with chords straight out of Eddie Cochran's "Somethin' Else" and works fine all these years later. In between the tunes there is interview footage, guitarist Dave Parsons reminiscing about how "Hersham Boys" was written at the "Honky Chateau" studio (made famous as the title of an Elton John album) because the label needed one more song. Filmed live at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on April 10, 2002, and released by Secret Records/Quantum Leap on the Music Video Distributors DVD imprint, Hersham Boys: The Adventures of Sham 69 opens with the short and punky "What Have We Got," frontman Jimmy Pursey aging like a subdued Iggy Pop - and if you turn away from the video the lines on his face just fade away to reveal the same passion and spirit that fans expect.
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