All in all, a very decent affair and a good documentary on Parsons and Pursey's important and creative work. referencing The Best Of & The Rest Of Sham 69 Live, LP, Comp + 12', RRLP 112 I don't think there was ever a 7' included in this release. If we include all of the people who are listed in the current schedule. Then in the summer of '79 he discovered a copy of Kiss Alive II amongst his. the origin of life, and from 1969 to 1980 he was a member of the Biology team. He first fell in love with music after hearing Jeff Wayne's spectacular The War of the Worlds in the cold winter of 1978. 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. Mick is a reviewer and photographer here at Metal Express Radio, based in the North-East of England.

Consisting of original vocalist and guitarist Jimmy Pursey and Dave Parsons, the current lineup has been revamped with the addition of Dave Tregunna and Robin Guy. 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. Despite an approximate 10-year hiatus, Sham 69 is still keeping the English punk rock music alive.

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. 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. Official merchandise and other Sham 69 stuff here. 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. Linda Paganelli (1987 1991) Mark Cain (1977 1979) Mat Sargent (1995 2007) Ricky Goldstein (1979 1979) They formed in Hersham, UK in 1976. Sham 69 Original 1977 line-up Store, Rotherham.

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