Sham 69
USA
Formed: 1976
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Punk/New Wave, Oi!, British Punk, Hardcore Punk, Punk
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While most of the early British punk bands spoke of working-class concerns -- primarily unemployment and the shrinking U.K. economy, which was leaving a generation with nothing to do and nowhere to go -- many of the pioneering groups had working-class credentials that were suspect at best; the Sex Pistols' career was being molded by a haberdasher and would-be artist, while the Clash were led by the son of a diplomat. Sham 69, however, was different; proletarian and proud of it, Sham 69 was the voice of the people in the first wave of British pu...
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