So it was at Dingwalls on the 17th January 2013, celebrating the venue’s 40th year with Playhard: in the voice of the fans dedication we heard the cheer of Sham 69’s honed hostility charging down the corridors of yesterday as the band’s driving rhythm ripped up the stage of today we felt the anger and frustration in the unrelenting songs which exited us from the past to the now. Sham 69 allow their audience to narrate while living: we tell the 'Punk Story' in our appreciation of music now and continuing adulation of Sham 69. With Sham 69, punk became a language and life that emerged and reality lived by the young band members. The band's story is of 'The Purity of Punk'. Sham 69's role in punk can never be over stated. The fans got what Sham 69 was saying in their music and with their ceaseless trust in Sham 69, the wildfire in the band's musical story was spread as fans the world over shouted and proclaimed Sham 69's music and its meaning. Sham 69 performed their life story into frenetic, compulsive and a form of punk music, a forthright attitude of challenge the young generation of the period could understand.
Jimmy Pursey and Sham 69 were not only the conduit for the musical revolution, they were also the liberators. Jimmy Pursey is a natural dramatic performer on stage, but it's his persona and his visual presence not stories or cheap talk that make him stand out above the rest. Their energy could cut you like a knife it's so sharp, but how they use their raw power is what matters. If you want real music, get yourself to a Sham 69 gig. even with high expectations of power, assertion or remembrance of mentality. Sham 69 are blindingly, heart stop dead, brilliant, and present right now.
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