Saturday, August 16, 2008

visual synergy: sham on you


Sam the Sham (and the Pharaohs)!


Shampoo!


The Shamen!


Sham 69!


ShamWow!

Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout (from a 1978 single; collected on the re-issue of Tell Us the Truth, 1978) - Sure, it's dumb as hell, but this driving blast of street punk never fails to grab me by the short hairs and set my blood a'pumping...and that's what really matters.

6 comments:

David Campbell said...

Vince the ShamWow guy is a magnetic, compelling individual, and I salute you for including him in this post.

Bully said...

He's no Billy Mays.

a Tart said...

God, I LOVE dumb as hell music, ty! xoxoxo

a Tart said...

oooh and today I learnt that it's not just dumb as hell music but actually has a genre of it's own! According to wiki, Sham 69 belongs to what's known as "oi"! Who knew!? :) (yeah I read about music genres in my spare time, don't tell on me) xoxo

bitterandrew said...

Young Andrew acquired quite a collection of import Oi! albums, compilations, and singles as there was a substantial overlap with the UK82 Britpunk scene.

a Tart said...

well young tart was a fan of Oi without even knowin it, whatda ya know! an organic intellectual in gramscian terms xoxo