Oi! band formed in Hersham, UK in 1976. Sham 69 brought in: drinking songs, football chants and a sort of inarticulate political populism. The band had a large skinhead following, which helped set the tone for the Oi! movement. Their concerts were notoriously plagued by violence, and the band ceased live performances after one of their gigs at Middlesex Polytechnic in 1978. They then started to move away from Oi! into a sound influenced by glam rock and pub rock bands such as: Mott The Hoople, S...
Oi! band formed in Hersham, UK in 1976. Sham 69 brought in: drinking songs, football chants and a sort of inarticulate political populism. The band had a large skinhead following, which helped set the tone for the Oi! movement. Their concerts were notoriously plagued by violence, and the band ceased live performances after one of their gigs at Middlesex Polytechnic in 1978. They then started to move away from Oi! into a sound influenced by glam rock and pub rock bands such as: Mott The Hoople, Slade and Sweet. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
