Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout

[Hagarviking]

Mega, wish I could have been at this gig

[puremania7777]

TOTAL CLASSIC

[eibon81]

Saw this on the brilliant documentary D.O.A......somebody put it out on DVD-NOW!

[CheckeeAintAmused]

I've gotta say, thats the worst stage bomber I've ever seen.

[mattf1sh97]

im 13 and thissong is brilliant

[greyhound497]

jimmy pursey has reformed the origanal sham 69 to play the electric in brixton oct 29

[TheMadcapLaughs1992]

1:45 Nazi armband lol

[greyhound497]

jimmy pursey has reformed sham 69 with dave parsons to play the fridge in brixton on nov 26

[555Nato]

Jimmey Pursey,what a great voice !! Sham 69 without Jimmy is like pasta bolognese without the sauce.Impossible..

[percypiglet]

Shame no footage from Marquee days - what brill time ..Chas Chandler and Lemmy wall flowers as I remember there !! I met Jim several times ..mostly stage diving or at BBC TOTP !

[percypiglet]

Shame no footage from Marquee days - what brill time ..Chas Chandler and Lemmy wall flowers as I remember there !!

[B0URB0NS]

We need a fucking movement, this country's fucked, can we please revive the punk era today!

[Dulcimerist]

Was that Dawn Steele on stage with him near the beginning of the video?

[garryframpton]

1 mike for live sound,1 for the video

[lawman1965]

lol - the crowd make me laugh - all the movement you see at a funeral and they all have fake colour in their hair so they can wash it out and style it nicely ready for school or work!!!!! I had nice big Mohican about the time this was released....lmao.

[egiammarino]

too many children at the crowd, where were the sham ´s army??

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

anyone know why he has 2 mics taped together?

[h4723d]

@SebbeSucksBawlz alot of guys do that, Been noticing that a lot lately myself. All i can figure is that he's on two different channels off the board or something. I think maybe it makes the vocals louder?

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

@h4723d yeah actually it might be for 2 speakers or something to get a better set up sound.

[mahatmacoatmahandbag]

@SebbeSucksBawlz ones for the gig and the other for the mobile recording van parked outside.

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

@mahatmacoatmahandbag ah right, cheers.

[sitro74]

im a nazi shazti ya know i fight for my father land....ramones...76

[mollkatles]

@SNIPZ86 incidentally, they are called mohawks from the tribe or mohicans, make sense?

yes the country that introduced punk to the rest of the unimaginative rock world was the USA, and yes some had mohawks, some had leather jackets, but it was only you brits who had the genius to bring swasticas into the scene and racist skin heads - so once again uk, thanks for your valuable and uniquely english contributions

[POWyayer]

@mollkatles The USA introduced the world to punk rock? Bullshit. I don't care where is started or how. And people who do care need a slap. It's music.

Secondly i do belive a certain band from san fran wrote a song aptly titled Nazi Punks Fuck Off. America had it's share of nazi's and racist's. Dont blame britain.

And people wore a swatika as a fuck you to authority. Not because they were racist but for the shock value. Im sure you'll find there were plenty of people doing it all over the place.

[mollkatles]

@POWyayer-promise this won't go on too long? I'm already bored.

I understand why uk bands went swastika better than u, it was a big F-U to authority, particularly since the authority figure was the generation that fought the germans, and was through the 50s, 60s and 70's obsessed with re-fighting the war, I get it, and why the uk punk bands knew it would anger, but @ the end of the day, explained or not, is it ok to wear a swastika, or are there other ways to rebel as F-U without the racism?

[Capnsensible80]

@mollkatles

Part of it also was punks trying to disassociate the swaztika from racism, as it wasn't always a symbol of hatred. Naive? Sure. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[tommytoploader]

4 people run a Borstal.

[gadaffisss]

nossa bem loko sham e o melhor jimmy pursey e foda!!!

[dboyoioi]

oi oi oi! oi to the punx oi to the skins oi to the hardcore kids in the street

[cuntylishus]

Bawstul Breakahhht (you slaaaags!)

[SmokeYourGuitar]

1:46 pure provocation, love it

[pedro1774]

oi oi oi !!!

[PaulBriden]

He was a self opinionated twat who thought he was a leader for the kids. He should have stuck to what he did best , and this is it.

[brikel]

@PaulBriden he was and is a complete prick and to be honest sham were not all that anyway, bands like the cockney rejects or the upstarts were way better

[SpeedTriple59]

Jimmy Pursey..awesome bloke.

[carnanreagh]

Why do they have two microphones taped together? Mon the Sham!

[darksarx1]

Real punk bands..!!!!

[harry2bells]

only good song from a bunch of second division surrey tossers .Skinheads fuck'em.

[jonathanmelia]

Punks weren't pro-Nazi. Wearing the swastika was just to shock the Establishment. People in authority were always saying to young people who had nothing, "We fought in the War for people like you!" So this was their way of getting their own back. It's not an excuse, but it's an explanation....

[VNVNation2006]

@jonathanmelia There were some Nazi punks. They hijacked the skinhead movement just like they hijacked the swastika.

[stainedsteel1]

@jonathanmelia Not true in this regard. Sham 69's fans, like it or not by the band, were in a large percentage, skinheads. Not to say that all of them were 'Neo-Nazi' and the like, but there were enough. Enough in fact, that after a Nation Front riot at one of their concerts in 1978, the band ceased to play live for decades.

Now don't get me wrong: Not all punks are racist skins or Neo-Nazi, but enough were to make a bad scene...

[jonathanmelia]

@stainedsteel1 Yes you're right, and that was a depressing development in punk. There was even the time when (I think) the lead singer of the Anti-Nowhere League said "If I hear ONE 'Sieg Heil', I'm walking off." But in its inception, punk was a cultural, rather than specifically political, phenomenon, and its use of Nazi insignia a form of shock tactic. (By the way, this clip is from Lech Kowalski's doc D.O.A., which has been posted in its entirety. Worth a look....)

[stainedsteel1]

@jonathanmelia Agreed

DO you have a link to that documentary? I've been looking all over to d/l or watch that for a long time with no luck...?

[jonathanmelia]

@stainedsteel1 Damn, doesn't seem to be up anymore. Just odd clips from the film, from the likes of X-Ray Spex, and the hilarious Terry and the Idiots. I saw the film at london's NFT back in 1995 and was blown away, then saw it on Film 4 about ten years ago. I think I videoed it: might be worth something...But about a year ago I did watch the whole thing on youtube, but can't see it now...

[griffoil]

@stainedsteel1 i saw it on Channel 4 too,yes i did video it and yes ive still got it on vhs someplace.If i can find a way  to get it on my pc i will put it all up for you and others.

[fickifickmaster]

@jonathanmelia not many punks wore swastikas, see it on any album covers? The Sham 69 album rulezzzz!!!

[edh7162]

Top act back in the day,Sham Army Skins. OiOiOi.

[NazziSteve]

That just cooks.Jimmy Pursey at his best.I'm 52 was there at the time..Thanks for posting this .Kids these days could learn a thing or two from Sham69.

[Hollandia777]

@NazziSteve

Wot da fuck nowadays music isn't like this?....

PUNX NOT DEAD!!!

[nylund154]

Back in the day, Malcom McLaren, Vivienne Westwood, and the like would commonly put Nazi symbols, including the swastika, on clothing. It was all an attempt to be as outrageous and shocking as possible. There's tons of old footage (especially of people directly associate with the Sex Shop, like the Sex Pistols), wearing Swastikas during the 70's punk era in England.

I can't say I approve, but some historical context is probably needed to understand why he was wearing something so appalling.

[tomvear]

was that associated with punk or a particular 2nd wave movement?

[krasubke]

*(^O^)*

[waynedaly100]

lol purseys face when the girl grabs his arm

[CaptainJaneway76]

OLD SKOOL PUNK IS THE BEST!!!! Too bad todays punk bands are not as fucking hard core as the old skool guys. Punk bands of today are pussies! But not all of them.

[czpunk]

total right !

[pinballwizurd]

i agree :D

also, they dont need to be so heavy nowadays, the thing is that most of them arent original

[AnalOHGrocktxD]

1:46 LAWL ?!

wieso hat der ein hakenkreuz armbinde?Ö_Ö

[mbfighter]

das war damals so in den 70er, sid hatte ja auchn hakenkreuz aufem shirt gehabt. diente damals zur provokatioin und so ;)

[AnalOHGrocktxD]

ö.ö

[ClawMachineMonster]

i have no idea what you just said but i'm guessing it was about that swastika armband hahaha fuck'em

[NYdrone]

Love it!!!!

[missbabydoll187]

awesome song...and j pursey does NOT suck...love sham 69...

[punk1977lev]

going to see these in november with my brothers band nobodys heroes should be a great night in sheffield shame no jimmy though never mind

[cdarkchildfits]

that song never gets old its the fuckin shit fuk all u

[Feddedude]

i heard this music on tony hawks american wasteland and i had no idea that it was sham 69. AWESOME

[dakikzp]

jimmy is king of punk oi!!

[barbeldud]

sbr388 bet you`re about 12 , this is sir jimmy at his best . look and learn.

[deval1988]

ICF!!!!

[sbr388]

That guy SUCKS!!!!!!

[sbeezy738]

you have an intrigueing imagination. LOL you should write a book bro

[vealshanker]

this is an amazing recording. Thanks So much for posting this. grew up listening to these guys.

[Punk4lyfe1414213562]

you had great parents

[Ayrshirenutter]

I remember this from 'the old grey whistle test' pity pursey turned into a dick with his dancing era.

watch?v=YR-W-uGcMRA&feature=Pl­ayList&p=6BFBCAB0506C7F7D&play­next=1&playnext_from=PL&index=­18

[barnowl01292]

How's it gaun fae anither Ayrshireman?

Cannae help bit like them auld tunes...

[Ayrshirenutter]

gaun well but left 3 year ago tae live in sunny Arizona,rains 4 days a year an that's aw right wi me

[GreenerWithTheScene]

Ayrshirenutter you can fuck off.

Jimmy IS a ledgend. Way better than shitty Sex Pistols. I know jimmy personally and i have done since i was born, im best mates with his son, at he is THE funniest guy on the planet. END OF FUCKING STORY.

[Ayrshirenutter]

what a fuckin prick you are,I also know pursey well but unlike you ya bent cunt I don't give a fuck.

[ttrisking1011]

at about 1:16 Jimmy Pursey climbed onton the amplifier.

Imagine how awkward it would be if he fell.

[rabsmiff]

Pursey DID fall; [at least at the ROUNDHOUSE gig].that's when I got a clear power-boot at his head in 1978.

[rabsmiff]

in 1978, the Stranglers gig at the HOPE and ANCHOR got pulled, so we went to see SHAM at the ROUNDHOUSE instead: PURSEY was on typical form, ramming his cheapskate views down the audience's throat: PURSEY ended up falling off stage into the crowd, and the bouncer could see I wanted to give JIMBO a sound boot to the head as he was still lying on the floor. 'Go on, mate: Pursey's an arsehole', he gestured: so I got a good boot at PURSEY'S head with my steel-toecapped DOC MARTINS. the blood!!!!!

[James806]

Wanker!

[rabsmiff]

I have added the fact: you stinking piece of shit' onto your personal profile, shithead.

[James806]

Btw I'm not into men so stop with the homo stuff, find yourself a man elsewhere!

[dammit525]

What's up with the mic?

[PaulBriden]

Great quality clip, unusual from this era.

Great Song, great live band..Thankyou

[everywherechainsaw]

sham always reminded me of the bowery boys of music! God bless them!

[AXESHREDDER21]

wat up wtih the 2 mics on each stand?

[IIxMOSSIExII]

why the fuck was she thrown off stage?

[billybadbrakes]

think he was from the fashion police!!!

[ttrisking1011]

???

sorry, what?

[billybadbrakes]

sorry, just my attempt at a pun!

The young ladies' attire was a bit crap! ..i.e. big badges, brown Harrington jacket and Oxford Bags!!! ..very 70's England!

[ttrisking1011]

o

ok sure

i thought u were insulting the band

whoops

lol

[IIxMOSSIExII]

Oi, im doin my final art piece for identity on oi and sham 69 feature in it quite alot

[ChaveseFromTheFuture]

:O so am i lol xD

[JOCC07]

WTF? 1:47

[amnesiantoinette]

That was the hip controversy back then..."all the 'cool punk kids' did it"!

[LeSmexyMongoose]

Nazi Punk!

[destroyallhumanz666]

got nothing to do with being a nazi it was to offend people, create controversy

[wagonegee]

jimmy pursey aint in sham no more they aint the same with out him

[ausrotten]

That's right...

[SpartaPrague1893]

1:47 ...great :)

[oscarfish38]

How the fuck he got away with wearing that at a Sham69 gig lol. Was on his own aswell, you really needed a decent firm behind you to do that. Ahhh memorys mammarys lol.

[ellixxx]

OI OI OI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HorrorPunkGirl]

Holy crap!

I started cheering when the singer threw his shirt off!

:D

Sham 69 are great.

[sakuraba13]

I'd start cheering if you threw yours off. Then I would punch you in the face.

[Maindrian]

Proper punk rock!

[ehkloanageh]

Danke Jimmy, Danke Sham 69. Ohne Euch hätte es uns nie gegeben.

FANX

Mike9

Die Suicides

[eater77]

mods skins suedes we are all in the same sheet!

we are working klass and prouds to be it!

[562702]

what are suedes?

[TehBloggaar]

skins with hair

[ArjanBons]

Lol

[twolaneblacktop70]

i was a card carrying member of the sham army in bridgeport, connecticut

[BNSM88]

is that film rise of the foot soldier by any chance,

Fucking great song, sham 69 are one of the best bands ever.

[zetacorr]

i loved them and now my 15 year old son who is watching some foot ball shite film (yes Shite!!) and jimmeys singing his heart out. We need to tell the children that if they listen to "Questions and ansewers" that will learn them. kids needs to know!!!!!

[zetacorr]

great memmories!!!

[1Dutz]

I knew him in the 70s and he actually started off by miming to Bay City Rollers songs at Walton Hop! Still see he in Weybridge sometimes

[Ruberneck]

this is what TRUE punk is all about..!!!!

[deaftoneboy]

That's rigth Mate

[kennyyule]

skin ;)

[TopDog777]

mint band man!!!