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The latter came from their second LP and first full studio album, ThatвЂ™s Life.

Their leader and frontman, Jimmy Pursey, took the name from worn graffiti: he also wrote. Their major label debut was вЂњBorstal BreakoutвЂќ in January 1978, followed by UK singles chart success with вЂњAngels With Dirty FacesвЂќ (reaching number 19 in May 1978), вЂњIf The Kids Are UnitedвЂќ (number 9 in July 1978), and вЂњHurry Up HarryвЂќ (number 10 in October 1978). Sham 69 are a still extant punk band formed in Hersham in 1976. Sham 69 released their first single, вЂњUlsterвЂќ, on Step Forward Records in August 1977, and its success in the independent charts prompted Polydor to sign the band. Their concerts were notoriously plagued by violence, and the band ceased live performances after one of their gigs at Middlesex Polytechnic in 1978 was broken up by National Front skinheads fighting and rushing the stage. The band had a large skinhead following (left wing, right wing and non-political), which helped set the tone for the Oi! movement. Sham 69 lacked the art school background of many British punk bands of the time, and brought in football chant back-up vocals and a sort of inarticulate political populism. Sham 69 formed in Hersham, Surrey in 1976 (the 12 November issue of NME notes they were rehearsing at this time, although only Jimmy Pursey would remain from this early line-up 12 months later). Sham 69 is tagged as: punk, oi, punk rock, street punk, british