Sham 69 "United: The Punk Anthems Recorded Live 1978 & 1979" 2026-01-30-Fresh Wicked Game

Wicked Game

Kevin Kline

the band’s fourth studio album and the follow-up to 2023’s Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees

other-worldly vocalists

the Illinois quartet seems unfettered by their chosen genre's boundaries and dive headlong into a loud stew of affecting power pop

Sham 69 "United: The Punk Anthems Recorded Live 1978 & 1979" 2026-01-30-Fresh Wicked GameSham 69 were one of the most important and influential bands to emerge from the first wave of British punk. Formed in Hersham, Surrey, in 1975 and fronted by the charismatic Jimmy Pursey, the band quickly became known for their raw street energy and football terrace style anthems that captured the voice of working class youth in late 1970s Britain.