The first wave of British punk was overrun with smart kids from upper-class backgrounds playacting at being working-class yobs. Sham 69 was different; every bit as thick-headed and provincial as the band sounded, they took a perversely populist pride in it's lack of musical or intellectual sophistication, just like The Exploited and Anti-Nowhere League. Side one of Tell Us The Truth was recorded live, and it perfectly captured the Cockney vibe, complete with football chants and a spontaneous chorus of Knees Up, Mother Brown." Frontman Jimmy Pursey's banter with the audience is impressive, and all the songs are brimmed with straight-ahead live energy. The studio side is a template for brash UK punk rock: snotty, in-your-face, fast and loud. Tell Us The Truth is now available on 1000 individually numbered copies on red vinyl."
- We Got A Fight
- Rip Off
- Ulster
- George Davis Is Innocent
- They Don't Understand
- Borstal Breakout
- Family Life
- Hey Little Rich Boy
- I'm A Man, I'm A Boy
- What About The Lonely?
- Tell Us The Truth
- It's Never Too Late
- Whose Generation!
Label: Music on Vinyl
Catalog: 6204331
Genre: Rock