Sham 69

Sham 69, one of the leading lights of Britain's late-'70s Oi movement, turned the anti-authoritarian punk of the Clash and Sex Pistols into a blunt instrument of savage grace and blue-collar sociopolitical power. They preached an often-misunderstood message of peace and unity. The hooligan element of the band's following mistook the football chant choruses and raucous power chords as expressions of ignorant proletarian violence.

• Angelic Upstarts
• Anti-Nowhere League
• Cockney Rejects
• Stiff Little Fingers
• The Business
• The Exploited
• The Vibrators
• UK Subs
• Vice Squad

• Dr. Feelgood
• Eddie & The Hot Rods
• New York Dolls
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band
• Sweet
• The Clash
• The Damned
• The Jam
• The Ramones
• The Sex Pistols

• Agnostic Front
• Billy Bragg
• Black Flag (Punk)
• Dropkick Murphys
• Fear
• Green Day
• Murphy's Law
• Rancid
• The Mob (Punk)
• The Offspring

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