Sham 69

English punk rock band
Organization musical_group Q959100
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Sham 69

Summary

Sham 69 is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (909 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sham 69 was influenced by The Clash[3].
  • Sham 69's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Sham 69's genre is punk rock[5].
  • Sham 69's record label is recorded as Parlophone[6].
  • Sham 69's discography is recorded as Sham 69 discography[7].
  • Sham 69's Commons category is recorded as Sham 69[8].
  • Sham 69's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • 1975 marks the founding of Sham 69[10].
  • Sham 69's location of formation is recorded as Hersham[11].
  • Sham 69's has characteristic is recorded as punk band[12].
  • Sham 69's has characteristic is recorded as rock band[13].
  • Sham 69's start of work period is recorded as 1975[14].
  • Sham 69's end of work period is recorded as 1979[15].
  • Sham 69's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sham 69'}[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Group[17]

  • Country: GB[18]

  • Began / founded: 1975[19]

  • Genre(s): punk, punk rock, street punk[20]

  • Community tags: british, classic pop and rock, english, punk, punk rock, street punk, uk[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 33235ed4-d5bd-42cd-b77c-de646c36c8c6[22]

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Founding

1975 marks the founding of Sham 69[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as Hersham[11].

Why It Matters

Sham 69 ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (909 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

It has been cited as an influence by Green Day[24], a rock band[25], founded in 1982[26] and Black Flag[27], a rock band[28], founded in 1976[29].

FAQs

Who did Sham 69 influence?

Sham 69 has been cited as an influence by Green Day[24] and Black Flag[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook page id SHAM-69-Jimmy-Pursey/169683163090992
    Record label
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    Start of work period +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P4003]]: SHAM-69-Jimmy-Pursey/169683163090992, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257116|batch #257116]]"
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