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Best Of: The Cockney Kids Are Innocent

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Like I stated in my title, Sham aren't the best band of their genre, but they are the most important. The first oi! band, Sham would change the shape of UK punk for a couple of years. Mixing punk, rock, and chant-along choruses, Sham 69 were extremely influential, giving birth to such bands as The Anti Nowhere League, UK Subs, Blitz, Cockney Rejects, and The Business. However, Sham's studio albums were uneven, making this "best of" a great buy. Despite a little filler ("Money" and "Tell the Children" for example), this manages to be one of my most played cds. Honestly, have you ever not sang along with "Hersham Boys" or "Borstal Breakout"?. All in all, a good collection of Oi! classics.

this album,and specially this band had been forget it as one of the greatest on the punk 80's scene...I think Fat Mike said that the 80's with all that hairy synth pop scene out there bashed punk bands and most of them were really stupid....ok,how many greatest bands came from the 90's maybe green day,lagwagon and rancid....all of them,80 punk rock influenced....just like bad religion,bad brains,x,catholic discipline,circle jerks,adolescents,cadillac tramps,stalag 13,and now sham 69....well if the kids are united my friend....the 80's punk scene was pretty good and this album is a proof of that.....and Sham 69 is one of the greatest band of that era....even if their early work began on latest 70's....but the 80's was the real thing......so excuse me....come on donkito!!!!