The group first split in 1980 but Pursey and Parsons reformed Sham 69 seven years later. Jimmy Buffetts Margaritaville At The Cruise Port Grand Turk, Turks And Caicos Islands. Margaritaville Resort Times Square is a Jimmy Buffett property in New York City, USA. Pursey formed the band in 1975 and Parsons joined two years later, with the pair going on to write the band's biggest hits together. Jimmy Pursey Sham 69 Origional 1977 Line Up Bungalow Bar set. Parsons and Whitewood have found a new bassist and will start auditioning singers shortly with the intention of carrying on as Sham 69. At the moment, they're just being held back all the time." "The rest of the band want to get out there and kick ass on stage. "It was him personally that was causing a lot of the problems within the band and between the band and promoters and media. "The reasons behind it are that Jimmy seems to show no great desire to play live and is constantly pulling out of gigs at the last moment," he said. The split had "been on the cards for a while", according to Mike Harris, spokesman for the other band members. "I don't want to do that and I've never wanted to do that. "I can turn down a nostalgia gig, which is like a Doctor Who convention, where it's just bringing a load of old punk rockers together to celebrate nostalgia," he told the BBC News website. Pursey denied that, saying he only turned down revival gigs that were booked for the sake of money. Parsons and Whitewood said they sacked Pursey because he showed little interest in playing live. Sham 69 enjoyed five top 20 singles in the late 1970s
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