13 Facts About Jimmy Pursey

James Timothy Pursey was born on 9 February 1955 and is an English rock musician.

Jimmy Pursey is the founder and frontman of the punk rock band Sham 69, which he has performed with since 1976, along with releasing material as a solo artist.

Jimmy Pursey was born in Hersham, in the county of Surrey on 9 February 1955.

Jimmy Pursey's father was a plumber and former British Army soldier, and his mother worked as a cinema usherette.

Jimmy Pursey began performing in public after taking the stage as a drunk fourteen-year-old at the disco, miming to Bay City Rollers and Rolling Stones songs.

Jimmy Pursey worked around this period as a record producer on the early releases by Cockney Rejects, and the Angelic Upstarts.

Jimmy Pursey then moved to Epic Records for three further singles releases, including "Animals Have More Fun", co-written with Peter Gabriel, and a second solo LP entitled Alien Orphan.

Jimmy Pursey later released a fourth solo album entitled Code Black.

In 1986 Jimmy Pursey reformed Sham 69 with Dave Parsons, and a new line-up.

In July 2011 Jimmy Pursey reformed Sham 69 again with the band's late 1970s members.

Jimmy Pursey is a part-time artist, and has been known to sell paintings to raise funding for the Hersham Hounds Greyhound Sanctuary.

In 2002, Jimmy Pursey received a police caution for indecent assault, after admitting to forcibly kissing a teenage girl in Weybridge, Surrey.

In May 2005 there was a disturbance at The Head art gallery in Brighton, when Jimmy Pursey interrupted an art show opening drinks party and removed a number of his paintings from the display after a disagreement with the curator over them.