Which group did Paul Weller form after The Jam
"Weller accepted the award in person, and performed four songs at the ceremony, including The Jam's classic ""Town Called Malice"". In June 2006, another double live album titled ""Catch-Flame!"", featuring songs from both his solo work and his career with The Jam and The Style Council, was released. In late 2006, the album ""Hit Parade"" was released, which collected all the singles released by The Jam, The Style Council and Weller during his solo career. Two versions of this album were released: a single disc with a selection from each stage of his career, and a four-disc limited edition, which"
"as well as Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson. The line-up of Weller, Foxton, and Buckler would persist until the end of The Jam's career. Throughout, the band were managed by Weller's father, John Weller, who then managed Paul's career until he (John) died in 2009. In the following two years, the Jam gained a small following around London from playing minor gigs, becoming one of the new lights on the nascent punk scene. In many ways, however, they stood out from their punk peers. Though they shared an ""angry young men"" outlook, short hair, crushing volume and lightning-fast tempos, the"
"began to forge a local reputation, playing a mixture of Beatles covers and a number of compositions written by Weller and Brookes. Brookes left the band in 1976, and Weller and Foxton decided they would swap guitar roles, with Weller now the guitarist. Although The Jam emerged at the same time as punk rock bands such as The Clash, The Damned, and the Sex Pistols, The Jam better fit the mould of the new wave bands who came later, and being from just outside London rather than the city itself, they were never really part of the tightly-knit punk clique."
"who had been a member of the John Dummer Blues Band formed The Blues Band with ex-Manfred Mann vocalist Paul Jones and Gary Fletcher, who continued to tour and record rhythm and blues into the new millennium. Paul Weller broke up The Jam in 1982 and formed The Style Council, who abandoned most of the elements of punk to adopt music much more based in R&B and early soul. Some major figures of the movement, including Robert Palmer and Steve Winwood, re-emerged as solo artists in the early 1980s, being as defined as blue-eyed soul singers. During the 1980s and"
"The Style Council The Style Council were an English band formed in 1983 by Paul Weller, the former singer, songwriter, and guitarist with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Runners, The Bureau and The Merton Parkas. The band enabled Weller to take a more soulful direction with his music. The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then girlfriend, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young, Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl), and drummer/percussionist Steve Sidelnyk (Madonna, SEAL, Richard Ashcroft ) also"
"formed a band with his colleagues at work but he abandoned the project out of frustration due to lack of progress and instead chose to join The Jam, although at the beginning he had doubts about the band's frequent covers of old hits. Together with drummer Rick Buckler he formed the rhythm section for The Jam, which was fronted by singer, guitarist and songwriter Paul Weller. Foxton initially joined the band as lead guitarist (Weller played bass), but the pair switched roles following the departure of guitarist Steve Brookes. During his time with the band Foxton performed lead vocals on"
"a daughter, Nova, who was born on 8 July 2017. In 2014, Weller won £10,000 in damages from Associated Newspapers after ""plainly voyeuristic"" photographs of his family out shopping were published on ""MailOnline"". On 24 April 2009, John Weller, Paul Weller's father and long-time manager since the days of The Jam, died from pneumonia at the age of 77. Studio albums Paul Weller John William ""Paul"" Weller Jr (born 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam. He had further success with the blue-eyed soul music of"
"Jam. The band was managed by John Weller, Paul's father. The Vapors enjoyed greater success in the US than The Jam, with the Top 40 single ""Turning Japanese"", but broke up shortly thereafter. After The Jam broke-up in 1982, Foxton pursued a brief solo career and released the studio album, ""Touch Sensitive"", in 1984. He had minor UK hits in 1983 and 1984 with the singles ""Freak"", ""This Is the Way"" and ""It Makes Me Wonder"", and played in several bands, including Sharp with former Jam member Rick Buckler, before joining Stiff Little Fingers. He stayed with Stiff Little Fingers"
"Many compilations have been released although not all were released with the band's assent. Many of them feature orange text atop a white background with a picture of the band, typically one from 1987 showing all four members (like the one on the US cover of ""The Cost of Loving"".) During his time with The Style Council, Paul Weller made guest appearances on other recordings, most notably: The Style Council The Style Council were an English band formed in 1983 by Paul Weller, the former singer, songwriter, and guitarist with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam, and keyboardist"
"was eleven and moving up to Sheerwater County Secondary school, music was the biggest part of his life, and he had started playing the guitar. Weller's musical vocation was confirmed after seeing Status Quo in concert in 1972. He formed the first incarnation of The Jam in the same year, playing bass guitar with his best friends Steve Brookes (lead guitar) and Dave Waller (rhythm guitar). Weller's father, acting as their manager, began booking the band into local working men's clubs. Joined by Rick Buckler on drums, and with Bruce Foxton soon replacing Waller on rhythm guitar, the four-piece band"
"Albums Chart), taking its place at 201 while at 20 in the UK Albums Chart. Their most successful studio album was their final album ""The Gift"" in 1982 which took its place at Number #1 in the UK and at #82 in the US. The Jam were seen as the centre of mod revival culture during the 1970s to the 1980s, and the lead singer of the band, Paul Weller, was seen as ""The Modfather"". The band separated in 1982, following ten years active, and five years of success. Shortly after the band's break-up, Weller went on to form The"
"blend of Weller's barbed lyrics with pop melodies eventually led to their first number one single, ""Going Underground"", in March 1980. They became the only band other than the Beatles to perform both sides of the same single (""Town Called Malice"" and ""Precious"") on one edition of ""Top of the Pops"". The Jam even had two singles, ""That's Entertainment"" and ""Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"", reach No. 21 and No. 8 respectively in the UK singles chart despite not even being released as singles in the UK – they got there purely on the strength of the huge"
"The Complete Adventures of The Style Council The Complete Adventures of The Style Council is a box set by The Style Council, released in 1998, nine years after their split. It contains most of their material in chronological order, including their previously unreleased final studio album """" from 1989 on the fifth disc. It was released after the success of Paul Weller's previous band The Jam's similar 1997 box set ""Direction Reaction Creation"". Allmusic reviewed the box set, saying ""for most listeners, including some serious Weller fans, The Style Council is best appreciated as a singles band, but for the"
"of Mind"" (1995) and ""Off The Beaten Track"" (1996). Talbot and White then formed The Players with Damon Minchella and Aziz Ibrahim. White and Minchella went on to form Trio Valore whilst Talbot went touring with Candi Staton in 2009. All of The Style Council's UK releases (including singles, 12"" maxis, albums, compact discs and re-issues thereof) featured the work of graphic designer Simon Halfon, who often collaborated with Weller to hone his ideas into a graphic form. Weller and Halfon began working together at the end of The Jam's career, and continue to work together on Weller's solo material."
"drums, playing exclusively old material from The Jam's back catalogue. In 2007 Buckler's old ex-Jam band mate Bruce Foxton joined as the bass-player (Moore moving to rhythm guitar and keyboards) and the new band began touring under the name of From The Jam. After four years of touring Buckler quit From The Jam in September 2009, being replaced by Mark Brzezicki. Criticism of the new act from a distance by Paul Weller confirmed that it wasn't going to be a means of a reformation of the original band, and Buckler felt that to continue performing with it without Weller ran"
"Paul Honeyford Paul Honeyford (born Manchester, 1958) is an English biographer and writer who has worked on a number of music and sport related materials. His biography of Paul Weller's band The Jam ('The Modern World By Numbers') was the first such biography, written in consultation with the band at a time when they were at the peak of their success. Other works include 'Michael Jackson: The Golden Touch' and 'Harrison Ford: A Biography'. Honeyford also contributed to a number of English magazines including ""Vox"" and Revolver (comics) and acted as consulting editor for a number of cult comics and"
"The Jam (led by Paul Weller), Robin Gibb, and many others. The Jam’s initial release came in 1977 through Polydor Records. In the early 1980s, after securing distribution agreements from Capitol and CBS Records, Chackler launched WMOT Records through a CBS Deal. CBS launched the single,""Double Dutch Bus"" by Frankie Smith. He also had a distribution agreement with Capitol records for Chalice, where he worked with artists including, Steven Fromholz (from the redneck rock world in Austin, TX). The book, entitled ""The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock"", first published in 1974, includes Chackler’s (Chalice Record’s) influence. Chackler soon joined forces"
"recorded at Paul Weller's Black Barn studios, featuring Wilko Johnson and other guests, was released on 18 March 2016. On 13 April 2015 it was announced that an exhibition entitled ""The Jam: About the Young Idea"" would run from 26 June – 31 August 2015 at Somerset House in London. For the very first time, all three members of the band, the Weller family and music archivist Den Davis have opened up their archives, especially for the show. Despite Foxton's reported hopes that the opening would bring all three together on stage for the first time since their 1982 split,"
"toured with Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki and Simon Townshend as the Casbah Club. When this band supported the Who in the UK, Foxton encountered Paul Weller backstage for the first time in nearly 25 years. In February 2007, Foxton and Buckler announced they would be touring together again as From the Jam, with members of Buckler's Jam tribute band the Gift. In March 2008, they toured Australia and New Zealand – a first for Foxton and Buckler. A complete concert (recorded at the London Astoria in December 2007) was released on DVD in 2008 through the London-based indie label Invisible"
"number of people buying import sales of the German and Dutch single releases. The Jam still hold the record for the best-selling import-only singles in the UK charts. As the band's popularity increased, however, Weller became restless and wanted to explore a more soulful, melodic style of music with a broader instrumentation, and in consequence in 1982 he announced that The Jam would disband at the end of that year. The action came as a surprise to Foxton and Buckler who both felt that the band was still a creative formation with scope to develop further professionally, but Weller was"
"out what he saw as wrong and demanded change, Weller's lyrics reflected a deep affection for an idealised vision of England, much in the style of the Kinks' Ray Davies. This contrasted with the Sex Pistols' calls for destruction, or the Clash's calls for revolutionary change. After the non-LP single ""All Around the World"" nearly reached the UK Top 10, The Jam, having achieved a notable and loyal following in such a short time, were pressed to produce more material quickly. Their second album, ""This Is the Modern World"", was released later in 1977. Bruce Foxton, generally considered a lesser"
"much of the material upon the album. Musical influences noted include post-punk groups such as Wire, Gang of Four, and Joy Division and, particularly evident in Rick Buckler's drumming, Michael Jackson's ""Off the Wall"" album. Frontman Paul Weller said at the time that he considered the album a cross between ""Off the Wall"" and ""Revolver"". In BBC Radio 6 Music's documentary ""The Jam: Made in Britain"", Weller cited it as his favourite Jam album. The album features the group's second UK number one single, ""Start!"", built around an almost exact copy of the bassline and a homage to the guitar"
"which was a relatively new release itself at the time. Weller himself was to admit in 1998 he had indeed used this song as part of the inspiration for ""Precious"". Precious (the Jam song) ""Precious"" was a song composed by Paul Weller and performed by the British band the Jam. It appears on the Jam's 1982 album ""The Gift"" and also as a double A-Side single along with ""Town Called Malice"". It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, but received much less airplay than ""Malice"". It was a departure for the band from their punk and mod roots,"
"performed and collaborated with the group. As with Weller's previous band, most of the London-based group's hits were in their homeland, where they scored seven Top 10 hits. The band also had hit singles and albums in Australia and New Zealand during the 1980s. The band was founded in early 1983 by Paul Weller and initially consisted only of himself and Mick Talbot, who Weller said he chose because ""he shares my hatred of the rock myth and the rock culture"". The band showed a diversity of musical styles. Singles ""Speak Like a Child"" (with its loud soul-influenced style), the"
"Smith and Steve Smith were not related. The band was originally named The Vapours, but removed the ""u"" to appear like an American band. Foxton then offered the band a few gigs and agreed to jointly manage them with John Weller (father of Paul Weller). The Vapors were then offered a slot supporting The Jam on the Setting Sons tour in 1979. The band signed to United Artists, releasing their first single, ""Prisoners"" at the end of 1979 but it failed to chart. Their second single is the song for which they are best remembered: ""Turning Japanese"". The track was"
"mid-late 1970s. A handful of pub rock acts managed to achieve mainstream success after the advent of punk rock, often being re-categorised as new wave music, including Graham Parker and the Rumour, Nick Lowe, Squeeze and Elvis Costello. London-based R&B pub rock bands received a major boost when The Jam kicked off the mod revival in 1977 with their debut album ""In the City"", which mixed R&B standards with originals modelled on the Who's early singles. They confirmed their status as the leading mod revival band with their third album ""All Mod Cons"" (1978), on which Paul Weller's song-writing drew"
"Bruce Foxton stayed on as bassist with The Gift, with David Moore moving to second guitar and keyboards. At this point the group changed its name to From The Jam. In an official press release in 2007, Foxton and Buckler announced that they were working on a new album and UK tour, which sold out in ten days. Weller did not take part, and has publicly expressed his lack of interest in any type of reformation. In a 2006 interview with BBC Radio 6 Music, Weller stated that a reunion of The Jam would ""never, ever happen"", and that reformations"
"Jam, who had adopted a stark mod look and mixed the energy of punk with the sound of 1960s mod bands. Their debut album ""In the City"" (1977), mixed R&B standards with originals modelled on The Who's early singles. They confirmed their status as the leading mod revival band with their third album ""All Mod Cons"" (1978), on which Paul Weller's song-writing drew heavily on the British-focused narratives of the Kinks. The revival was also spurred on by small concerts at venues such as the Cambridge and Hop Poles Hotels, and Howard Hall Enfield, the Wellington, Waterloo Road, London, and"
"the Jam, and T.Rex. In the process he forged an obsession with former Beatles singer/songwriter John Lennon; Liam would later sarcastically claim to be Lennon re-incarnated, despite being born eight years prior to Lennon's death. When school friend Paul ""Guigsy"" McGuigan, invited Gallagher to join his band, The Rain, as a vocalist, he agreed. Liam was the band's co-songwriter, along with guitarist Paul ""Bonehead"" Arthurs. Noel Gallagher has since openly mocked this writing partnership, describing them as being ""just awful""; even Liam admits that ""We were shit"". The band only rehearsed once a week and did not get many gigs."
"Kosmos Express Kosmos Express was a rock band from the 1990s. They were represented in both the mainstream and Christian market. From early 1997 to mid-1998, Kosmos Express released two critically acclaimed records, ""Now"" featuring the hit song “Beautiful” co-produced by Craig Nepp (Save Ferris, The Ventures, Sense Field, Jeffries Fan Club) and ""Simulcast"", featuring the smash-hit song “The Force” produced by Gene Eugene (Aunt Bettys, Starflyer 59) both on Zomba Music Group labels. Kosmos Express was named after the Paul Weller song ""Kosmos"" from Weller's self-titled debut solo album. The legendary leader of The Jam was also mentioned in"
"with Paul Weller). Trower then joined Brooker's new band Procol Harum following the success of their debut single ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" in 1967, remaining with them until 1971 and appearing on the group's first five albums. Before launching his eponymous band, he joined singer Frankie Miller, ex-Stone the Crows bassist/singer James Dewar, and former Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker to form the short-lived combo Jude. This outfit did not record and soon split up. Trower retained Dewar as his bassist, who took on lead vocals as well, and recruited drummer Reg Isidore (later replaced by Bill Lordan) to"
"During her political career, Margaret Thatcher was the subject or the inspiration for several protest songs. Paul Weller was a founding member of Red Wedge collective, which unsuccessfully sought to oust Thatcher with the help of music. In 1987, they organised a comedy tour with British comedians Lenny Henry, Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Enfield and others. Less than two months after Thatcher resigned, musical acid house group V.I.M. released a rave track titled ""Maggie's Last Party"". Described by a music critic in 2011 as ""strikingly original, and catchy to the point of irritation"", the track was a ""fusion"" of"
"Jam musician Paul Weller, were published. His big break came in 1980, when his first play ""Remember Me?"", which he had submitted to 20 theatres, was accepted and staged by the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London, an experience which he likens to winning the lottery. It was at this point that he ceased pursuing a career in heavyweight professional boxing, although, ""getting punched in the face,"" was, he has claimed, ""very good preparation for being a writer."" His second play ""London Calling"", which took its name from a song by the Clash, was combined with ""Dealt With"" for the"