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The Jam were an English mod revival/punk rock band during the 1970s and early 1980s, which formed in 1972 at Sheerwater Secondary School in Woking, in the county of Surrey.
While it shared the "angry young man" outlook and fast tempo of the contemporary mid-1970s' British Punk Rock movement, in contrast with it the band wore smartly tailored suits reminiscent of English pop-bands in the early 1960s, and incorporated mainstream 1960s rock and R&B influences into its sound, particularly from The Who's work of that period, and also drew influence from the work of The Kinks and the music of American Motown. This placed the act at the forefront of the 1970s/1980s nascent Mod Revival movement.
The band released 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four number one hits. As of 2007, "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" remained the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK. They released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, The Gift, hit number one on the UK Albums Chart. When the group disbanded in 1982, their first 15 singles were re-released and all placed within the top 100.
The band drew upon a variety of stylistic influences over the course of their career, including 1960s beat music, soul, rhythm and blues and psychedelic rock, as well as 1970s punk and new wave. The trio were known for their melodic pop songs, their distinctly English flavour and their mod image. The band launched the career of Paul Weller, who went on to form The Style Council and later had a successful solo career. Weller wrote and sang most of The Jam's original compositions, and he played lead guitar, using a Rickenbacker 330. Bruce Foxton provided backing vocals and prominent basslines, which were the foundation of many of the band's songs, including the hits "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", "The Eton Rifles", "Going Underground" and "Town Called Malice" mainly using a Rickenbacker 4001 or a Fender Precision Bass, as well as, on rare occasions, an Epiphone Rivoli.
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Albums
Beat Surrender Single
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) Single
The Gift
Town Called Malice / Precious Single
Precious / A Town Called Malice EP
Funeral Pyre Single
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Start! Single
Going Underground Single
That’s Entertainment Single
Setting Sons
The Eton Rifles Single
When You’re Young Single
Strange Town Single
All Mod Cons
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight Single
David Watts / “A” Bomb in Wardour Street Single
News of the World Single
The Modern World Single
All Around the World Single
In the City Single
The Peel Sessions
Popular Songs
- Non‐Stop Dancing
- Trans‐Global Express
- Smithers‐Jones
- A Town Called Malice
- Prescious
- “A” Bomb in Wardour Street
- Back in My Arms Again
- Sweet Soul Music
- All Around the World
- Carnaby Street
- And Your Bird Can Sing
- No One in the World
- ‘Instrumental’
- Waterloo Sunset
- Get Yourself Together
- Pop Art Poem
- Rain
- Dead End Street
- Dreams of Children
- Scrape Away
- Boy About Town
- Dream Time
- Man in the Corner Shop
- That’s Entertainment
- Music for the Last Couple
- Monday
- Set the House Ablaze
- But I’m Different Now
- Pretty Green
- Liza Radley