![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the audiences didn’t want you to be there because you were disturbing the bingo!” You were really nothing more than a jukebox to a lot of people, as you weren’t expected to do anything more than play well known covers. “People were only there because of the price of the beer. Working in local factories across Woking and West Byfleet to augment their earnings, he admits the gigs were “like a paid rehearsal for us most of the time”. That was always our attitude – we always wanted more work,” continues Buckler, whose first show with The Jam was at their local youth club on the Sheerwater Estate in April 1973, aged just 17. Initially a glorified covers band who won a local Community Centre’s talent contest with a rendition of Chuck Berry’s Reelin’ & Rockin’, The Jam did what any self-respecting band did and tried to get gigs wherever they could. I think it’d be unfair to say it was just about Woking.” There were aspirations though about being able to hang around the local pub, the Birch & Pines, because that’s what the big guys did.”īuckler does, though, dispel one cruel myth – that their 1982 single, Town Called Malice, was inspired solely by their home town. People used to hang around the youth club rather than actually do something – there were never any exciting activities. “The horizons were fairly limited and not particularly adventurous. Which is a bit of a shame, in a way,” he adds. “We couldn’t wait to get out of Woking, and to escape everything that it had, or didn’t have. Its influence, though, was probably felt in rather unflattering ways. In a burgeoning commuter-belt town where, Buckler recalls, “there wasn’t a great deal going on”, music was one of the few outlets for restless teenagers to express themselves. We used to hang around with other people: there was one other drummer, a couple of guitarists. “It was more like a meeting place than anything else it just gave us somewhere to go. “Mr Avery was really helpful in that respect,” recognises Buckler, who continues to run an archive of band memories and memorabilia. He was named Best Male Solo Artist at the 2009 BRIT Awards.Maybe the secret lay with a benevolent music teacher, whose welcoming approach to pupils at Sheerwater Secondary School allowed his music room to become the focus of aspiring musicians eager to escape the relentless tumult of the playground. He became interested in music while attending Sheerwater County Secondary School. The Council Collective, The Jam, The Style Council, Smokin' Mojo Filters, Ocean Colour Scene, Oasis, Graham Coxon, The Moons, Miles Kane, Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagherīritish singer and songwriter who was a member of the bands The Jam from 1976 until 1982 and The Style Council from 1983 until 1989. Vocals, guitar, piano, bass, Hammond organ Punk rock, new wave, mod revival, blue-eyed soul The Daily Telegraph said of Weller: "Apart from David Bowie, it's hard to think of any British solo artist who's had as varied, long-lasting and determinedly forward-looking a career." Birth name He was the principal figure of the 1970s and 1980s mod revival, often referred to as "The Modfather", and an influence on Britpop bands such as Oasis. Many of his songs with the Jam had lyrics about working class life. Despite widespread critical recognition as a singer, lyricist, and guitarist, Weller has remained a national, rather than international, star and much of his songwriting is rooted in English society. He had further success with the blue-eyed soul music of the Style Council, before establishing himself as a solo artist with his eponymous 1992 album. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam. Paul John Weller is an English singer-songwriter and musician.
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