It scored 11 Top 10 LPs in the UK, hitting No.
1 withThe Giftin 1982 and No.
2 the year before withSound Affects,later also reaching No.
Rick Buckler, center, onstage with The Jam bandmates Paul Weller, left, and Bruce Foxton at the Roxy in 1977Erica Echenberg/Redferns
2 with a live album and two compilation discs.
Among its other memorable tracks were Absolute Beginners, Just Who Is the 5 Oclock Hero?
The band enjoyed only moderate success Stateside, withSound AffectsandThe Giftcracking the top half of the Billboard 200 chart.
Weller joined with Mick Talbot to form The Style Council, whose first three albums from 1984-87 reached No.
2 in the UK and enjoy moderate U.S. success.
He and Foxton reunited in the mid-2000s in From the Jam, which lasted about four years.
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He is survived by his wife, Lesley, and their children Jason and Holly.
I’m thinking back to us all rehearsing in my bedroom in Stanley Road, Woking.
To all the pubs and clubs we played at as kids, to eventually making a record.
