after 4 pages here I forgot what my original bands were. After seeing the person called "THE JAM" that reminded me of the jam. I still listen and play their stuff and cover their stuff today.
Forget about paul weller being the main songwriter in them, the band as a wholoe ( the 3 of them) were magnificent. only lasted 6 years before paul decided to call it a day and go on to make music with his new pals " the style council" which were not a patch on the jam.
5 or 6 albums, everyone a classic even though tye all hated " the modern world" album because it was rushed and came out 6 months after their debut " in the city" but thankfully less than a year they had written their ressurection album " all mod cons" a truely classic album. Then setting sons, an album that is not dated in any way, especially with the iraq war that is going on, all songs are still apt for todays society inbritain at least.
The Jam will always be high on my list of the greatest bands ever. The energy those three guys gave in a concert was unbelievable the music they made from just drum guitar and bass cannot be beaten today by a three piece band unless extra session musicians are brought in. Sadly Paul weller decided this was the way to go for the jam near the end and took onboard session musicians, but the music was still top form stuff.
ok, I am not gettting paid by them so I am going to stop bumming them up so much now,lol
I just could stop there once I had started
Ken
ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending