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8 unusual facts about The Jam


Liddle Towers

In 1977, the mod band The Jam were critical of the police in their song "Time for Truth" which contains the lyric "Bring forward the six pigs, We wanna see them swing so high".

Maxeen

The members of Maxeen cite influences from early U2, The Police, Joe Jackson, The Replacements, The Jam, and many other purveyors of classic pop-rock music.

Move On Up

A live version by UK group The Jam appeared on a limited edition EP with their 1983 album Snap!.

No Cure

Bands interviewed ranged from The Jam and Stiff Little Fingers to The Raincoats, VIPs, Patrick Fitzgerald, LKJ and The Instant Automatons.

Selsey Bill

Popular references to Selsey Bill include the song "Saturday's Kids" by The Jam

Stray Heart

The song has been described as "an amped-up Motown bounce recalling Britpop progenitors The Jam's classic "A Town Called Malice", but with speaker-bursting modern-rock dynamics".

Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead

This styling of "Dirty Old Town" was made famous by The Pogues, while "Ghosts" and "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" were created by The Jam and Split Enz, respectively.

The Exploding Hearts

The band drew influences from early British punk bands such as The Undertones, Buzzcocks, The Clash, The Jam, The Boys and The Only Ones, as well as power pop acts like Nick Lowe.


808 State

The song "Contrique" samples the bassline to Joy Division's "She's Lost Control" and "10 X 10" is a gospel-house track built on the foundation of The Jam's "Start!".

Benjamin Clemens

His sculpture 'The St John's Ambulance Bearers' is used on the album cover of The Jam's 1979 album Setting Sons, and is held in the Imperial War Museum permanent collection in London.

Bracklesham Bay

Bracklesham Bay is mentioned in the track 'Saturdays Kids' (Paul Weller) on the 1979 album by The Jam, 'Setting Sons'; "Save up their money for a holiday/ To Selsey Bill, or Bracklesham Bay".

Catch-Flame!

Recorded on 5 December – the last date of Weller’s 2005 UK tour – it features live versions of songs spanning his entire career, including those of The Jam and The Style Council.

Cornwall Coliseum

Through the 1970s and 1980s, various major acts of the era would perform at the venue, including The Clash, The Jam, The Who, Black Sabbath, Cliff Richard, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Slade, Bon Jovi, Simple Minds, Deborah Harry, T'Pau and Glen Campbell who recorded a live album there in 1981, as well as many comedy and light entertainment acts.

Danny Kustow

After the breakup, Kustow found himself in a series of short lived projects, such as Time UK with former drummer from The Jam, Rick Buckler; The Spectres with former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock; and The Planets.

Marcelo Camelo

Marcelo is the composer, singer and solo player of the biggest hit of Los Hermanos, the song Anna Julia, which became a world hit with Jim Capaldi's english version, featuring himself in vocals, Deep Purple's Ian Pace in drums, The Jam's Paul Weller in bass and the beatle George Harrison in guitar (playing the solo).

Operation Heavenly

"Space Manatee" was also released as a single, backed by two exclusive B-sides: covers of "You Tore Me Down" (originally by The Flamin' Groovies) and "Art School" (by The Jam).

Start!

"Start!" is the eleventh UK single release by punk rock band, The Jam and their second number-one, following "Going Underground"/"Dreams of Children".

Starwood Club

Some of the acts from outside of California who played at the Starwood include; The Damned, Dokken, Devo, The Jam, Cheap Trick, The Ramones, Dead Boys, The Stranglers, AC/DC, Slade, Vince Vance & the Valiants, Rush, and The Fleshtones.

The Highliners

Rick Buckler from The Jam then replaced Ginger on drums having earlier worked with Mike Spencer on the final mix and production of the album, Buckler toured the UK and Europe with them in 1990 and is still involved with the band today.

The Lassie Foundation

Supported live and in the studio by Happy Tsugawa-Banta (vibes & keyboards) and Joel Patterson (drums), The Lassie Foundation reinvented itself on Face Your Fun, citing influences such as Echo & the Bunnymen, The Jam, New Order, U2, A Flock of Seagulls, Guided by Voices, and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

The Siren Six!

Citing the Pixies, Elvis Costello, The Jam and The Selecter among their influences, The Siren Six!'s music stood in contrast to the then-popular ska punk sound, combining 2-Tone-style ska with heavy indie rock and Mod influences and a focus on introspective lyricism, a combination Kingpin Records marketed the band with as "2tone/mod/emoska".

The Ultimate Live Experience

# "The Jam" (Includes "The Exodus Has Begun" lyric interpolation)

Tinkerbells Fairydust

After the name change to Tinkerbells Fairydust, it recorded the single "Lazy Day", produced by Vic Smith, who went on to produce The Jam and Black Sabbath.

White Light Parade

They have also played Sold Out shows including The Cockpit in Leeds and were also on the bill for Bingley Music Live alongside members from The Jam and The Bluetones, playing to thousands of people.


see also

At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis

At the River's Edge, by the rock band Styx is a single-disc version of Arch Allies: Live at Riverport, featuring only the Styx set, and including live versions of the tracks "Everything Is Cool" and "Lorelei" in place of the Jam versions of "Blue Collar Man" and "Roll with the Changes" that Styx performed with REO Speedwagon on that album.

Baluchistan States Union

The main governing body was the Council of Rulers which comprised the Khan-e-Azam, the Jam of Las Bela and the Nawabs of Kharan and Makran.

East Bristol Jazz Club

The jam nights and other special events feature a broad cross-section of Bristol's jazz musicians and occasional guests including Dennis Rollins, Gilad Atzmon and Sotho Sounds.

Gichki

It has relations with many other Royal families of Balochistan including the Jam of Lasbela, Khan of Kalat and Chiefs of the Mengal tribes.

James Gadson

He has a brief appearance in the Adam Sandler 2009 movie Funny People as a member of the jam band that Sandler's character hires to play with him.

JAML

Other members of the JAM family of transmembrane proteins include JAM1, JAM2 and JAM3.

Jeff Mattson

A founding member of the jam band, the Zen Tricksters, and guitarist in the Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson, which features the Grateful Dead’s Donna Jean Godchaux, Mattson was named the permanent lead guitarist for Dark Star Orchestra.

Live Phish Downloads: Headphones Jam

The Jam was first presented in November 2006 to the winner of the Phish / Sirius "Live in Brooklyn" Barn Tour Contest.

Sea and Sand

The song was memorably treated by keyboardist Page McConnell of the jam band Phish in their 1995 concert album, Phish: New Year's Eve 1995 - Live at Madison Square Garden.

Serge Ngando

He studied jazz bass in Montpellier, France at the Jam jazz school, then he decided that the bass was no longer a challenge.

The Jazz Epistles

The group became famous after performing in the jam sessions called Jazz at the Odin in the Odin Theater in Sophiatown.