![]() ![]() In the novel, “Alice” refers to Alice Springs, the town a wealthy benefactor wants to pattern a small outback town named Willstown in the novel. “Town Called Malice” is a play on words based on the 1950 novel, A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute. The debut single from this album was “Town Called Malice.” Several more Top Ten hits were released as non-album singles and then The Jam released their sixth album, The Gift, in 1982. The hits kept coming with their debut single from Sound Affects, titled “ Start“, which became their second #1 hit in a row. This was followed by a double-sided non-album single, “ Going Underground” and “ Dreams of Children“, which became their first chart topper in the UK. In a short five years The Jam racked up six albums and 18 singles, including four #1 hits on the UK charts.īy the end of 1979 The Jam released Setting Sons, their second of four Top Ten albums on the UK charts, featuring a cover of Martha and The Vandellas “Heat Wave”, and the band’s first Top Ten single in the UK, “ The Eton Rifles“. Their third album, All The Mod Cons, featured a cover of The Kinks “ David Watts“, (about a real person who Ray Davies of the Kinks later related had a crush on his brother Dave Davies). In their second album, This Is The Modern World, they recorded a cover of Wilson Pickett’s “ In The Midnight Hour“. The Jam also covered the Batman Theme on their album, signaling a mod revival not afraid to draw on music from the past. ![]() Their first album, In The City, included a cover of the classic “Slow Down” R&B single from 1958 by Larry Williams that was later covered by The Beatles. ![]() The Jam also drew from R&B, especially Motown to inform their compositions. They wore tailored suits instead of trademark “punk” attire: ripped clothes. The song resembled the frantic, fast-paced and angry tone on the Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash, critical of the state of the nation and British society. The song drew on classic British pop, unlike the punk rockers who decried The Who, the Rolling Stones and the whole lot. The song was morphing the familiar punk rock sound into what was becoming known as New Wave. On May 19, 1977, The Jam were featured on the popular BBC show performing “In The City,” on Top Of The Pops, with an average of 15 million viewers. Brookes left the band in 1976, and Weller and Foxton decided they would swap guitar roles, with Weller now the guitarist. Joined by Rick Buckler on drums, and with Woking-born Bruce Foxton soon replacing Dave Waller on rhythm guitar, the four-piece band began to forge a local reputation, playing a mixture of Beatles covers and a number of compositions written by Weller and Brookes. Paul Weller’s father, acting as their manager, began booking the band into local working men’s clubs. He formed the first incarnation of The Jam in the same year, playing bass guitar with his best friends Steve Brookes (lead guitar) and Dave Waller (rhythm guitar). ![]() By the time Weller was eleven and moving up to Sheerwater County Secondary school, music was the biggest part of his life, and he had started playing the guitar. Weller’s musical vocation was confirmed after seeing Status Quo in concert in 1972. was born on in Woking, Surrey, England. His love of music began with The Beatles, then The Who and Small Faces. All songs were performed solo and acoustic from various venues around Europe.Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart Days of Speed is Paul Weller's second live album, released on 8 October 2001 in the UK and 2 July 2002 in the US. ![]()
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