Weller participated in Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” single. Even more notable is that their 1984 single “My Ever Changing Moods” was Weller’s greatest US success, climbing to #29 on the American Top 40 singles chart (he never achieved that level of US recognition with the Jam or as a solo artist).
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From 1983 until their breakup in 1989, the Style Council racked up a slew of hits on the singles charts, and four of their six studio albums cracked the UK Top 20. Whatever resentment Jam fans may have felt toward Weller’s new direction, it didn’t seem to affect the Style Council’s overall commercial or critical appeal, at least not in their native England. They also retained the Jam’s penchant for left-leaning social commentary. Lee (who Weller would later marry) and drummer Steve White, the Style Council dipped into a variety of genres that were miles away from Weller’s punk days, including jazz, soul, and synthpop. Joining forces with keyboard player Mick Talbot (formerly of Merton Parkas and Dexy’s Midnight Runners), a partner in crime Weller chose because “he shares my hatred of the rock myth and the rock culture”, the Style Council was born in late 1982.Įventually adding vocalist D. They were already starting to expand their sound: their final studio album, The Gift, folded funk, horns, and dance beats into their lean, sweaty, Clash-meets-Who blueprint.
After six albums and nine UK top ten singles, Weller had enough and was looking to push his music into new territory that the acclaimed trio could not execute to his satisfaction. The Jam, the influential mod pop-punk trio he’d led as singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for five years, were disbanded at the height of their popularity – and it was his idea.
In 1982, Paul Weller committed what many fans considered an unforgivable sin.
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