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bruce at the glasgow carling academy in 2007 foxton playing with `` from the jam '' the jam jam stiff little fingers casbah club from the rickenbacker 4001 fender precision bass 250px bruce foxton
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 01 september 1955 bass guitar guitar vocals punk rock rock and roll new wave bruce foxton.jpg woking , surrey , england bruce douglas foxton bass player
bruce foxton

bruce foxton -lrb- born 1 september 1955 -rrb- is an english singer , musician , and composer .
with paul weller , and rick buckler he gained worldwide fame as a member of the jam , one of the most popular and influential acts in the history of rock music ; his backing vocals and prominent basslines were the foundation of many of the band 's songs , including the hits `` down in the tube station at midnight '' , `` the eton rifles '' , `` going underground '' and `` town called malice '' .
he occasionally performed the lead vocals , such as on the songs `` news of the world '' , `` david watts '' , and `` smithers-jones '' .
after the band 's break-up , he pursued a brief moderately successful solo career releasing one album , `` touch sensitive '' in 1984 , and later joined the band , stiff little fingers in 1990 .
