Paul Weller - Biography - IMDb Paul Weller Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (12) | Personal Quotes (20) Overview (4) 5' 11" (1.8 m) Mini Bio (1) Has 5 children: Daughters Leah, Dylan, and Jesamine, and sons Nathaniel and Stevie. His mother named him John after contracting polio of the throat right after his birth. She was bordering on delirium and blurted out the first name she thought of. She later renamed him Paul, but his name has never been legally changed. He started his musical career as the guitarist and lead singer of the Jam in 1976, then in 1983 formed the Style Council with Mick Talbot. The band broke up after their record label refused to release their final album, and he embarked on a solo career in 1990. - IMDb Mini Biography By: LadyCole Spouse (2) Trivia (12) Performed at the anti-war "One Big No" concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London.

[March 2003] He was a member of Band Aid in 1984 and when Bono didn't turn up for the performance of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" on BBC television's "Top of the Pops", he mimed the U2 frontman's line. Singer/songwriter/guitarist for The Jam from 1975 until its demise in 1982, releasing six studio albums from 1977 to 1982. He then led The Style Council from 1983 until 1990, releasing six more studio albums. He has been a solo artist ever since, releasing the studio albums "Paul Weller" (1992), "Wild Wood" (1994), "Stanley Road" (1995), "Heavy Soul" (1997), "Heliocentric" (2000), "Illumination" (2002) and "As is Now" (2005).

In addition to his studio albums, he has released a live album, a greatest hits album and a collection of odds and ends (2004's "Fly on the Wall"). A member of Red Wedge, an association of left-wing celebrities who campaigned for the Labour Party in the 1987 British general election. He was the winner of the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist in two consecutive years, 1995 and 1996. He also won the 2005 Q magazine Outstanding Contribution to Music Award and the 2006 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution. Winner of the 1995 Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist. Winner of the 2006 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution. Winner of the 2005 Q Outstanding Contribution to Music Award. He allegedly declined a C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2007 for his services to music. A fan of soul music. "Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul" is one of his favorite albums. Weller publicly opposed Paul Simon 's decision to record his album Graceland in apartheid South Africa in the 1980s.

When Simon played the first of six nights at London's Royal Albert Hall on April 7 1987, Weller joined Jerry Dammers and Billy Bragg in protesting outside and delivered a letter demanding that Simon give a "complete and heartfelt apology to the UN General Assembly". Paul and his wife Hannah are reportedly expecting twins in April 2012. Personal Quotes (20) Unfortunately these days, if you don't get a hit single and your first album doesn't sell one point whatever million you don't get a chance to make your second one. Pop Idol (2001), Popstars (2001), Fame Academy (2002), the rest of them - I don't think they are causing any problems whatsoever - they are coming up with acts that people do like and they are going out and buying a lot of their product. [speaking in 2006] There are more important things in my life now to write about than politics. [on Sting ] Horrible man. Not my cup of tea at all. Rubbish. No edge, no attitude, no nothing. [on David Bowie ] I like about three records of his. The rest of it's pish.

We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over. [on involvement with Red Wedge] It was the biggest mistake ever for me because once you get involved with those people you see how it's all run. It's more about their egos and it's not about really making a difference. In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change. The Jam were a good band, however I feel that the Style Council were better. A lot of people I know will disagree with me. Some things we did with The Style Council were misinterpreted or over their heads. [on turning down the CBE] It would have been a bit hypocritical for me to accept that, I don't really agree with it. I don't like the royal family, I don't like the establishment, I don't like the civil service. So, it would be utterly pointless me accepting it. I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action. The line "Compose a revolutionary symphony/Then went to bed with a charming young thing" is about The Clash .

I was a fan, but I just thought it was really odd how quickly they'd become a standard rock'n'roll band with the leather jackets and the photo opportunities. One minute they were singing 'I'm so bored with the USA' and the next they seemed to be spending most of their fucking time over there. I felt a bit cheated. Coming from such an uneducated background, I suppose I'd had quite a blinkered working-class upbringing, and reading books like George Orwell 's Homage to Catalonia and Robert Tressell 's The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropist had opened up my mind - seeing how the system works and how people are kept down. They gave me a broadly socialist viewpoint and made me reappraise everything. If I'd lost my hair, it would've been awful. Nobody could take a bald mod seriously. I was talking to Robert Plant about this and he said the secret to his success was keeping his hair. Led Zeppelin would never have reformed if he or Jimmy Page were bald. It wasn't a time to be non partisan. It was too serious a time, too extreme. I wasn't waving the Labour party flag but the socialist red flag that's for sure.

In The Jam I didn't want to be a part of any movement. But this was different. Thatcher ( Margaret Thatcher ) got into power in 1979, and from the Falklands war onwards, that was her wielding her power, the trade unions were being worn down, we had the miners strike, there was mass unemployment, there were all these issues, you had to care and if you didn't you had your head in the sand or didn't give a fuck about anyone but yourself. You couldn't sit on the fence. It was very black and white then. Thatcher was a tyrant, a dictator. [on "Wake Up The Nation"] I think the record is great and it deserves a lot more recognition than it's got. For me, Wilko [ Wilko Johnson ] was the first guitar hero of the Seventies. Post-Bolan [ Marc Bolan ] and Bowie [ David Bowie ], Britain was a real wasteland, musically. There were all those faded-denim, post-prog stadium bands, and the US rock thing. The Feelgoods cut right through all that. Hearing Down By The Jetty for the first time, at the age of 17, was just what I wanted.

I borrowed the LP off a mate and kept hold of it as long as I could. Then I went and bought my own. Wilko [ Wilko Johnson ] may not be as famous as some other guitarists, but he's right up there. And there are a lot of people who'll say the same. I can hear Wilko in lots of places. It's some legacy. I'm not scared of the new. For all of my love of the '60s, be it clothes or music, I still wouldn't want to be living in any other time but now. If I had a time machine, maybe I might go back to 1964 to the Flamingo and see Stevie Wonder , but I wouldn't want to stay there. I like the modern. [on being told that David Cameron had named Eton Rifles as one of his favorite songs] Which part of it didn't he get? I'm a born-again Bowie ( David Bowie ) freak. The next time he sees me I'll have a fucking great Aladdin Sane flash on me boat race. Every night we'd drive home to London after recording and have Ziggy Stardust on five or six times.

Low's one of my favourite records anyway. Whatever gripes I've had about Bowie in the past, Low's been a constant since I bought it in 1977. See also Paul Weller | Biography, News, Photos and Videos | Contactmusic.com Biography Paul Weller (born John William Weller, 25.5.1958) Paul Weller is an English singer / songwriter, who first found fame in the punk era, as the singer and guitarist in The Jam. Childhood: Paul Weller was born in Woking, England in a working class neighbourhood. He was brought up in Stanley Road; the street name was later used for the title of one of Weller's solo albums. Paul wanted to form a band from the age of around 10 and aged 12, he was given a guitar by his family and he learned to play along with the music that he listened to. At 14, he played his first gig with his friend Steve Brooks at the Walton Road Working Men's Club. The Jam: The Jam played in the lunch hour at their school and the interest shown by the female pupils made Weller realise that a career in music could be quite a tantalizing prospect!

The band, with Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler alongside Brookes and Weller, continued to play around Surrey and London, managed by Weller's father. Their popularity grew; notable when they were booked to play at the Red Cow in Hammersmith, with queues forming around the block to see them play. In 1977, Polydor Records signed the Jam for £6,000. Later that year, they appeared on Top of the Pops, the show that Paul Weller used to watch avidly as a child. Although they rose to fame at the same time that the punk scene was popularized, The Jam were never a part of the London clique and were more akin to the 'new-wave' style of bands that followed punk bands like The Sex Pistols. The Clash was one London band that did take notice of The Jam though, and took them on their White Riot tour in 1977. Eventually, the Jam outsold The Clash in terms of UK singles sales and went on to be the more successful of the two bands. The Jam's first venture into the UK Top 40 was 'In The City', released in May 1977.

'Eton Rifles' was the first of their singles to reach the Top 10, reaching number three in 1979. The next year, 'Going Underground' reached number one. This achievement was followed with 'Start!' and 'Town Called Malice.' In 1982, it was announced that The Jam would be splitting up. 'Beat Surrender', their fourth number one, was their last ever single. Their final concert, at the Brighton Centre, was a sell-out. The Style Council: Weller formed The Style Council in 1983, with keyboardist Mick Talbot and Steve White, who has continued to play with Weller ever since. Weller's new band was not as commercially successful as The Jam, yet Paul Weller's public profile continued to grow. Weller appeared on the charity record, Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' (he was filmed miming Bono's part on Top of the Pops, as the U2 singer was unavailable) and The Style Council played at the huge Live Aid event at Wembley in 1985.

The Style Council's popularity in the UK began to decrease throughout the 1980s and in 1989, their record label refused to release their fifth album, Modernism: A New Decade. Later that year, Weller broke up the band. Solo career: A few years after The Style Council split, Paul Weller returned, with Steve White, firstly as The Paul Weller Movement, then simply as Paul Weller. He became a frontrunner of the 1990's 'Britpop' movement, along with the likes of Blur and Oasis. His first solo album was Paul Weller. The album's follow-up, Wild Wood, is considered by many to be one of Weller's finest moments and Stanley Road, his third solo outing, became the biggest selling album of his career. 'The Changingman', a single from the album, reached number seven in the UK singles charts. Next up, the Heavy Soul album, reached number two in the album charts and in 2000, Weller released Heliocentric. At the time, there were rumours that this would be his final studio album but two years later, he released the number one album, Illumination.

'It's Written In the Stars', taken from the album, was a top 10 single. In 2004, Weller released Studio 150, a covers album, followed a year later by As Is Now. In 2008, Weller's new album, 22 Dreams will be released. Biography by Contactmusic.com Paul Weller , singer songwriter, Noel Gallagher , singer song-writer - Celebrities arrive at the BBC Radio 4 Maida Vale Studios at Maida Vale Studios - London, United Kingdom - Wednesday 11th May 2016 Paul Weller - Music on Google Play Paul Weller About the artist John William "Paul" Weller, Jr. is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam. He had further success with the blue-eyed soul music of The Style Council, before establishing himself as a solo artist in 1991. Despite widespread critical recognition as a singer, lyricist, and guitarist, Weller has remained a national, rather than international, star and much of his songwriting is rooted in British culture.

He is also the principal figure of the 1970s and 1980s mod revival, and is often referred to as The Modfather. The Daily Telegraph said of Weller: "Apart from David Bowie, it's hard to think of any British solo artist who's had as varied, long-lasting and determinedly forward-looking a career." The BBC described Weller in 2007 as "one of the most revered music writers and performers of the past 30 years". In 2012, he was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life. 1 $9.49 Saturns Pattern is the twelfth solo album by English singer-songwriter and musician Paul Weller, released on 18 May 2015. The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart. 1 1 $11.49 Saturns Pattern is the twelfth solo album by English singer-songwriter and musician Paul Weller, released on 18 May 2015.

The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart. 1 1 $9.49 Wake Up the Nation is the tenth studio album from Paul Weller and was released on 19 April 2010. It was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Music Prize. It is the first of Weller's albums since 1982 to ... 1 1 $9.49 22 Dreams is the ninth solo studio album by Paul Weller. It was released on 2 June 2008. The album was released on double LP and single CD, as well as a deluxe edition CD, featuring a bonus CD with... 1 1 $9.49 As Is Now is Paul Weller's eighth studio album. Released in October 2005, it reached number 4 in the UK charts. The singles from the record were "From The Floorboards Up", "Come On/Let's Go", "Here... 1 1 $10.49 Illumination is the sixth album by English singer-songwriter Paul Weller, released on 16 September 2002.

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0 THE NEW AGE JAM - A TRIBUTE TO PAUL WELLER, The Jam & The Style Council Book The Band: Call 07738 054732 Sun 08 Jan 2017 The new age Jam Are Mark, Oz and Tom. A Tribute to The Jam and Paul Weller. The new age Jam are now ACOUSTIC WELLER By The new age Jam Unplugged Acoustic Weller features Mark from The new age Jam and Oz from The Clashed, playing a set of Acoustic Tunes from The Jam, Style Council and of Course Paul Weller�s extensive solo material. Mark comes with 13 years of portraying Paul Weller in The new age Jam and due to tragic circumstances in the band is taking time out and doing the Acoustic set. Recently supported Steve Cradock ( OCS and Paul Weller�s guitarist ) who�s comment was � Excellent� Back in 2001 the band were very proud to be introduced on stage by Rick Buckler as the "second greatest band in the world". Hello & welcome to The New Age Jam.

Formed in July 1999 the band are based in Teesside, and replicate live performances that could only beaten by The Jam themselves. Gigging over the last twelve years has taken the band all over the UK, Playing venues the likes of Guildford Civic Hall, Middlesbrough Town Hall , Stockton International Festival, O2 Acadamy�s and Butlins. Also appearing on a TV programme entitled "Cover Their Tracks" and Local BBC Programmes. The band are fully self contained with a 6k rig and light show provided by the unsung Hero of the Band Tom, who Provides a professional sound that is second to none. With a vast repertoire of material the band can reproduce a Jam gig to perfection, taking you from In the City to The Gift with a few surprises thrown in too. The band appeal to a broad range of people and age groups and guarantee a Gig full of passion and "FIRE AND SKILL" Check out the gig listings to see the band Live. It is an experience you will not want to miss if you are a Fan of The Jam and Paul Weller.

See The New Age Jam Next on Friday, January 13th 2017 in SHILDON at PRIVATE Contact The New Age Jam Book The Band/Enquiries: Call Mark on 07738 054732 Acoustic Weller Acoustic Weller is what it says on the Tin. Mark with an Acoustic Guitar often accompanied by Oz. Playing songs from The Jam, Style Council and Paul Weller�s solo material. If you want a chilled out evening, listening to some great songs, try and catch an acoustic gig. Man About Town Paul Weller was born on 25 May 1958 in Sheerwater, near Woking, Surrey, England, to John and Ann Weller. He was initially known as John William Weller but later acquired the name Paul. His father worked as a taxi driver and his mother was a part-time cleaner. In 1963 Weller started his education at Maybury County First School. His love of music started with The Beatles, then The Who and the Small Faces. By the time Weller was eleven and moving upto secondary school at Sheerwater County Secondary, music was the biggest part of his life and he began playing the guitar.

In 1972 Weller formed his first group, the Jam, playing bass guitar with his best friends Steve Brookes (lead guitar) and Dave Waller (rhythm guitar). Weller's father, their manager, began booking the band into local working men's clubs. Joined by Rick Buckler on drums and with Bruce Foxton soon replacing 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 Brooks. In 1976 Brookes left the band and Weller and Foxton decided they would swap guitar roles, with Weller now the lead singer. In 1982 Beat Surrender was released, but it was The Jam's last single, Paul disbanded the group in December of that year. Paul then formed The Style Council with Mick Talbot. After they split up in 1989, Paul went on to pursue a solo career. Paul Weller was born on 25 May 1958 in Sheerwater, near Woking, Surrey, to John and Ann Weller. He was initially known as John William Weller but later acquired the name Paul.

The Jam Lyrics When you're knocked on your back - an' your life's a flop and when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else but to shout to the top - shout! - SHOUT TO THE TOP! The New Age Jam News and Reviews Review Just a line to let you know about the past weekend here at The Foresters, on Friday we were treated to a cracking night by The New Age Jam. An awesome sound created by the boys with some cracking covers of not all your usual classics, there was a lot of diversity in their stuff and i would say (as an avid Jam fan) they were just about perfect! Also a number of solo weller classics such as Broken stones and The Changing man were enough to send my locals home in raptures well done boys and we will see you later in the year. Review On first imprecision's the singer is a double of Paul Weller in looks and sounds like him and even sets his guitar sound up just like him......

Review The place went mad when they played all the jam classics and in between the classics they played a few Paul Weller tracks and by looking around, everyone was singing out loud - the audience were having a great time and with the sound and lights, everyone could have been mistaken for the real thing. Review You guys were fantastic on Saurday at The Ferry, will definately come and see you playing again, also a pleasure chattin with you all outside when you were leavin. Paul Weller · 2017 Tour Dates and Concert Tickets | Thrillcall Track Artist for New Show Alerts John William "Paul" Weller, Jr. (born 25 May 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam. He had further success with the blue-eyed soul music of The Style Council (1983–... John William "Paul" Weller, Jr. (born 25 May 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam.

He had further success with the blue-eyed soul music of The Style Council (1983–89), before establishing himself as a solo artist in 1991. Despite widespread critical recognition as a singer, lyricist, and guitarist, Weller has remained a national, rather than international, star and much of his songwriting is rooted in British culture. He is also the principal figure of the 1970s and 1980s mod revival, and is often referred to as The Modfather. The Daily Telegraph said of Weller: "Apart from David Bowie, it's hard to think of any British solo artist who's had as varied, long-lasting and determinedly forward-looking a career." The BBC described Weller in 2007 as "one of the most revered music writers and performers of the past 30 years". In 2012, he was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life.

He has received four Brit Awards, winning the award for Best British Male twice, and the 2006 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Early life (1958–75) Weller was born on 25 May 1958 in Woking, Surrey, England, to John and Ann Weller (née Craddock). Although born John William Weller, he became known as Paul by his parents. His father worked as a taxi driver and a builder and his mother was a part-time cleaner. Weller started his education at Maybury County First School in 1963. His love of music began with The Beatles, then The Who and Small Faces. 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. 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).

Weller's father, acting as their manager, began booking the band into local working men's clubs. Joined by Rick Buckler on drums, and with Bruce Foxton soon replacing 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. Brookes left the band in 1976, and Weller and Foxton decided they would swap guitar roles, with Weller now the guitarist. The Jam (1976–82) Although The Jam emerged at the same time as punk rock bands such as The Clash, The Damned, and The Sex Pistols, The Jam better fitted the mould of the new wave bands who came later, and being from just outside London rather than the city itself, they were never really part of the tightly-knit punk clique. Nonetheless, it was The Clash who emerged as one of the leading early advocates of the band, and were sufficiently impressed by The Jam to take them along as the support act on their White Riot tour of 1977.

The Jam's first single, "In the City" took them into the UK Top 40 in May 1977. Although every subsequent single had a placing within the Top 40, it was not until the band released the political "The Eton Rifles" that they would break into the Top 10, hitting the No. 3 spot in November 1979. The increasing popularity of their blend of Weller's barbed lyrics with pop melodies eventually led to their first number one single, "Going Underground", in March 1980. They became the only band other than the Beatles to perform both sides of the same single ("Town Called Malice" and "Precious") on one edition of Top of the Pops. The Jam even had two singles, "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?", reach No. 21 and No. 8 respectively in the UK singles chart despite not even being released as singles in the UK – they got there purely on the strength of the huge number of people buying import sales of the German and Dutch single releases. The Jam still hold the record for the best-selling import-only singles in the UK charts.

As the band's popularity increased, however, Weller became restless and wanted to explore a more soulful, melodic style of music with a broader instrumentation, and in consequence in 1982 he announced that The Jam would disband at the end of that year. The action came as a surprise to Foxton and Buckler who both felt that the band was still a creative formation with scope to develop further professionally, but Weller was determined to end the band and move on. Their final single, "Beat Surrender", became their fourth UK chart topper, going straight to No. 1 in its first week. Their farewell concerts at Wembley Arena were multiple sell-outs; their final concert took place at the Brighton Centre on 11 December 1982. The Style Council (1983–89) At the beginning of 1983, Weller teamed up with keyboard player Mick Talbot to form a new group called The Style Council. Weller brought in Steve White to play drums, as well as singer Dee C. Lee, who had previously been a backing singer with Wham!

Free of the limited musical styles he felt imposed by The Jam, under the collective of The Style Council Weller was able to experiment with a wide range of music, from pop and jazz to Soul/R&B, house and folk-styled ballads. The band was at the vanguard of a jazz/pop revival that would continue with the emergence of bands like Matt Bianco, Sade, and Everything but the Girl, whose members Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt contributed vocals and guitar to the 1984 The Style Council song "Paris Match". Many of The Style Council's early singles performed well in the charts, and Weller would also experience his first success in North America, when "My Ever Changing Moods" and "You're The Best Thing" entered the US Billboard Hot 100. In Australia they were far more successful than The Jam, reaching the top of the charts in 1984 with "Shout to the Top". Weller appeared on 1984's Band Aid record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and was called upon to mime the absent Bono's lyrics on Top of the Pops.

The Style Council were the second act to appear in the British half of Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985. In December 1984, Weller put together his own charity ensemble called The Council Collective to make a record, "Soul Deep", to raise money for striking miners, and the family of David Wilkie. The record featured The Style Council plus a number of other performers, notably Jimmy Ruffin and Junior Giscombe. In spite of the song's political content, it still picked up BBC Radio 1 airplay and was performed on Top of the Pops, which led to the incongruous sight of lyrics such as "We can't afford to let the government win / It means death to the trade unions" being mimed amid the show's flashing lights and party atmosphere. As the 1980s wore on, The Style Council's popularity in the UK began to slide, with the band achieving only one top ten single after 1985. The Style Council's death knell was sounded in 1989 when their record company refused to release their fifth and final studio album, the house-influenced Modernism: A New Decade.

With the rejection of this effort, Weller announced that The Style Council had split, and although the final album did have a limited vinyl run, it was not until the 1998 retrospective CD box set The Complete Adventures of The Style Council that the album would be widely available. Solo career Early solo career (1990–95) In 1989, Weller found himself without a band and without a recording deal for the first time since he was 17. After taking time off throughout 1990, he returned to the road in 1991, touring as 'The Paul Weller Movement' with long-term drummer and friend Steve White. After a slow start playing small clubs with a mixture of Jam/Style Council classics as well as showcasing new material such as "Into Tomorrow", by the time of the release of his 1992 LP, Paul Weller, he had begun to re-establish himself as a leading British singer/songwriter. This self-titled album saw a return to a more jazz-guitar-focused sound, featuring samples and a funk influence with shades of the Style Council sound. The album also featured a new producer, Brendan Lynch.

Tracks such as "Here's a New Thing" and "That Spiritual Feeling" were marketed among the emerging acid jazz scene. Buoyed by the positive commercial and critical success of his first solo album, Weller returned to the studio in 1993 with a renewed confidence. Accompanied by Steve White, guitarist Steve Cradock and bassist Damon Minchella, the result of these sessions was the triumphant Mercury Music Prize-nominated Wild Wood. His 1995 album Stanley Road took him back to the top of the British charts for the first time in a decade, and went on to become the best-selling album of his career. The album, named after the street in Woking where he had grown up, marked a return to the more guitar-based style of his earlier days. The album's major single, "The Changingman", was also a big hit, taking Weller to No. 7 in the UK singles charts. Another single, the ballad "You Do Something To Me", was his second consecutive Top 10 single and reached No. 9 in the UK. Weller found himself heavily associated with the emerging Britpop movement that gave rise to such bands as Oasis, Pulp and Blur.

Noel Gallagher (of Oasis) is credited as guest guitarist on the Stanley Road album track "I Walk on Gilded Splinters". Weller also returned the favour, appearing as a guest guitarist and backing vocalist on Oasis' hit song "Champagne Supernova". The Modfather (1996–2007) Heavy Soul, the follow-up to the million-selling Stanley Road, saw Weller twist his sound again. The album was more raw than its predecessor; Weller was now frequently playing live in the studio in as few takes as possible. The first single "Peacock Suit" reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart, and the album reached No. 2. Success in the charts also came from compilations: "Best Of" albums by The Jam and The Style Council charted, and in 1998 his own solo collection Modern Classics was a substantial success. In 2000, while living in Send, Surrey, he released his fifth solo studio album, Heliocentric.

Once again finding himself without a record contract, Weller's Days of Speed worldwide tour provided him with the opportunity to view his works as one back catalogue, giving rise to a second successful live album in 2001. Days of Speed contained live acoustic versions from the world tour of the same name, including some of his best-known songs from his solo career and the back catalogues of his The Jam and The Style Council days. There were rumours at the time that Heliocentric would be Weller's final studio effort, but these proved unfounded when he released the No. 1 hit album Illumination in September 2002. Co-produced by Noonday Underground's Simon Dine, it was preceded by yet another top 10 hit single "It's Written in the Stars". Weller also appears on the 2002 Noonday Underground album called Surface Noise, singing on the track "I'll Walk Right On". In 2002, Weller collaborated with Terry Callier on the single "Brother to Brother", which featured on Callier's album Speak Your Peace.

In 2003, Weller teamed up with electronic rock duo Death in Vegas on a cover of Gene Clark's "So You Say You Lost Your Baby", which featured on their Scorpio Rising album. In 2004, Weller released an album of covers entitled Studio 150. It debuted at No. 2 in the UK charts and included Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" as well as covers of songs by Gil Scott-Heron, Rose Royce and Gordon Lightfoot, amongst others. Weller's 2005 album As Is Now featured the singles "From The Floorboards Up", "Come On/Let's Go" and "Here's The Good News". The album was well-received, though critics noted that he was not moving his music forward stylistically, and it became his lowest-charting album since his 1992 debut. In February 2006 it was announced that Weller would be the latest recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BRIT Awards. Despite a tendency to shun such occasions, Weller accepted the award in person, and performed four songs at the ceremony, including The Jam's classic "Town Called Malice".

In June 2006, another double live album titled Catch-Flame!, featuring songs from both his solo work and his career with The Jam and The Style Council, was released. In late 2006, the album Hit Parade was released, which collected all the singles released by The Jam, The Style Council and Weller during his solo career. Two versions of this album were released: a single disc with a selection from each stage of his career, and a four-disc limited edition, which included every single released and came with a 64-page booklet. Weller was offered a CBE in the 2006 birthday honours, but rejected the order. In 2007 Weller was guest vocalist on the album issue by the folk musical project The Imagined Village. Critical success (2008–present) The double album 22 Dreams was released on 2 June 2008, with "Echoes Round The Sun" as the lead single.

Weller had parted company with his existing band before the recording this album, replacing everyone except guitarist Steve Cradock with Andy Lewis on bass, Andy Crofts of The Moons on keys and Steve Pilgrim of The Stands on drums. This album saw Weller move in a more experimental direction, taking in a wide variety of influences including jazz, folk and tango as well as the pop-soul more associated with his Style Council days. Weller also featured on two songs from The Moons' album "Life on Earth", playing piano on "Wondering" and lead guitar on "Last Night on Earth". Weller was the surprise recipient of the 2009 BRIT award for "Best Male Solo Artist", which resulted in controversy when it was discovered that a suspiciously high number of bets had been placed for Weller to win the award, for which James Morrison was T4's favourite. It was reported that the bookmakers had lost £100,000 in the event, and that as a result would not be taking bets for the awards in the future.

In 2009, Weller guested on Dot Allison's 2009 album, Room 7½, co-writing "Love's Got Me Crazy". November and December also saw him on tour, playing shows across the country. On 24 February 2010, Weller received the Godlike Genius Award at the NME Awards. His 2010 album, Wake Up the Nation, was released in April to critical acclaim, and was subsequently nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The album also marked his first collaboration with The Jam's bassist Bruce Foxton in 28 years. In May 2010, Weller was presented with the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award, saying "I've enjoyed the last 33 years I've been writing songs and hopefully, with God's good grace, I'll do some more." On 8 November 2012, Weller announced that he would release the Dragonfly EP on 17 December 2012, a limited edition vinyl run of 3000 copies.

On 22 November 2011, Weller announced his eleventh studio album "Sonik Kicks", which was released on 19 March 2012. Weller provided vocals on The Moons' 2012 single Something Soon. In December 2012, Weller headlined the Crisis charity gig at the Hammersmith Apollo, where he performed with Emeli Sande, Miles Kane and Bradley Wiggins. On 23 March 2013, Paul Weller played drums on stage with Damon Albarn, Noel Gallagher and Graham Coxon, playing the Blur track "Tender". This was played as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts curated by Noel Gallagher. His current band line-up consists of Steve Cradock, Andy Lewis, Andy Crofts, Steve Pilgrim and Ben Gordelier. In 2014, Weller wrote Let Me In for Olly Murs's fourth album Never Been Better. In May 2015, Weller revealed dates for a West Coast Tour of the USA to promote the Saturn's Pattern album. The tour was scheduled to run from 9 June to 9 October.

Personal life Soon after the formation of The Style Council, Weller and Dee C. Lee, The Style Council's backing singer, began a romantic relationship. The couple married in 1987 and divorced in 1998. They have two children, Leah and Nathaniel (Natt), who is also a working musician and once appeared on stage with his father at Hammersmith Apollo at age 12. Weller has another daughter, Dylan, by a short-lived relationship with a make-up artist called Lucy. Weller became involved with Samantha Stock whilst he was recording at the Manor studios in the mid-1990s. They have two children together: Jesamine (born 2000) and Stevie Mac (born 2005). In October 2008, Stock and Weller broke up and Weller moved in with Hannah Andrews, a backing singer on his 22 Dreams album, who has also toured with his band. They married in September 2010 on the Italian island of Capri. The couple have twin boys, John Paul and Bowie, who were born on 14 January 2012.

In 2014, Weller won £10,000 in damages from Associated Newspapers after "plainly voyeuristic" photographs of his family out shopping were published on Mail Online. On 24 April 2009, John Weller, Paul Weller's father and long-time manager since the days of The Jam, died from pneumonia at the age of 77. Solo discography Paul Weller Tickets, Tour Dates 2017 & Concerts – Songkick The Bridgewater Hall Manchester, UK Biography Paul Weller is a singer and songwriter hailing from Woking, Surrey, England who was born on May 25th 1958. He is one of the most influential British artists of his generation, finding massive success in his bands The Jam, The Style Council and in his prolific solo career. John William Weller (everyone called him Paul from a young age, even his parents) is proof that teenage pop stars are not entirely a modern phenomenon.

You can talk about your Lorde’s and your Rihanna’s (who both made their debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same age, 17), but in The Jam, Weller was touring with The Clash by the time he was 19 and was nothing short of a youth cult leader by the time he was 24. Even at the time, few people had seen anything like the level of devotion that fans of The Jam displayed since the heyday of The Beatles. That kind of love can only really come from people seeing one of their own on stage, singing songs inspired and fuelled by the same experiences the audience were going through at the time. Looking back on it, it seems quite strange for a man as famously contrary as Weller is to be related to as strongly as he was. However, apart from the whole successful rock band thing, Weller’s life had been pretty par for the course up until then. Growing up with a musical diet of The Beatles, The Who and The Small Faces, music was the one thing that Weller cared about from the age of eleven, the age that he took up playing the guitar.

By 1972 he’d formed the first incarnation of The Jam with his mates Steve Brooks and Dave Waller on lead and rhythm guitar respectively, with Weller playing bass. Weller’s father was a taxi driver by trade, but he became the bands manager and booked them a series of shows in working men’s clubs, which they played with Rick Buckler on the drums. The classic Jam line-up was beginning to take shape, and when Waller left the band, Bruce Foxton took his place playing guitar and the stage was finally set. The band gigged all over London and Surrey until 1976, when Brookes left as well, so Weller and Foxton swapped instruments and The Jam that would become familiar to millions over the next seven years was finally ready. While not quite a punk rock band, The Jam came to prominence at around the same time as bands like the Sex Pistols and The Damned, and by 1977, just before the Summer of Punk reared its head, they were signed to Polydor Records. As far as The Jam goes, the rest is history. They became something of a youth movement, far and away one of the biggest bands in the country.

However, come 1982 Weller became frustrated with how creatively constricting it was to be in The Jam and pulled the plug on the whole thing when he was a mere 24 years old. Not wasting a moment, The Jam played their final concert in December 1982 and Weller’s follow up band, The Style Council, were formed in early 1983 alongside keyboard player Mick Talbot. The band were moderately succesful in their way, having a series of top ten hits with the likes of “Shout To The Top” and “Speak Like A Child”, and the band even gave Weller some small success in the states, something which had eluded him in The Jam, but it didn’t even rival Weller’s previous success, and by 1989, The Council’s record company refused to release their fifth album “Modernism: A New Decade”. Disillusioned, Weller split The Council and found himself without a band or label for the first time since he was 17 years old.

Many others would have retired but Weller is nothing if not tenacious, and after taking most of 1990 off, he began touring again in 1991 with his band The Paul Weller Movement. These concerts, mostly taking place in the clubs that he’d long since outgrown previously, were highly acclaimed, leading to a newfound surge in interest and some serious hype around his debut solo album. “Paul Weller” was released in 1992 on Freedom High, his own record label, and was such a success that it got him a new deal with Go! Disks, who re-released the album and saw it hit the top ten of the U.K album charts. Weller had his commercial and creative mojo back, and ever since then he’s been a true national treasure, releasing acclaimed album after acclaimed album and still commanding respect from multiple generations of music fans. He’s earned the respect of any music fan multiple times over, and still comes highly recommended. Live reviews Paul Weller Paul Weller is considered an indie/rock phenomena and enjoyed momentous success with his original band The Jam, then The Style Council and finally as a solo artist.

It feels as though Weller has the midas touch when it comes to recording music as his discography now spans forty years and includes countless hits. His set lists are a credit to the musician as a soloist as whilst often playing over twenty tracks, he only tends to pick one or two from his past endeavours as a band member. Kicking off proceedings with an anthemic rendition of 'Sunflower', Weller proves he is still a mod icon as he struts around stage with his trusted guitar in hand. All the tracks you want to hear are present, 'Peacock Suit', 'Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea' and 'Above The Clouds' are all there to keep the crowds cheering and singing along. The classic material sits well against new tracks including 'That Dangerous Age' which the crowd seems just as enthusiastic to bellow out. The original modfather really gives his fans a lesson in what makes a rock icon as Weller matches the perfect amount of showmanship with musical ability. From The Jam - Edinburgh News IF there's one thing guaranteed to get Rick Buckler's tail up, it's calling his reformed band a tribute act.

"How dare people suggest that From The Jam are a tribute band," shrieks Buckler, genuinely horrified. "Paul Weller still does Jam songs and no-one dares call him a tribute band. Bruce Foxton and I were two thirds of the original Jam line-up, so it's not like we're paying tribute to some other person. That gets on my nerves." You can see his point. As founding members of a band who had 18 Top 40 hits from 1977 to their break-up in 1982 - including four No.1's - Buckler and Foxton have every right to dip into their own back catalogue. And before anyone gets on their high horse about the fact that key member Weller will absent when two of the original line-up return to the Capital, Buckler is clear, straight off the bat, that this is the Modfather's choice. For the record, Weller has expressed his disinterest in any type of reformation many times in the past. In an interview last year, he stated that a Jam reunion would "never, ever happen", and that reformations are "sad".

Just to get his point across, Weller added: "Me and my children would have to be destitute and starving in the gutter before I'd even consider that, and I don't think that'll happen anyway "It [the Jam's music] still means something to people and that's because we stopped at the right time, it didn't become embarrassing. " Unlike most bands who are either past their sell-by date or dropped from their record company, Weller split the Jam at the height of their success - a move he says was intended to preserve the group's integrity. So while it's quite clear that Weller in no way endorses this current Jam reunion, fans will be able to judge for themselves when Buckler and Foxton play Liquid Room on Monday, performing classics like Going Underground and A Town Called Malice - songs which went on to become the soundtrack for the early Eighties. "I have reflected on the continual demand from the public for a full Jam reunion," says Buckler of the decision to reform. "Bruce and I talked this over carefully as The Jam means so much to everyone, including ourselves. "Times have changed since 1982," he adds.

"We've all grown up and got our own lives - as The Jam song Burning Sky goes. For all true Jam fans this is as good as it gets for now. And I am really looking forward to it. "There's been a lot written about what Paul's opinions on reforming the band are, and if half of what he's said is true, then fair enough. He's got his opinion, I have mine, and the fans are entitled to theirs as well." Certainly, fans' opinion appears to differ from Weller's. Despite the absence of the lead singer and songwriter, From The Jam have sold out one 20-date tour and announced a second. And we're not talking pubs either. "The reaction from the fans has been fantastic right from when we announced we were getting back together," says Buckler. "It's good to know there are still a lot of fans out there who want to hear the songs played live." Buckler also reveals that he finds former bandmate Weller's constant sniping at him and Foxton in the music press as "petty, childish and insulting", and says that he's now "sick and tired of all the backbiting".

He adds: "There were three guys in The Jam and two of them weren't called Paul Weller. It bugs me and Bruce a little that he took all the kudos. I think Jam fans knew that it wasn't just Paul who put The Jam on stage." As if to prove the point, Buckler and Foxton are not content to simply show up on tour and knock off some favourites from the back catalogue. Instead, to better bring these classic songs to life, the pair have bolstered themselves with the addition of two top quality new recruits in the shape of Russell Hastings and David Moore. "The songs were never played with two guitarists when the band were together, and having these two excellent musicians on board for the live shows really has brought something new to the songs. It's sounding great." Given that this tour marks the 30th anniversary of the Jam's debut album, In The City, and is the first time Buckler and Foxton have got together to play Jam songs since they split in 1982, this is a pretty big occasion. Clearly, Weller won't be there for it, but to dust off an old Meat Loaf line, "two out of three ain't bad". Actor Paul Weller.

Biography and Filmography Paul Weller. Buy movies Paul Weller 25 May 1958 Woking, Surrey, England, UK Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m) Has 5 children: Daughters Leah, Dylan, and Jesamine, and sons Nathaniel and Stevie. His mother named him John after contracting polio of the throat right after his birth. She was bordering on delirium and blurted out the first name she thought of. She later renamed him Paul, but his name has never been legally changed.He started his musical career as the guitarist and lead singer of the Jam in 1976, then in 1983 formed the Style Council with Mick Talbot. The band broke up after their record label refused to release their final album, and he embarked on a solo career in 1990. Show more » Has 5 children: Daughters Leah, Dylan, and Jesamine, and sons Nathaniel and Stevie. His mother named him John after contracting polio of the throat right after his birth. She was bordering on delirium and blurted out the first name she thought of.

She later renamed him Paul, but his name has never been legally changed.He started his musical career as the guitarist and lead singer of the Jam in 1976, then in 1983 formed the Style Council with Mick Talbot. The band broke up after their record label refused to release their final album, and he embarked on a solo career in 1990. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016, Hong Kong The Girl on the Train 2016, USA

Question: Paul Weller was the lead singer in which 1970’s/1980’s band?
Answer: The Jam