About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Classical music in England, Mod revival, Scrumpy and Western, Glam rock, Quadrophenia, The Jam, Fred Wedlock, The Merton Parkas, Acker Bilk, The Wurzels, Paul Weller, The Boxmasters, Television Personalities, English art song, Canterbury scene, Beat music, Lutke, Thomas Beecham selected discography, Secret Affair, Scrumpy & Western EP, The Lambrettas, Purple Hearts, The Chords, Adge Cutler, Manual Scan, Chisel, Long Tall Shorty, Bruce Foxton, Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra, Shy Nobleman, Ted Leo, Lovers rock, The Adored, The Prisoners, The Untouchables, The Jetset, The Carpettes, Scooterboy, The Fog Band, Grebo, Rinaldi Sings, The Moment, The Yetties, Eddie Piller, Jason Thornberry, Graduate, 2 Tone, The Fixations, The Pressure, The Clique, Adrian Holder, Mood Six, The Jolt, The Carnation, Scooter rally, So Far Away, Ronnie Washburn, The Golden Lion Light Orchestra, Moods for Moderns. Excerpt: The Jam were an English New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore neatly tailored suits rather than ripped clothes, and they incorporated a number of mainstream 1960s rock influences rather than rejecting them, placing The Jam at the forefront of the mod revival movement. They had 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four number one hits. As of 2007, "That's Entertainment" and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" remained the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK. They released one live album and six studio albums, the last of which, The Gift, hit number one on the UK album charts. When the group split up, their first 15 singles were re-released and all placed ...
