This Month In Punk Rock History Feb 2024 The Jam: Origins and How they got signed. 

Thanks for Watching.

The jam were crap ! Never mind the bollocks ?

Thank you for watching.

I agree. That first record is solid.

Hey, thanks for sharing. Was the Sex Pistols crowd rough?

Nah -- it was San Francisco, still a bastion of hippies at the time, though there was probably a noisier contingent from L.A. Most of the crowd was just there for the freak show, we all threw random junk and coins at the stage. Both the show and the band's prior radio appearances are widely available -- Steve and Paul were interviewed together on KSAN, uncensored, with listener calls late at night, and that was hilarious. Johnny and Sid were interviewed, censored, by a DJ who hated them, and that was dull.

​@@simonagree4070I was at Winter Land for the Pistols.Im from SF, and caught ALL the groups KSAN 95 were playing. 1977-1980 was the best period for new music. The Jam actually had a keyboard player.Paul Weller and I were born in 1958. He is still the most dynamic musician around. I'm lucky to have seen him a few times. I also caught flack for loving the Jam. Saw the Clash, Stranglers, and the Attractions early on, but Paul and Bruce just nailed it for me. I remember a lite crowd at the Pistols.Everyone was heading to the FabMab to catch a late Avengers set.

Thank you, sir. I will check out Sharp class.

@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse they’re a bunch of rich kids who got all their gear from daddy’s money and are stuck playing the same old tunes

Don't be silly. There was no string.

There were different opinions by the band itself. Weller and Buckler said the opposite of each other

Problem is, they said different things at different points in time. I accept that they embraced the mod mantra when mod/ska music came along around 1979, but prior to that they were very much part of the punk/new wave movement. People mistakenly think all punks had to have spikey hair as was prevalent in the 1980s punk movement, but in 1977 very few punk/new wave bands were like that. Other than the Pistols, none of the Clash (Paul Simonen aside), Damned, Stranglers, Buzzcocks, 999, Sham 69, Vibrators, SLF, Boomtown Rats, Undertones, etc really dressed like classic punks. Overall, the Jam were a key part of the both the punk/New Wave and Mod eras, and not just one or the other. That is crystal clear, and I don't know why certain punks and mods cannot see or accept that. @@SweetJimmyNetwork

No he didn’t. You’re not listening.

@@markforster2794It is hard to listen. This dude reads his script way too fast.

@@vinylrichie007 Then listen repeatedly!

The garage rock movement actually started in the 60s post Beatles on Ed Sullivan. There is a great box set called nuggets with some cool tracks

Got the 3 nuggs box sets European , American and British they're quite good another good set is called Trash

@royphillips7435 I had had the Brit and American. Didn't know about Europe. It seems there is 3 volumes of punk. I learned of The Sonics from Nuggets.Was totally worth the price of admission. I heard about Nuggets from Little Steven's radio show.

Sonics are brill , also another great 5 cd set is Nederbeat 1964 -69 all Dutch garage , psych n prog and another good box 4 cd is the Mojo English garage Psych stuff. Rock on my man 👌😊

@@SweetJimmyNetworkbollocks. Punk would’ve started without the beatles

The Who was also a punk band.

Well the Jam albums were in the Punk section at the record store.

The who punk?

@@leoninocat5070 describe and define “punk music” for me real quick.

Musicalement, ce n'était pas un "style" punk (angelic upstars, 999, Spizz Energy ou Wire l'avaient). Les textes, par contre, l'étaient. On peut dire la même chose d'Elvis Costello.

@vinylrichie007 Perhaps you listen too slowly - I didn't have a problem with it.

No he didn't!😂 I was there at the Nashville when it happened!

​@@hughzapretti-boyden9187So what did happen then?

@@alanmahoney167 handbags at dawn! Sid was an obnoxious, gobby prick & butted Weller & Weller replied with a slap & was lobbed out of the club. Laid out cold!?!😂

Interesting, was he rude?

@doasyoulikefawkes7127 Stop beating about the bush and spit it out if you've got something to say.

In a recent interview he said he lives near Guildford. Those were violent times , only had to say the wrong thing. The woke crowd today wouldn't last five minutes back then.