History Music / TheJam

Not to be confused with either the Justified Ancients of [=MuMu=] or JAM Project.

* WeUsedToBeFriends Paul Weller breaking up the trio in 1982 created a bad case of this, as both Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler were badly wrong-footed by the decision. At first, Foxton reacted really badly to this, and refused to speak to Weller for quite a few years. Buckler's reaction was more measured, and although he refused to work with Weller, the two were otherwise quite friendly. But, oddly, over the years, the position has changed, with Foxton occasionally playing bass on Weller's recordings, and Buckler now not wanting anything to do with Weller. If fact, Buckler's shift of opinion against Weller, especially measured against Foxton's willingness to return to the fold, has led to a minor meme amongst musicians, it being dubbed "Buckler's disease". [[note]] For the American equivalent, think "Clifford's disease". [[/note]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends Paul Weller breaking up the trio in 1982 created a bad case of this, as both Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler were badly wrong-footed by the decision. At first, Foxton reacted really badly to this, and refused to speak to Weller for quite a few years. Buckler's reaction was more measured, and although he refused to work with Weller, the two were otherwise quite friendly. But, oddly, over the years, the position has changed, with Foxton occasionally playing bass or Weller's recordings, and Buckler now not wanting anything to do with Weller. If fact, Buckler's shift of opinion against Weller, especially measured against Foxton's willingness to return to the fold, has led to a minor meme amongst musicians, it being dubbed "Buckler's disease". [[note]] For the American equivalent, think "Clifford's disease". [[/note]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: At the beginning of their career, their songs were generally on the harder end of 5. Later albums (from ''All Mod Cons'' on) drop into 3-4 territory with increasing frequency, and also have the odd song ("English Rose" is perhaps the best example) that gets as low as a 1-2.

** While not a protest song, the closing track to ''All Mod Cons'', "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", has anti-racist elements. The lyrics suggest that an Indian (or Pakistani) man is stopped at a ticket machine by a group of violent skinheads (they're described as smelling of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs (a notorious prison) and too many right wing meetings) who then beat him up, take his money and house keys, and make their way to his home to ransack it and assault his wife.
** Ironically, because of the song's dark subject matter, the anti-racist lyrics were lost on the BBC since they banned it from radio airplay. Tony Blackburn, a former radio BBC Radio 1 host at the time, infamously said: "It's disgusting the way punks sing about violence. Why can't they sing about trees and flowers?"

* BrokenBase: The genre shift toward sophisti-pop in their final album, ''The Gift'', was a source of contention between Weller and his bandmates and also caused a divide among their fans. Some welcomed the sudden funk and soul-driven sounds of "Precious" and "Town Called Malice", while others seethed with anger at Weller for 'selling out'. Some fans to this day refer to Weller's follow-up group as "The Shit Council".

* BrokenBase: The genre shift toward sophisti-pop in their final album, ''The Gift'', was a source of contention between Weller and his bandmates and also caused a divide among their fans. Some welcomed the sudden funk and soul-driven sounds of "Precious" and "Town Called Malice", while others seethed with anger at Weller for "selling out". Some fans to this day refer to Weller's follow-up group as "The Shit Council".