Rick Buckler

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Rick Buckler
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Buckler performing in 2006
Background information
Born
Paul Richard Buckler

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Woking, Surrey, England
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Woking, Surrey, England
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  • Drummer
  • percussionist
  • songwriter
  • producer
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  • 1972–1995
  • 2005–2025
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Websitethejamfan.net

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Paul Richard Buckler (6 December 1955 – 17 February 2025) was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band the Jam.

Although the Jam's creative output came to be attributed primarily to Paul Weller, its rhythm section of Buckler and Bruce Foxton (bass guitar) were integral to its sound. In retrospect, Buckler felt that Weller had been given undue credit for the band's song catalogue to the detriment of its other members' contributions.

In the mid-1980s, Buckler briefly reunited with Foxton, and with Jimmy Edwards they performed in a new band called Sharp, recording some new songs for the short-lived Unicorn record label. After Time UK broke up, Buckler moved into production, running a studio in Islington, working on the album Bound for Glory by the Highliners (which he also drummed for briefly in 1990). He was also involved in the production of the debut studio album of the Family Cat, Tell 'Em We're Surfin (1989).

In the mid-1990s, Buckler abandoned professional music and went into business as an ad hoc carpenter, fashioning cabinets and 'distressed' furniture in Woking, Surrey. In 2005, Buckler re-entered professional music when he set up a new band called the Gift,[2] named after the final studio album release by the Jam, with Russell Hastings and Dave Moore, with himself on drums, playing exclusively old material from the Jam's back catalogue. In 2007, Foxton joined as the bassist and the new band began touring under the name of From the Jam. After four years of touring, Buckler left From the Jam in September 2009.

Early years

Paul Richard Buckler was born on 6 December 1955 in the town of Woking in the county of Surrey, England, to Bill and Peggy Buckler (nee White), a telephone engineer and factory worker respectively.[3] He received his education at Sheerwater Secondary School, in Woking. While there in the early 1970s, he joined other pupils Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton in a newly formed band named the Jam.[3][4][5] Buckler began an A-Level in technical drawing but abandoned his studies after a year. He worked as a trainee draughtsman for four years until the Jam's breakthrough.[3]

The Jam

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The Jam performing live in Newcastle upon Tyne during their Trans-global Unity tour, April 1982.[7]

The Jam's first single, "In the City", took them into the UK Top 40 in May 1977.[8] In 1979, the group released "The Eton Rifles" and first broke into the Top 10, hitting the No. 3 spot in November.[9] 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.[10]

The Jam became the first band since the Beatles to perform both sides of the same single ("Town Called Malice" and "Precious") on one edition of Top of the Pops.[11] They also had two singles, "That's Entertainment" (1981) and "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" (1982), reach No. 21 and No. 8 respectively in the UK singles chart[12] despite not being released as singles in the UK—on the strength of import sales of the German single releases.[13] At that time, "That's Entertainment" was the best-selling import-only single to date in the UK charts.[13]

Buckler was the drummer for the Jam from its formation in the early 1970s through to its break-up in the early 1980s, during which time it became a critically acclaimed and commercially successful rock band with an original sound as part of the mod revival movement in England's music and fashion scenes of the period.[14]

Later career

In 1983, Buckler set up a new band entitled Time UK, featuring himself on drums, Jimmy Edwards and Ray Simone, Danny Kustow, and the bassist Martin Gordon.[15][16] In the mid-1980s, Buckler briefly reunited with his former Jam bandmate Bruce Foxton, and with Jimmy Edwards they performed in a new band called Sharp, recording some new songs for the short-lived Unicorn record label. These recordings were subsequently reissued on a Time UK anthology release.[16] After Time UK broke up, Buckler moved into production, running a studio in Islington, working on the album Bound for Glory by the Highliners (which he also drummed for briefly in 1990). He was also involved in the production of the debut studio album of the Family Cat, Tell 'Em We're Surfin (1989).[17] In the mid-1990s, Buckler abandoned professional music and went into business as an ad hoc carpenter, fashioning cabinets and 'distressed' furniture in Woking, Surrey.[18][19]

In November 2005, Buckler re-entered professional music when he set up a new band called the Gift, named after the final studio album release by the Jam, with Russell Hastings (lead vocals/guitar) and Dave Moore (bass guitar), with himself on drums, playing exclusively old material from the Jam's back catalogue. In 2007, Bruce Foxton joined as the bassist (Moore moving to rhythm guitar and keyboards) and the new band began touring under the name of From the Jam.[16] After four years of touring, Buckler left From the Jam in September 2009, being replaced by Mark Brzezicki of Big Country.[16] Criticism of the new act from a distance by Paul Weller confirmed that it was not going to be a means of a reformation of the original band,[20] and Buckler felt that to continue performing with it without Weller, ran the risk of his and Foxton's finding themselves in the situation of becoming a Jam tribute band.[19]

In July 2012, Buckler ceremonially unveiled an oak wood abstract art sculpture by Richard Heys, entitled "The Space Between", on the Guildford Road in Woking, commissioned at a cost of £45,000 by Woking Borough Council to commemorate the Jam in the band's home town.[21] In 2013, Buckler moved into a management consultancy role for new musical acts, including singer-guitarist Sarah Jane, and the band the Brompton Mix.[22] Buckler's autobiography, entitled That's Entertainment: My Life in the Jam, was published in 2015 by Omnibus Press.[23][24]

Personal life and death

Buckler lived with his wife Lesley in Woking; they had two children.[25] After leaving the Jam he authored several publications on the act's history.[25] Buckler died following a brief illness in Woking, on 17 February 2025, at the age of 69.[26][27] Weller paid tribute to Buckler, saying, "I'm shocked and saddened by Rick's passing. I'm thinking back to us all rehearsing in my bedroom in Stanley Road, Woking."[28]

Publications

References

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  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rutter, Barry (7 March 2012). "Break-up of The Jam was bitterest pill for Rick Buckler". Woking News and Mail. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Remembering The Clash's 'White Riot' tour with The Jam and The Buzzcocks". Far Out. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Jam Information Pages – by Kevin Lock". Thejam.org.uk. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."In the City by The Jam". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Eton Rifles by Jam". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Going Underground/Dreams of Children by Jam". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Retro Chart: Writing on wall for Jam as Town Called Malice hits top". Independent.ie. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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  13. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, John (2005). Paul Weller: My Ever Changing Moods (4th ed.). Omnibus Press. pp. 100, 125, 268–269. ISBN 1844494918.
  14. ^ The Jam: Sounds from the Street, by Graham Willmott (Pub. Reynolds & Hearn, 2003), Template:ISBN
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Minton, Matt (18 February 2025). "Rick Buckler, Drummer for the Jam, Dies at 69". Variety. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  16. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Charisma Madarang (19 February 2025). "Paul Weller leads tributes to The Jam's Rick Buckler following his death at 69". rollingstone.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Time for Truth – the Rick Buckler interview". Writewyattuk.com. 2 April 2015.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rick Buckler (The Jam) After They Were Famous (ITV 15th June 2002) - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  19. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Break-up of The Jam was bitterest pill for Rick Buckler". Woking News and Mail. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Terry talks to Rick Buckler - Part Two - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 May 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barry Rutter (13 July 2012). "Fans turn out in force to see unveiling of sculpture tribute to The Jam". Woking News and Mail.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rick Buckler (The Jam) talks about 'Mad, Bad and Dangerous'". YouTube. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Coming in 2015: Rick Buckler – Autobiography on Omnibus Press". Modculture.co.uk. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cole, Angela (3 March 2015). "Former drummer with The Jam, Rick Buckler, will be in Maidstone in June to promote his autobiography". Kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  25. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former drummer with the Jam, Rick Buckler, took a whistle-stop tour of Sheppey to talk about his new book". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Winston, Fran (18 February 2025). "The Jam's drummer Rick Buckler dies aged 69 as bandmates pay tribute". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Madarang, Charisma (19 February 2025). "Paul Weller leads tributes to The Jam's Rick Buckler following his death at 69". Rolling Stone UK. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

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