Paul Weller (born 25 May 1958) is an English singer \/ songwriter, leader of two successful bands: The Jam and The Style Council. In England, he is recognised as something of a national institution yet, because much of his songwriting is rooted in English culture, he has remained essentially a national rather than an international star. Weller\u2019s eleventh studio album, Sonik Kicks, was released on 19 March 2012. The Green Songfacts reports that it was recorded in Weller\u2019s own Black Barn Studios in Ripley, Surrey, with co-producer Simon Dine and engineer Charles Rees. Born John William Weller in Stanley Road, Woking, he was also a central figure in the Mod revival. As the leader of the Jam, Paul Weller fronted the most popular British band of the punk era, influencing legions of English rockers that ranged from his mod-revival contemporaries to the Smiths in the \u201980s and Oasis in the \u201990s. During the final days of the Jam, he developed a fascination with Motown and soul, which led him to form the sophisti-pop group the Style Council in 1983. As the Style Council\u2019s career progressed, Weller\u2019s interest in soul developed into an infatuation with jazz-pop and house music, which eventually led to gradual erosion of his audience \u2014 by 1990, he couldn\u2019t get a record contract in the UK, where he had previously been worshipped as a demi-god. As a solo artist, Weller returned to soul music as an inspiration, cutting it with the progressive, hippie tendencies of Traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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