01Profile
A Bruce Foxton Photo
Bruce Foxton
Musician — Surrey
03Interview
Name, where are you from?
Bruce Foxton, From The Jam.
Describe your style in three words?
A lot of class.
What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
Sex Pistols - 100 Club.
It sounded amazing and it gave us a direction to go in.
'Anarchy In The UK'.
If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history?
Small Faces, The Beatles, The Kinks. That era. The songs were great. Ray Davies songwriting was amazing.
Which Subcultures have influenced you?
My middle brother, Derek was what I called a proper mod. I used to look up to him. I loved the clothes he wore, he had a Lambretta. I wanted to aspire to that. I wanted to follow in his footsteps.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
Winston Churchill. Going by what I've read and what he did. Sounds like an amazing man.
Of all the venues you’ve been to, which is your favourite?
We get asked this a lot. Like picking your favourite track, there's such a wealth to choose from. There's also a wealth of venues so it's really difficult. We're lucky that The Jam, and From The Jam, are pretty much welcomed everywhere. I can't pinpoint one show. They're all great.
Bruce Foxton, exploded onto the music scene in 1976 as the bassist in The Jam. He was recently voted by readers of NME as the 7th Most Influential Bass Player in the world. He continues performing The Jam’s music as From The Jam with Russell Hastings.
From The Jam will be touring this Autumn to mark the 40th anniversary of The Jam's 1979 LP 'Setting Sons'
Find out more and get tickets at www.fromthejamofficial.com
02Playlist
04Playlist Notes
The first track you played on repeat?
Golden Earring - 'Radar Love'
All I can think of was a party I went to many moons ago in the early '70s'. This was alcohol-fuelled. I went to this party and they played Golden Earring over and over again as there was a shortage of records. We were all supposed to bring records but not a lot of people did.
A song that defines the teenage you?
The Undertones - 'Teenage Kicks'
One record you would keep forever?
The Jam - 'Going Underground'
A song lyric that has inspired you?
As I said earlier - Ray Davies probably - 'Waterloo Sunset'.
A song you wished you had written?
The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'
Best song to turn up loud?
Sex Pistols - 'Holidays in The Sun'
A song people wouldn’t expect you to like?
Probably 'Radar Love' but that's because I'd been brainwashed by it.
The song to get you straight on the dance floor?
You've got your work cut out with that one. Dad dancing. I don't really get on the dancefloor. If I did it would be something ridiculous as I'd have to be drunk. Probably something like a Quo track. Which ain't doing my credibility a lot of good!
Any new bands you are into at the moment?
There's not a lot out there that I really enjoy at the moment. I'm very much stuck in the old favourites from the '60s and '70s. I did buy Noel Gallagher's last album, once in a while, I fork out.
03Interview
Name, where are you from?
Bruce Foxton, From The Jam.
Describe your style in three words?
A lot of class.
What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
Sex Pistols - 100 Club.
It sounded amazing and it gave us a direction to go in.
'Anarchy In The UK'.
If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history?
Small Faces, The Beatles, The Kinks. That era. The songs were great. Ray Davies songwriting was amazing.
Which Subcultures have influenced you?
My middle brother, Derek was what I called a proper mod. I used to look up to him. I loved the clothes he wore, he had a Lambretta. I wanted to aspire to that. I wanted to follow in his footsteps.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
Winston Churchill. Going by what I've read and what he did. Sounds like an amazing man.
Of all the venues you’ve been to, which is your favourite?
We get asked this a lot. Like picking your favourite track, there's such a wealth to choose from. There's also a wealth of venues so it's really difficult. We're lucky that The Jam, and From The Jam, are pretty much welcomed everywhere. I can't pinpoint one show. They're all great.
Bruce Foxton, exploded onto the music scene in 1976 as the bassist in The Jam. He was recently voted by readers of NME as the 7th Most Influential Bass Player in the world. He continues performing The Jam’s music as From The Jam with Russell Hastings.
From The Jam will be touring this Autumn to mark the 40th anniversary of The Jam's 1979 LP 'Setting Sons'
Find out more and get tickets at www.fromthejamofficial.com
04Playlist Notes
The first track you played on repeat?
Golden Earring - 'Radar Love'
All I can think of was a party I went to many moons ago in the early '70s'. This was alcohol-fuelled. I went to this party and they played Golden Earring over and over again as there was a shortage of records. We were all supposed to bring records but not a lot of people did.
A song that defines the teenage you?
The Undertones - 'Teenage Kicks'
One record you would keep forever?
The Jam - 'Going Underground'
A song lyric that has inspired you?
As I said earlier - Ray Davies probably - 'Waterloo Sunset'.
A song you wished you had written?
The Beatles - 'Hey Jude'
Best song to turn up loud?
Sex Pistols - 'Holidays in The Sun'
A song people wouldn’t expect you to like?
Probably 'Radar Love' but that's because I'd been brainwashed by it.
The song to get you straight on the dance floor?
You've got your work cut out with that one. Dad dancing. I don't really get on the dancefloor. If I did it would be something ridiculous as I'd have to be drunk. Probably something like a Quo track. Which ain't doing my credibility a lot of good!
Any new bands you are into at the moment?
There's not a lot out there that I really enjoy at the moment. I'm very much stuck in the old favourites from the '60s and '70s. I did buy Noel Gallagher's last album, once in a while, I fork out.
The Jam - 'David Watts'
The Jam - 'News Of The World'
The Jam - 'All Around The World'
The Jam - 'The Eton Rifles'