Former The Jam bandmates insist there’s no chance of a reunion

The former members of The Jam have made it clear to fans there will never be a reunion in a new DVD documentary.
Interviewed for director Bob Smeaton’s The Jam: About the Young Idea over the summer (15), Paul Weller, Rick Buckler and Bruce Foxton ruled out a future anniversary get together, insisting too much time has passed since the band split in 1982.
Bassist Foxton, who now leads a tribute act, called From The Jam, has previously insisted he’s happy doing his own thing, but added, “I’d never say never, though”. However, even he appears to have nailed the door shut on a get together.
In the upcoming documentary he says, “I think we’re all pretty happy with our lives now… There’s too much time and too much water under the bridge, and it’s best, probably, left there.”
“I don’t know if it would be the wisest thing to do,” Buckler adds.
And Weller, who made the decision to quit the band and form The Style Council, insists there’s still no chance he’d dig up the past with his former bandmates onstage.
“Absolutely, categorically, f**king no!” he states. “It would be against everything we ever stood for… We stopped at the right time; the music’s gone on and the music’s got legs and it’s got longevity and the young kids get into it.
“Hopefully, in years to come after we’re all brown bread (dead), people will be rediscovering it, and (that’s) good enough. That’s a good place to leave it.”
The Jam: About the Young Idea also features commentary from and interviews with celebrity The Jam fans Martin Freeman, Weller’s longtime guitarist sidekick and Ocean Colour Scene star Steve Craddock and Eddie Piller, the founder of the Acid Jazz record label. The documentary also features a get together between Weller and the band’s original guitarist Steve Brookes.