The Style Council | |
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![]() Mick Talbot and Paul Weller, 1988 | |
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Origin | Woking, Surrey, England |
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The Style Council were a British band formed in late 1982 by Paul Weller, the former lead vocalist, principal songwriter and guitarist with the Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Runners, the Bureau and the Merton Parkas.[5] Weller started the project to escape the restrictions of the Jam, and to explore a more arty, European, jazzier direction,[6] which encompassed pop, hip hop, and soul.[7][8]
The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-girlfriend, vocalist Dee C. Lee.[9] Other artists such as Tracie Young, Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl) and drummer/percussionist Steve Sidelnyk[10][11] (who has played for Madonna, Seal and Richard Ashcroft[12]) also performed and collaborated with the group. As with Weller's previous band, most of the London-based group's hits were in their homeland, where they scored seven top 10 hits.[9] The band also had hit singles and albums in Australia and New Zealand during the 1980s.[13]