Bruce Foxton

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Origin = Woking, Surrey, England
Instrument = Bass guitar
Genre = Punk rock Rock and roll
Occupation = Bass player
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Associated_acts = The Jam Stiff Little Fingers Casbah Club from The Jam
URL = [http://www.brucefoxton.com BruceFoxton.com]
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Bruce Foxton (born 1 September 1955, Woking, Surrey) is an English rock and roll musician who is best remembered as the bass player in punk/new wave bands The Jam and Stiff Little Fingers.

In The Jam, he and drummer Rick Buckler played a subordinate role behind singer, guitarist, and songwriter Paul Weller. Foxton did, however, take lead vocals on a few tracks, most notably the singles "David Watts" (a cover of a Kinks track) and "News of the World", which was his own composition. Foxton did pen a few other tracks, possibly the most notable being "Smithers-Jones", done as a straightforward rock take for the B-side of "When You're Young" and later reworked with strings for the "Setting Sons" album. Stiff Little Fingers would regularly perform the song live after Foxton joined. Foxton, while not nearly as prominent or remembered as Paul Weller, was a relatively major figure in the Mod Revival movement.fact|date=August 2008

While in The Jam, Foxton discovered The Vapors and co-managed the group with John Weller, Paul's father. Ironically, The Vapors enjoyed greater success in the U.S. than The Jam would ever have with the Top 40 single "Turning Japanese", but broke up shortly thereafter.

After The Jam split, Foxton pursued a brief solo career. He had a minor UK hit with the single "Freak" and played in several less well known groups, until he joined Stiff Little Fingers.

He stayed with Stiff Little Fingers for fifteen years, during which time they recorded four albums, namely, "Flags and Emblems", "Get a Life", "Tinderbox", and "Guitar and Drum". During his time with the band, he wrote and co-wrote several tracks, and along with Jake Burns, managed the group for a while, after Russel Emmanuel gave up the job.

In 1994, Foxton and Buckler collaborated on "Our Story", a biography of their years in The Jam. It was around this time he became a source of fascination for comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring on their BBC Radio 1 music shows.

In 2006, Foxton toured with Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki and Simon Townshend as The Casbah Club.

In February 2007, Foxton and former Jam drummer Rick Buckler announced they would be touring again as "From The Jam", with members of Buckler's Jam tribute band The Gift. After a successful tour of the UK, From The Jam embarked on a tour of the United States, Canada and Australasia in early 2008.

External links

* [http://www.brucefoxton.com Official website]

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title = Bassist for Stiff Little Fingers
years = 1990–2006
before = Ali McMordie
after = Ali McMordie
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