The Jam Drummer
Rick Buckler Useless At 69
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Rick Buckler, the drummer for the legendary rock band The Jam, has died after a short sickness.
His demise in Woking, UK was confirmed on X by his former bandmates, with Paul Weller reflecting on their journey from bed room rehearsals to reaching greater than they ever dreamed — saying what they created nonetheless stands the check of time.
Rick’s different former bandmate, Bruce Foxton, known as him an amazing drummer whose revolutionary beats helped form their iconic songs, together with “Going Underground” — and he additionally expressed how grateful he was to have had the prospect to work with him as a lot as they did.
Rick’s demise comes simply two weeks after he needed to cancel a latest spoken phrase tour as a consequence of ongoing well being points, which he shared in a Fb publish.
The trio met in class, and so they fashioned The Jam in ’72. Their debut album, “In the City,” dropped in ’77, and so they went on to launch a number of albums and 4 number-one singles earlier than breaking apart in ’82.
Rick took a break from music within the mid-’90s to work as a carpenter, however made a comeback in 2005 with a brand new band, The Present — which Bruce later joined — and so they toured collectively from 2007 to 2009.
Rick is survived by his spouse, Lesley, and two kids.
He was 69.
RIP
