The Style Council is a band that included various styles, mainly r & b, soul, funk, and modern jazz melodies based on a fresh pop. They were pioneers of musical movements that emerged as developments mentioned above: New labels and soul britannia, jazzy, and acid jazz. Formed as a duo in 1983 by former Jam frontman Paul Weller, and keyboardist Mike Talbot from Merton Parkas, after a few skirmishes with the group Weller Everything But The Girl. Were accompanied in the first recordings by several musicians and the singer Tracie Young, who had such good voice as discrete RBI by Paul Weller. In 1984 it became part of the training sets only drummer Steve White 18 years. Subsequently joined the lineup of singer Dee C. Lee, who had previously worked with Wham!. Dee C. Lee and Paul Weller married and had two children, divorced in the early 90's. Many fans of The Jam did not understand the change of Paul Weller, who really was an evolution in their approaches could hardly be carried out within the straitjacket of a rock band with roots in punk. Paul stated that it intended to Style Council were a fusion of styles from The Small Faces and the Modern Jazz bands of the early 60's, trying to sound black as possible. The Style Council had even greater political awareness than The Jam. Paul and Mick joined Billy Bragg Red Wedge in the draft, and support for the world Labour and against Margaret Thatcher were evident in the acidic lyrics Money Go Round, The Lodgers, Come to Milton Keynes, or Shout to the Top. The biggest commercial successes of The Style Council came in 1985 with the album Our Favourite Shop, which reached number 1 on the UK charts. Once again, Paul Weller did not succeed in the U.S., although at least with The Style Council got more than with The Jam: The theme My Ever Changing Moods reached # 29 on the Billboard charts. In 1989, accelerated the separation of the group, something that was already in the mind of Mick and Paul. To learn more about the biography of Paul Weller this page has information interesting and very well written.
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