The Style Council

The Style Council
The Style Council in 1988, left to right: Mick Talbot (keyboards) and Paul Weller (vocals)
Background information
OriginWoking, Surrey, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1982–1989
  • 1990
  • 2019
Labels
Past members

The Style Council were an English pop band formed in Woking in 1982 by Paul Weller, the former lead vocalist, principal songwriter and guitarist with the rock band 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]

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  2. ^ "Sophisti-Pop Music Genre Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ Gaudiosi, Jeff (12 June 2020). "Paul Weller Discusses 'On Sunset' and the Post-Pandemic World". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "The Style Council | Biography & History "...'80s soul and new wave pop"". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ^ "The Style Council". Discogs. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  6. ^ Jeremy Blackmore (17 August 2022). "Vive le Style Council!". theneweuropean.co.uk.
  7. ^ Chris Catchpole (31 October 2020). "Paul Weller: "The Style Council Taught Me To Not Be a Cunt"". Esquire.
  8. ^ Pete Naughton (5 December 2015). "Paul Weller, Eventim Apollo: 'the modfather remains a dynamic force'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  9. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 537. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  10. ^ "The Style Council - The Cost of Loving". Discogs. 18 September 1987. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  11. ^ Manu Guinarte (1 November 2022), The Style Council Live - Far East & Far Out (VHS), retrieved 24 August 2024
  12. ^ "Steve Sidelnyk | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  13. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.