As frontman of the new wave act The Jam and the soul duo Style Council, Paul
Weller (born 25 May 1958 in Woking, Surrey) had already made his own indelible
mark on British rock long before he started releasing solo albums in 1992. After
Style Council split up in 1989, he adopted a more jazz-influenced approach in
his songwriting and quickly re-established himself as one of the nation's finest
solo artists with 1992's gold-certified Paul Weller, 1993's Top 5 hit "Wild
Wood", and his first chart-topping solo record, 1995's Stanley Road. The latter
album became an inspirational infl...