Paul Weller has epitomized different characteristics of pop traditions over the years. To anyone with an eye for the Mod cloth, he has been a fashion icon. To thirty-something fans of The Jam, he fronted the most thrilling and vital band since the 1960s (or ever, for that matter). Paul Weller has taken benefit by the nickname of the Modfather, a term which reflects his near - lifetime passion for the Sixties cult which has infused parts of his image and his music.
The Jam were Mod, in the very English sense of mid - Sixties, The Who or The Kinks. The Style Council were Mod in the very multi-ethnic sense of modern jazz. Paul Weller solo is Mod in the brains of a post - Acid Jazz dance and a late Sixties Small Faces vibe. He has come to symbolize a very British style of rock which transcends age and easy arrangement. Paul Weller’s thirty year career shows an unusual scenario. By his own admission, he keeps on to emulate his musical heroes, a mixture of Sixties (Mod) icons - Steve Marriott, Pete Townsend, Ray Davis, and soul legends Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield
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