Rick Buckler

Rick Buckler
Rick Buckler performing in 2006 at the Islington Academy.
Background information
Birth name	Paul Richard Buckler
Born	(1955-12-06) 6 December 1955 (age 61)
Origin	Woking, Surrey, England
Genres	Punk rock mod revival new wave
Occupation(s)	Drummer percussionist songwriter producer
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1972–1995, 2005–present
Labels	Polydor Detour Invisible Hands Music
Associated acts	The Jam Time UK Sharp The Highliners The Fourth Wall The Gift From The Jam If
Website	www.thejamfan.net, www.rickbuckler.net
Notable instruments
Hayman Drums Yamaha Drums Premier Elite Drums Premier Soundwave Drums Premier Resonator Drums Premier Projector Drums Premier Elite/Soundwave Drums (Custom) Ludwig Classic Maple Series

Paul Richard "Rick" Buckler (born 6 December 1955) is an English pop musician, and former drummer of The Jam.

Buckler was born in the town of Woking in the county of Surrey, England. He received his education at Sheerwater Secondary School, in Woking. Whilst there in the early 1970s he joined other pupils in a newly formed band named The Jam.

He was the drummer for The Jam from its formation in the early 1970s through to its break up in the early 1980s, during which time it became a critically acclaimed and commercially successful pop band with an original sound as part of the post-punk "Mod Revival" movement in England's music and fashion scenes of the period. Although the band was creatively dominated by its lead singer/guitarist Paul Weller, its rhythm section of Buckler and Bruce Foxton (bass guitar) were integral to its sound.

The band broke up at the behest of Weller in 1982, and Buckler and Weller - apart from a brief greeting exchanged in passing at a chance meeting - have not spoken to one another since.

In 1983 Buckler set up a new band entitled Time UK, featuring himself on drums, Jimmy Edwards and Ray Simone, Danny Kustow, and the bassist Martin Gordon. Gordon's tenure was brief – he recorded demos and performed only one gig with the band before being replaced by Nick South. Time UK sold nearly 60,000 copies of their first single release "The Cabaret".

In the mid-1980s Buckler briefly reunited with his former Jam bandmate Bruce Foxton, and with Jimmy Edwards they performed in a new band called Sharp, recording some new songs for the short-lived 'Unicorn' record label. These recordings were subsequently re-issued on a 'Time UK' anthology release.

After Time UK broke up, Buckler moved into Recording, producing the album Bound for Glory by The Highliners, which he also drummed for briefly in 1990. He also produced the debut album in 1989 for The Family Cat .