Sharp were an English
new wave band active during the mid 1980s, featuring former
Jam
Jam is a type of fruit preserve.
Jam or Jammed may also refer to:
Other common meanings
* A firearm malfunction
* Block signals
** Radio jamming
** Radar jamming and deception
** Mobile phone jammer
** Echolocation jamming
Arts and enterta ...
members
Bruce Foxton
Bruce Douglas Foxton (born 1 September 1955) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
Foxton's music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as bassist and backing vocalist of mod revival band the Jam. ...
and
Rick Buckler
Paul Richard Buckler (born 6 December 1955) is an English musician who is the former drummer of The Jam.
Early years
Buckler was born in the town of Woking in the county of Surrey, England. He received his education at Sheerwater Secondary Sc ...
. They released one standalone single, in 1986.
History
After the Jam broke up in 1982, Bruce Foxton pursued a solo career and Rick Buckler formed
Time UK, featuring
Jimmy Edwards
James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in '' Take It from Here'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in '' Whack-O!''.
Early l ...
on vocals. After a stop-start career that took over two years to release three singles, and a rapid dwindling of the initial public interest in the band, they effectively broke up.
Foxton, finding his solo career had followed a similar path to Time UK's, recorded several tracks with Buckler and Edwards. A standalone single, "Entertain Me", was released on the independent record label,
Unicorn-Kanchana
Unicorn-Kanchana is a British independent record label founded by John Goldsmith (died 2020), a former London police officer. Originally known as Unicorn Records, the name Kanchana was added later to distinguish the company from Unicorn Digital o ...
in 1986.
Tracks from the release were included on a 2002 Time UK
compilation album, ''One More Time''.
Band members
*
Rick Buckler
Paul Richard Buckler (born 6 December 1955) is an English musician who is the former drummer of The Jam.
Early years
Buckler was born in the town of Woking in the county of Surrey, England. He received his education at Sheerwater Secondary Sc ...
– drums
*
Jimmy Edwards
James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in '' Take It from Here'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in '' Whack-O!''.
Early l ...
– vocals
*
Bruce Foxton
Bruce Douglas Foxton (born 1 September 1955) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
Foxton's music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as bassist and backing vocalist of mod revival band the Jam. ...
– bass guitar, backing vocals
Discography
*"Entertain Me"/"So Say Hurrah" (7", Unicorn PHZ5), 1986
*"Entertain Me"/"So Say Hurrah"/"Next Generation" (12", Unicorn 12PHZ5), 1986
*''One More Time'' (Time UK compilation album, Detour DRCD041), 2002
References
External links
Time UK site
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English new wave musical groups
Musical groups established in 1985
1985 establishments in England