18 Facts About Rick Buckler

Paul Richard Buckler was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band the Jam.

In retrospect, Rick Buckler felt that Weller had been given undue credit for the band's song catalogue to the detriment of its other members' contributions.

Rick Buckler was involved in the production of the debut studio album of the Family Cat, Tell 'Em We're Surfin.

In 2005, Rick Buckler re-entered professional music when he set up a new band called the Gift, named after the final studio album release by the Jam, with Russell Hastings and Dave Moore, with himself on drums, playing exclusively old material from the Jam's back catalogue.

Paul Richard Rick Buckler was born on 6 December 1955 in the town of Woking in the county of Surrey, England, to Bill and Peggy Rick Buckler, a telephone engineer and factory worker respectively.

Rick Buckler received his education at Sheerwater Secondary School, in Woking.

Rick Buckler began an A-Level in technical drawing but abandoned his studies after a year.

Rick Buckler worked as a trainee draughtsman for four years until The Jam's breakthrough.

Rick Buckler 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 rock band with an original sound as part of the mod revival movement in England's music and fashion scenes of the period.

In retrospect, Rick Buckler felt that Weller had been given undue credit for the band's song catalogue to the detriment of its other members' contributions.

In 1983, Rick 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.

Rick Buckler was involved in the production of the debut studio album of the Family Cat, Tell 'Em We're Surfin.

In November 2005, Rick Buckler re-entered professional music when he set up a new band called the Gift, named after the final studio album release by the Jam, with Russell Hastings and Dave Moore, with himself on drums, playing exclusively old material from the Jam's back catalogue.

Criticism of the new act from a distance by Paul Weller confirmed that it was not going to be a means of a reformation of the original band, and Rick Buckler felt that to continue performing with it without Weller, ran the risk of his and Foxton's finding themselves in the situation of becoming a Jam tribute band.

In 2013, Rick Buckler moved into a management consultancy role for new musical acts, including singer-guitarist Sarah Jane, and the band the Brompton Mix.

Rick Buckler's autobiography, entitled That's Entertainment: My Life in the Jam, was published in 2015 by Omnibus Press.

Rick Buckler lived with his wife Lesley in Woking; they had two children.

Rick Buckler died following a brief illness in Woking, on 17 February 2025, at the age of 69.