What is The Jam?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = The Jam | Img = Thejam.gif | Img_alt = | Img_capt = The Jam in concert in Newcastle during their ''Trans-global Unity'' tour in March 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejam.org.uk/gigs.html |title=The Jam Information Pages – by Kevin Lock |publisher=Thejam.org.uk |date=11 April 2007 |access-date=15 March 2012 |archive-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816015007/https://thejam.org.uk/gigs.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Woking]], [[Surrey]], [[England]] | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Punk rock]], [[mod revival]], [[New Wave music|New Wave]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_/ai_93687578 | work=Business Wire | title=Retro-Garage the Jam Celebrated With First DVD Collection, ''The Complete Jam''; All the Videos, Dozens Of TV Appearances and More | date=31 October 2002 | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120529204922/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Oct_31/ai_93687578/ | archivedate=29 May 2012 | access-date=15 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202565.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=From the Jam, Back With Fury 26 Years Later | date=13 February 2008 | accessdate=25 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://canopicjar.com/Canopic9/hoekstra.html |title=SHELLEY & THE JAM |author=Doug Hoekstra |publisher=Canopicjar.com |access-date=2012-03-15 |archive-date=2009-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210234031/http://canopicjar.com/Canopic9/hoekstra.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Occupation = | Years_active = 1972–1982 | Lab