the jam emerged at the same time as punk rock bands such as the clash, the damned, and the sex pistols. however, it better fitted the mold of the new wave bands who came later; and, being from just outside london rather than the city itself, it never really was part of the tightly-knit punk clique. nonetheless, the clash emerged as one of the leading early advocates of the band, and were sufficiently impressed to take them along as the support on their "white riot" tour of 1977.