Black Sabbath without Ozzy Osbourne? The Who without Roger Daltrey? Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant? How about The Jam without Paul Weller?
That would be From The Jam, a combo made up of founding Jam members Bruce Foxton (bass) and Rick Buckler (drums) plus session musicians Dave Moore (keyboards) and Russell Hastings on lead vocals and guitar.
The band has done well enough on its November-December U.K. tour that it's now launching a 13-date tour of theaters in the U.S. with a stop Feb. 9 at Blender Theatre at Gramercy.
How will classic Jam tracks like "That's Entertainment," "This is the Modern World" and "Town Called Malice" sound without Paul Weller? Here's one answer: