The Jam were an English punk rock/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore neatly tailored suits rather than ripped clothes, and they incorporated a number of mainstream 1960s rock influences rather than rejecting them, placing The Jam at the forefront of the mod revival movement. They had 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the United Kingdom, from their debut in 1977 to their breakup in December 1982, including four number one hits.

Programme exploring the Arts, Music and Culture of Manchester.

By the time Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols was released, on 28 October 1977, both the band and the punk culture that had formed around them had begun to unravel.