The Jam were one of the most Iconic Punk/Rock/Mod bands to ever come out of the UK. With 18 Consecutive top 40 hits and 6 studio albums from their first debut in 1977 to their break up in 1982. The Jam launched the career of Paul Weller and have sold millions of albums worldwide. The Jam were one of the most followed bands of all time and still have a global fan base to this day.
The 5 O`clock heroes are NOT a tribute act in the true sense of the word there’s 4 of us for a start 😊 we are just a group of lads who share the same passion for all things Jam and Weller. That said we aim to play with the same “fire & Skill” that the Jam displayed back in those golden years.
We arrived at the band name from the infamous Jam song “Just who is the 5 0`clock hero “The song addresses those in 9 to 5 jobs as a nameless factory worker returns home to his wife wanting nothing but to sit and watch television before he has to go back to the ‘lunch box and the worker/management rows’. The chorus focuses on the character having lived in the same street for years and highlights the futility of his life: ‘as one life finishes the other one starts’- there has to be more to life than ‘scrimping and saving and crossing off lists’. According to interviews with Weller (and the booklet accompanying the Direction Reaction Creation box-set) the point was not to ridicule or criticise the character (as he had Mr. Clean on All Mod Cons) but rather to highlight them as ‘real heroes of Britain’. The song was conceived at the height of The Jam’s fame when Weller was very uncomfortable with being a ‘hero’ himself.
(Line Up change) ( 8/12/25)
Tony Miles (Lead vocals Rhythm Guitar)
Jason Glynn (Bass Guitar and bv’s)
Kelvin Critchard (Guitar and vocals)
Joff Staple (Drums)
(Original Line up) (25/9/2021) to (1/10/25)
Matt Lock (vocals + Guitar)
Kelvin Critchard (Vocals + Guitar)
Tom March (Bass)
Joff Staple (Drums)
SAT 14 FEB 2026 → SAT 14 FEB 2026
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
