In spite of the long shadow the 1960s mod subculture casts in the British collective psyche, it’s important to remember that 50 years ago there wasn’t really such a thing as mod music. Surely music ...

Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of Mods Mayday — a 1979 concert at The Bridge House in London documented on a live album, featuring five mod revival bands. Started in 1978, mod revival was a music ...

Over the past year, Acid Jazz label owner/DJ Ed Piller and designer Steve Rowland have been putting together a book of mod revival fanzines from 1978 to 1984, entitled Modzines. “They’re an important ...

While many Aussies were embracing beach culture and rocking to Barnsey and Farnsey, a sub-culture of youngsters was suiting up and buzzing around on souped-up scooters. These young hipsters were the ...

If the mod revival was in part defined by the macho, it is richly ironic then that the cover image of Millions Like Us depicts a parka-clad female mod atop her scooter. Although selling a movement on ...

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