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Three rockers on Chelsea Bridge Two mods on a scooter. Mods and rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the late 1950s to mid 1960s. Media coverage of the two groups fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youth, and they became widely perceived as violent, unruly troublemakers.
The mods and rockers conflict led sociologist Stanley Cohen to use the term "moral panic" in his study about the two youth subcultures, [5] in which he examined media coverage of the mod and rocker riots in the 1960s. [6] By 1965, conflicts between mods and rockers began to subside and mods increasingly gravitated towards pop art and psychedelia.
Mods and Rockers is a 1964 British short film directed by Kenneth Hume and produced by Anglo-Amalgamated. [1] It features the Western Theatre Ballet company based on their ballets "Mods and Rockers" and "Non-Stop". They also perform a dance to Beatles compositions.
The mods and rockers conflict led sociologist Stanley Cohen to use the term "moral panic" in his study about the two youth subcultures, [140] which examined media coverage of the mod and rocker riots in the 1960s. [141] By 1965, conflicts between mods and rockers began to subside and mods increasingly gravitated towards pop art and psychedelia.
The name "rocker" came not from music, but from the rockers found in 4-stroke engines, as opposed to the two stroke engines used by scooters and ridden by mods. [citation needed] During the 1950s, [9] they were known as "ton-up boys" because doing a ton is English slang for driving at a speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) or over.
The Mods & Rockers Film Festival was a Los Angeles film festival that celebrated rock culture. It was presented by the non-profit cultural organization American Cinematheque annually from 1999 to 2010, with the exception of 2004.
The counterculture of the 1960s refers to an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed first in the United Kingdom and the United States and then spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s, with London, New York City, and San Francisco being hotbeds of early countercultural activity.
In the mid-1960s of the UK, rivalry arose between "Mods" (who favoured 'modern' Italian-led fashion) and "Rockers" (who wore motorcycle leathers), each style had their own favored musical acts. (The controversy would form the backdrop for The Who 's rock opera Quadrophenia ).