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The Jazz Scene, Rawlings, Terry. Mod: A Very British Phenomenon; Scala, Mim. Diary Of A Teddy Boy. Sitric (2000), ISBN 0-7472-7068-6; Verguren, Enamel . This Is a Modern Life: The 1980s London Mod Scene, Enamel Verguren. Helter Skelter (2004), ISBN 1-900924-77-3; Weight, Richard. Mod: A Very British Style. Bodley Head (2013) ISBN 978-0224073912
The mod revival is a subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and later spread to other countries (to a lesser degree).. The Mod Revival started with disillusionment with the punk scene when commercialism set in. [citation needed] It was featured in an article in Sounds music paper in 1976 and had a big following in Reading/London during that time.
Module file (MOD music, tracker music) is a family of music file formats originating from the MOD file format on Amiga systems used in the late 1980s. Those who produce these files (using the software called music trackers) and listen to them form the worldwide MOD scene, [1] a part of the demoscene subculture.
The Action were an English band of the 1960s, formed as the Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. [1] They were part of the mod subculture , [ 2 ] and played soul music -influenced pop music.
The band's next recording was a cover version of the 1950s song "Poison Ivy", which had been suggested to them by Pete Waterman, the business partner of their producer Peter Collins. The Lambrettas version had brass arrangements and a clear upbeat "poppy" feel to it. The single did well in the UK, reaching No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]
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The mod subculture was centred on fashion and music, and many mods wore parkas and rode scooters. Mods wore suits and other cleancut outfits, and listened to music genres such as modern jazz , soul , Motown , ska and British blues-rooted bands like the Yardbirds , the Small Faces , and later the Who and the Jam .
The origins of New York's punk rock scene can be traced back to such sources as the late 1960s trash culture and an early 1970s underground rock movement centered on the Mercer Arts Center in Greenwich Village, where the New York Dolls performed. [96] In early 1974, a new scene began to develop around the CBGB club, also in Lower Manhattan.