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As the mod subculture grew in London during the early-to-mid-1960s, tensions arose between the mods, often riding highly decorated motor scooters, and their main rivals, the rockers, a British subculture who favoured rockabilly, early rock'n'roll, motorcycles and leather jackets, and considered the mods effeminate because of their interest in ...
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 .
During the 1920s and 1930s, British civil servants and politicians, looking back at the performance of the state during World War I, concluded that there was a need for greater co-ordination between the three services that made up the armed forces of the United Kingdom: the Royal Navy, the British Army and the Royal Air Force.
Fallout: London is a 2024 total conversion mod developed by Team FOLON [1] [2] [3] for the 2015 Bethesda Softworks action role-playing game Fallout 4.The mod takes place in a post-apocalyptic rendition of London, [4] [5] and is notable for its departure from the series' typical United States setting. [6]
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.
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain is a documentary film following the band Sleaford Mods on a tour of the United Kingdom in the run-up to the 2015 general election. [1] [2] The documentary explores the band itself as well as examining the current political situation in the United Kingdom focusing on opposition to austerity .
Sleaford Mods are an English post-punk music duo, formed in 2007 in Nottingham. The band features vocalist Jason Williamson and, since 2012, instrumentalist Andrew Fearn. [ 7 ] They are known for their abrasive, minimalist musical style and embittered explorations of austerity-era Britain , culture, and working class life, delivered in ...
In early 2012, a mod was released for Arma 2 and Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead, called DayZ. The mod centers around zombies and features a medical system. It met with enormous success in the Arma community and has had a crossover into the mainstream gaming scene, boosting Arma 2's sales drastically.