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Mod revival. Oi! 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 ...
Two mid-1960s mods on a customised Lambretta scooter. Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in late 1950s London and spread throughout Great Britain, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries. [1] It continues today on a smaller scale. Focused on music and fashion, the subculture has its roots in a small ...
The Untouchables (Los Angeles band) The Untouchables are a soul and mod revival band from the Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California area. Described by original lead singer Kevin Long as " mods who played ska music," The Untouchables are credited with being America's first ska band. [2][3]
The band played their final concert in their original incarnation in London on 14 April 1982. Bird re-formed the band for a time in the 1990s. The band reformed in 2009 and toured the UK and Europe. A new EP, Go 4 It was released in February 2017 with three new tracks and a cover of The Kinks' song "All Day and All of the Night".
The Gents were active from 1980 to February 1989, having released nine 7" singles (three with accompanying 12" versions), two vinyl albums and one cassette-only sampler album. They have also appeared on several multi-artist compilation albums over the years. In 1981 the band won a "Battle of the Bands" type competition called the EMI Tetley ...
In 1980, during the mod revival, the punk rock band The Exploited recorded the song "Fuck the Mods" on their EP Army Life, whose back cover stated "To all the Edinburgh punks and skins – keep on mod-bashing!!" The band performed in Finsbury Park, London in 1981 on the same night that The Jam were playing nearby, and there was fighting after ...
Dave Winthrop. Dennis Smith. Seb Shelton. Paul Bultitude. Simon Hanson. Website. www.secretaffair.info. Secret Affair are a mod revival band, formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1982 during which period their work is predominantly best-known. They reformed in 2002 and have since then produced an album in 2012.
The band then toured the UK with Secret Affair and Back To Zero on 'the march of the mods' tour in 1979. [3] The band's second single, "Frustration" was released in November that year. A tour of the UK to promote the single followed. In 1980, the band released their debut album, Beat That!. [3] The album was produced by Chris Parry of Fiction ...