The Mod Generation

10 Commandments of Mod

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:01:31 PST

(I had a go at writing a '10 Commandment s of Mod' - it was aimed at newer mods but I wouldn't suggest anybody takes it too seriously) 1 A WAY OF LIFE Mod is not just for the weekend - it's how you live your life - it's everyday - it's a way of life! 2 BE SUSSED Don't just say you're a...

TODAY IN THE MOD WORLD

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:23:49 PST

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Poll Results 2011

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:39 PST

The Best of 2011 What's your opinion? You can discuss the results in the forum HERE. BEST EVENT Brighton Modernist and 60's Weekend 20% of vote Glasgow Mod Weekender Project 11 18% each Moddingham 14% Other answers... Manchester Mod...

Events Calendar

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:35:25 PST

You can find all events added by members HERE

Hard Mods

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:03:41 PST

Did they really exist?by John Leo WatersThe term 'Hard Mod' has been bandied around for quite some time now and has almost been given credence as a subculture in its own right. I have been labeled a 'hard mod' (by others I hasten to add) so I felt I had a duty to try to ascertain just what the...

Dirty Stop Out’s Guide to 1960's Sheffield

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:13:52 PST

Dirty Stop Out’s Guide to 1960s Sheffield is the story of the clubs, the bands and the personalities who made up the niteclub scene in 60's Sheffield. Written by Neil Anderson, with contributions from Dave Manwell and Peter Stringfellow, it brings the era back to life with rare memories and...

Brighton Mod Weekend 2011

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:59:17 PDT

A Trip to Mod Meccaby Chris Cameron Michael, Jim and Chris at The DorsetWell they do say that good things come to those who wait. I had wanted to visit Brighton since I was a 16 year old Mod back in 1980, and last weekend that wait finally ended. Sometimes having such weight of expectation can...

Roots of Quadrophenia

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:08:40 PDT

'Irish Jack' is one of the mods from the Goldhawk Social Club in West London, where The Who first built up their mod following. His name has been associated with the band ever since and he has, over the years, shared stories of his life and times with audiences all over the world. Jack is very...

The Who, The Mods and the 60s

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:21:36 PDT

by Irish Jack I went to London when I was 17 years old. Re-emigrated, really. I lived in London as a child with my mum. Her and my dad were always breaking up. He was a classically trained violinist and saxaphone player but was too fond of the Guinness. We lived there while I was a year old in...

21st Century Mods

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:53:00 PDT

In the late 50's/early 60's there emerged a desire among British youth to break away from the stiffness of 50's 'fashion' and uncouth look of the Teddy-boys. That desire led to the creation of a movement formed of individuals who wanted to look stylish, or modernist, and they became known as the...

Mod Hairstyles

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:41:33 PDT

A guide to the Mod Hairstyle HAIRSTYLES:The Crew Cut/Crop A short cut in which the hair is cut an even, short length (usually around 1/4 inch or less) all over. In America ‘crew cut’ is used more broadly to refer to a range of short haircuts and a traditional crew cut would be known as a Burr...

Dig The New Breed

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:34:59 PDT

Bandung Belongs To Us, IndonesiaThe Wikipedia definition of Mod states that it is a subculture that originated in London, England, in the late 1950s and peaked in the early-to-mid 1960s. There was a mod revival in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s, which was followed by a mod revival in North...

The Mods Book Discography

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:34:32 PDT

The Mods book, compiled by Richard Barnes, is as close as there is to a 'Mod Bible'. As a good friend of Pete Townshend, Richard Barnes had a perfect insight into the mod movement at it's peak and, in the Mods book, provides as accurate a portrayal as you are likely to find of the life and times...

The First Mods I Saw

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:33:15 PDT

by Robert Nicholls Part 1: Early Modernist Fashions Lyceum Ballroom, AldwychA case can be built for London dance palais being the spawning ground of Mod, rather than R&B clubs as conventional wisdom suggests. I, like many fledgling Mods gravitated to the West End clubs after an...

Glasgow Mods Weekender 2011

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:32:20 PDT

MODS! Over 400 of them filed into the Balcony Bar of Strathclyde Uni for Saturday night of the 9th annual Glasgow Mods Weekender, making it one of the biggest nights in the history of the event - and the number of young, very sharply dressed mods among them is a sure indication of where this event...

Mod Crop

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:32:59 PDT

Mod Crop is a brand new musical written by Steve Wallis & Alan Fletcher (Quadrophenia novelist and film consultant) and is based on "Brummell's Las Riff" - the first novel from Alan's Mod Crop Trilogy. Mod Crop is the story of three young mods daring to be different while coping with the...

The Tamla Motown Appreciation Society

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:15:10 PDT

(by Robert Nicholls)TMAS badge courtesy of Alvaro RubioSometime in 1964 I joined Dave Godin’s Tamla Motown Appreciation Society (TMAS) of the UK although I have long since lost my TMAS membership card and other insignia. The membership badge was a white pin-on disc imprinted with “Tamla Motown...

Top 100

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:26:16 PDT

(John Leo Waters' Top 100 tunes from back in the day) I have tried to be objective in my choices. Whilst I love every track listed I have picked tracks that take me back to that period between 1964 and 1967 when I felt that the Mod influence was at its peak. Every song personally takes me back to...

Mod Ska

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:16:24 PDT

(John Leo Waters' Top 50 Ska tunes from back in the day) Having read 'Doctor Robert’s' excellent article on Ska/Blue Beat and noticing the discussions that followed it I got to thinking about my favourite Ska/Bluebeat records from the sixties Mod years. Once I started it was difficult to stop but I...

Mod Top 100

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:14:54 PDT

Here is the Mod Top 100 as compiled by the late Randy Cozens who, at the time of the Mod Revival, used to write letter after letter to “Sounds”, “NME” and all the other music papers urging young mods to check the real heritage of their “mod forefathers”…soul. Randy was a mod in the 60’s and he had...

The Mod Revival

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:48:28 PDT

by Chris Cameron NME Mod article At the start of 1979 few people in my age bracket would have even heard of Mods. But by the end of that year everyone was aware of exactly what a Mod was. A full scale Mod revival had burst on to the youth scene in Britain, and although it had its roots in 1978, it...

Diary of a Mod Girl

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:27:19 PDT

by Tracy Dawn WilmotttrACEyAs a child of the Sixties, my mother raised me on a diet of Elvis and The Beatles. My young mother certainly helped create an affiliation with Sixties culture due to the music I heard as a child. But it took me a while to learn what was truly “Mod chic” as I made...

Mod Girls

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:50:01 PDT

The early 60's Modernist girls wore straight, knee-length skirts and male-style shirts, which would be worn with a box-shaped jacket, patent-leather shoes and three-quarter length suede coats. This was marked contrast to the traditional womens style of the 50's. They also had their own style of...

Rob the London Mod - part 2

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:12:14 PDT

This is the second part of Robert Nicholl's memoirs of the London Mod scene which he is kindly sharing with other aged Mods (like himself) or younger people who find Mod styles interesting. The first part of his story can be found here. Robert Nicholls"Ready, Steady, Go would show some Mod fashions...

Cathy McGowan

admin@themodgeneration.co.uk (stephen hughes) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:12:01 PDT

CATHY MCGOWAN: "Anybody who wants to be with it in England watches 'Ready, Steady, Go' for any of their fashion ideas. We have such a with-it director. He makes sure every little detail is seen. In fact, we started the Mod craze. And how amazed we were at the colossal reaction. It all started with...