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The mod revival was 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's mainstream popularity was relatively short, although its influence lasted for decades.
When the Jam broke up in 1982, the mod revival was already waning. But Weller’s Style Council—a partnership with keyboardist Mick Talbot, whose first band Merton Parkas appear on Millions Like...
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May 9, 2014 · Long reads. The kids were alright. One of the defining subcultures of the 20th century, the mod movement had a soundtrack and look that provided style-conscious British men with a blueprint...
- The UK Mod Groups
- The Neo-Mod Movement
- The Style Council and Its Followers
There were acts like the Graham Bond Organisation (which included a pre-Cream Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker) and The Spencer Davis Group(home to a precocious teenage singer/organist then known as Little Stevie Winwood), whose entire raison d’etre was bringing jacked-up takes on American blues, R&B, and jazz to swinging British kids. Even the acts tha...
Just a half-step behind the British punk pioneers who built on the primal power of the early Who (among others), the Neo-Mod movement arrived in 1977, with The Jamat the forefront. Their debut single, “In the City,” fused the tuneful fury of “Can’t Explain”-era Who with the scrappy insurgency of punk, ultimately landing within spitting distance of ...
By that time, Jam frontman Paul Weller was getting tired of playing three-piece rock ‘n’ roll with his old school chums. He broke the hearts of neo-Mods everywhere by breaking up the band after 1982’s The Gift, the Jam’s most expansive album. But what Weller had in store would soon endear him to the Mod multitudes all over again, while managing to ...
Nov 21, 2023 · In the United Kingdom, the late 1970s saw a Mod Revival. In 1979, the British drama film Quadrophenia was released as a musical opera loosely based on an album of the same name by The Who.
Dec 27, 2020 · The mod subculture revival, which exploded on the scene in the early months of 1979 featured literally hundreds of bands that had been put together by Jam fans. First among equals were Secret Affair, The Purple Hearts, The Chords and The Merton Parkas, but they weren’t alone.
