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...
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mod revival in Britain, which attempted to replicate the "scooter" period look and styles of the early to mid-1960s. It was followed by a similar mod...
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modern conveniences" and is a pun on the band's association with the mod revival. The cover is a visual joke showing the band in a bare room. The album...
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the mod revival of the late 1970s. In the early- to mid-1970s, many suedeheads also owned Lambretta scooters and there was a type of mini-mod revival. It...
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was one of the most influential members of the skinhead revival of 1977 to 1978, the mod revival of 1978 to 1979 and the Oi! movement from 1979 to 1984...
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Purple Hearts (British band) (category British mod revival groups)
English mod revival band, formed in 1977 in Romford, eastern Greater London. They were often considered one of the best English mod revival groups, the...
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Look up MOD, MoD, or mod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mod, MOD or mods may refer to: Modesto City–County Airport, Stanislaus County, California...
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Power pop (redirect from Power pop revival)
1960s, with examples such as the Beatlemania musical and the growing mod revival. AABA forms and double backbeats also made their return after many years...
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Paul Weller (category Mod revival musicians)
success in the United Kingdom, and were the most influential band of the mod revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Following the dissolution of the Jam...
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The Prisoners (band) (category British mod revival groups)
them a regular live fixture in London's underground "psychedelic revival" and "mod revival" scene of the early 1980s, as well as a linchpin of the Medway...
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Britpop (redirect from Britpop revival)
a prominent symbol of the movement (as it had a generation earlier with mod bands such as the Who) and its use as a symbol of pride and nationalism contrasted...
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The Lambrettas (category British mod revival groups)
The Lambrettas are an English mod revival band, first active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Named after the iconic Italian Lambretta scooter brand...
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The Jam (category British mod revival groups)
Council, a duo with keyboard player Mick Talbot, formerly of the minor mod revival band the Merton Parkas. They would eventually split in 1989. He subsequently...
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The Untouchables (Los Angeles band) (category Mod revival groups)
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...
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Graduate (band) (category British mod revival groups)
Graduate were an English new wave and mod revival musical group formed in 1978 in Bath, England. The band released a single entitled "Elvis Should Play...
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The Merton Parkas (category British mod revival groups)
The Merton Parkas were an English mod revival band, formed in the Merton area of South London (Merton Park is a suburb of Merton, and a parka is a type...
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The Axis Club (redirect from The Mod Club)
the nightclub Revival, which was situated in a former Baptist church. Attendees of these club nights dressed in mod-inspired fashions. Mod Club nights incorporated...
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Eddie Piller (category Mod revival)
mod-revival of the late '70s and early '80s. He credits bands such as the Chords, the Jam and Secret Affair for sparking his love of all things mod,...
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Quadrophenia (category Mod revival)
further tour took place in 2012. The album made a positive impact on the mod revival movement of the late 1970s, and the resulting 1979 film adaptation was...
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Secret Affair (category British mod revival groups)
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...
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Punk rock (redirect from Punk revival)
catch-all term, encompassing disparate styles such as 2 Tone ska, the mod revival inspired by the Jam, the sophisticated pop-rock of Elvis Costello and...
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The Jetset (category British mod revival groups)
were a 1980s English pop band, who were associated with the British mod revival. Formed in 1979 by teenage friends Paul Bevoir and Melvyn J Taub, the...
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UK and peaked at No. 82 in the US. The Jam were seen as the centre of mod revival culture during the 1970s to the 1980s, and the lead singer of the band...
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The Gents (British band) (category British mod revival groups)
The Gents are an English mod revival band from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, active in the 1980s and reunited occasionally from 2010, significant and notable...
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Television Personalities (redirect from I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod)
(1989, Fire Records) Closer to God (1992, Fire Records) I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod (1995, Overground Records) Don't Cry Baby, It's Only a Movie (1998...
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The Chords (British band) (category British mod revival groups)
a 1970s British pop music group, commonly associated with the 1970s mod revival, who had several hits in their homeland, before the decline of the trend...
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Mick Talbot (category Mod revival musicians)
Minchella, in the jazz/funk band the Players. Talbot played with late-1970s mod revivalists the Merton Parkas, Dexys Midnight Runners and the Bureau and...
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Makin' Time (band) (category British mod revival groups)
Records label and licensed through Stiff Records, and were part of the mod revival scene of the 1980s. They were named after "Making Time", a 1966 song...
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Scooterboy (category Mod revival)
scooter boys emerged as a break away from a strongly 'new mod' conformity of the late 70's mod revival which saw a massive re-ignition of scooter riders and...
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