Mod Revival

The Mod Revival, sometimes known as Punk Mod, is a name given to a genre of rock music in the late 1970s and early 1980s, mainly centred in Southern England. Its mainstream popularity was relatively short, and it has been criticised for lack of originality.

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Largely spurred on by The Jam, who were far and away the biggest band of the genre, and also the film Quadrophenia, which romanticised the original Mods, it took its energy from the New Wave of the time, and its inspiration from 1960s Mod bands such as The Who. The movement also post-dated a Teddy Boy revival... ironic perhaps, since Teddy Boys are arguably the direct ancestors of the original mods. The Mod Revivalists would often come to blows with the Teddy Boy revival (literally) as well as clashing with Skinheads (partly a successor of Mods) and punk rockers.

Related Topics:
The Jam - Quadrophenia - Mod - The Who - Teddy Boy - Skinheads - Punk rock

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Contemporary bands such as The Ordinary Boys take much of their inspiration from the Mod Revival, and Britpop was also highly influenced by it musically and in terms of fashion. In some ways it had more direct influence than the original movement.

Related Topics:
The Ordinary Boys - Britpop

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