i hear it everywhere i go!

someone enlighten me, please.

moderator :/

no like, i think it's a style:

punk, mod, indie, emo

blah blah

no one knows?

As previously mentioned, The Mods were not the only gang that inhabited Liverpool in the mid-sixties. In contrast to much of the Mod’s styles and beliefs were The Rockers.

 

The Rockers enjoyed Rock and Roll, and their style consisted of jeans, boots and leather jackets. The Rockers were a British version of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang. They wore black leather and studs, had anti-authority beliefs, and projected an easy rider nomadic romanticism. The Rockers lived for the present, with a scruffy, masculine, ‘bad boy’ image.

 

The Rockers were essentially from the working class and despised any fashion. They each had the same hairstyle, shaggy with a bit of slick to it. The Ace Café was the hangout of the Rockers for the greasy foods and jukeboxes. Riding motorcycles was of the upmost importance, so they kept away from drugs and alcohol. The motorcycles were also modified or "souped up" in order to be in top racing form. Every Rocker had a ‘Triumph’ or a ‘Norton’, a brand of motorcycle.

First to be discussed, is the gang entitled, ‘The Mods’. A Mod was a product of working class British youth of the mid-sixties. They portrayed an image of being stuck up, emulating the middle classes, snobbish and phoney. The Mod boys dressed in suits, neat narrow trousers, and pointed shoes. The girls displayed a boyish image. They darkened their eyes and wore their hair short to fit a unisex type of culture.

 

The Mods were essentially from London and the South East and were complete followers of the latest fashion. They consumed purple hearts (a mixture of amphetamine and barbiturates). Each had to have a Lambretta GT 200 or a Vespa GS 160. These were their scooters that they rode as part of their stigma that connected them to being a Mod.

^ good enough answer for you?

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thanks david

love,

eric

:lol: its ok buddy, i realised what you meant quickly after! :D

modern

moderator :/

 

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Paul Weller aka The "Mod"father...with the mantel being taken on by Franz Ferdinand

mod or not

There's only ONE Modfather!!

:thinking:

Marc Jacobs did a nice "mod-themed" collection recently.

 

uh-huh.

There's still only ONE!!

Still tlaking about paul weller yeah?

What do YOU think?? :)