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Mod bands past & present
I think of Mod as white, mostly British bands playing updated, higher-energy, R&B/Motown/Soul-inspired rock...The Who is an obvious classic Mod band. The Jam is an obvious 'mod-revival' first-wave punk-era band. Others come to mind:
The Who
The Small Faces (early)
The Kinks (?)
The Action
The Creation
The Jam
The Lambrettas
Purple Hearts
Others? Start listing 'em, folks...
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Permalink Reply by John Battles on -
Mod and Mod Psych : The Eyes , The Move , The Birds , The Smoke , The Sorrows ....
Mod Revival : U.S. Mods , Civilized Age (Mod Psych) , Mod Fun ( All U.S.)
Secret Affair (UK).
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Permalink Reply by Angus Martin Montgomery on -
Ocean Colour Scene
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Permalink Reply by Thee Retroman on -
The Prisoners were a mod band with bite! and so were the Daggerman... the energy of these bands was how mod should sound.
The Eyes
The Sorrows
Johns Children
Downliners Sect
The Wheels
Them
The Artwoods.......................
theres a few to start you off lol
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Permalink Reply by Dead Boy on -
Rod "The Mod" Stewart
Hipster Imag
The Times (early)
Television Personalities (?)
Graham Day's the Solarflares, the Gaolers
James Taylor Quartet
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Permalink Reply by jason lyle on -
i consider the newer wave of kick ass retro soul bands like black joe lewis to be the keepers of the torch...
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Permalink Reply by kopper on -
I always considered The Insomniacs a mod-leaning garage band, too. Highly recommended (along w/ the Embrooks above):
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Permalink Reply by Dan ring on -
The prisoners are a great example of the mod sound. Another band that had some bite,also from the 80's was les elite.
...more on the power pop tip but a personal fave of the mod revival groups of the 80's was the teen beats! They had a great 7" out called I can't control myself.
Thee Retroman said:The Prisoners were a mod band with bite! and so were the Daggerman... the energy of these bands was how mod should sound.
The Eyes
The Sorrows
Johns Children
Downliners Sect
The Wheels
Them
The Artwoods.......................
theres a few to start you off lol
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Permalink Reply by John Battles on
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You're right , but they had an edge , not that precious "Pretend to be Motown at it's most polite."sound . I was lucky , I got to see them three times .
kopper said:THE EMBROOKS
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Permalink Reply by John Battles on
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Artwoods and John's Children , I agree with. I never thought of The Sect or Them as Mod , so much as hard R'n'B , but ,then , The Sect were all over the place. Funny thing , tho' , I heard some mod organizations hired The Sect and The Troggs for their events. Then comlained that they did'nt sound enough like their records....If they sounded any more like their records , now, they'd have to announce Winston Churchill's death between sets.
Dan ring said:
The prisoners are a great example of the mod sound. Another band that had some bite,also from the 80's was les elite.
...more on the power pop tip but a personal fave of the mod revival groups of the 80's was the teen beats! They had a great 7" out called I can't control myself.
Thee Retroman said:The Prisoners were a mod band with bite! and so were the Daggerman... the energy of these bands was how mod should sound.
The Eyes
The Sorrows
Johns Children
Downliners Sect
The Wheels
Them
The Artwoods.......................
theres a few to start you off lol
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