Mod Revival

The Mod Revival, also known as Punk Mod (or Mod Punk), was a music genre and subculture in the late 1970s and early 1980s, main

The Mod Revival, also known as Punk Mod (or Mod Punk), was a music genre and subculture in the late 1970s and early 1980s, mainly centred in South England.

Largely spurred on by The Jam, who were the biggest band of the genre — and the film Quadrophenia, which romanticised the original 1960s mods — the revival took its energy from the punk rock and new wave music of the time. It also took inspiration from 1960s mod bands such as The Who and The Small Faces. Its mainstream popularity was relatively short, and it has been criticised for lack of originality, however its influence has lasted for decades. The movement post-dated a Teddy Boy revival, and mod revivalists sometimes physically clashed with Teddy Boys, and with skinheads (a successor of Mods), casuals and punk rockers.