Heather,
Im not sure where you are located, but I know that in Northern Ca. Mod was a
term in the 80s and 90s for anyone who I would call "new wave". Anyone who
listened to the bauhaus and dressed in black with big hair looking like a
member of the Cure was considered "a Mod". I dont know why, I just chalk it
up to ignorance.
Its kind of like how people term bands like Korn and limp biscuit as
Hardcore, when Hardcore is a specific type of music and scene born on the
East Coast 20 years ago that sounds nothing like that. Most people just dont
know what theyre talking about, its not worth wasting your breathe to explain
it to someone who will never understand.
-Guardo
I have a question for anyone. There is a couple that I work with that call
themselves mods. They wear black t-shirts, black jeans, dye their hair black
and look too dirty to be mods. They go to indie and garage rock shows. They
do not look like any mods I have seen here in the States or in Europe. So a
lot of the times when I see them I am wearing Fred Perry, and the guy makes
fun of me for looking like a skinhead. I don't know what to say to him and I
feel like getting out some literature on mods to show him that skins are not
the only ones that are known to wear Fred Perry. Am I wrong? What should I
say to him?
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