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MOD
REVIVAL 1979 |
Second
Generation Mods 'n' Rockers |
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Mod
Revival 1979
Second Generation Mods 'n' Rockers
By Anthony
Gregory
Available
June 2004
Price
£10:00
For More
information / To Order please contact the Author:
Anthony@gregory79.fsworld.co.uk
12
Aviation Lane
Burton on Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 9TJ
(01283)
534444
(07952) 227945
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Mod
Revival 1979 is a fly on the wall observation of
life as a second generation 80s Midlands Mod and
the everyday events of both his club and the scooter
scene in general 25 years ago, it begins with the
strong influence from the film Quadrophenia and
how it carved thousands of destinies to the lives
of the post 1970s punk generation, the author was
well on the way to a motorbike life style but after
watching the film he was snatched back the other
way to a life of scooters, parkas, and classic early
80s Scooter Rallies. |
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As
you move through the chapters you can feel the 80s
oozing out with both songs and events of the period,
'A way of life,' describes living the Mod way of
life, the scooters, the clothes, the girls, 'Violent
times', and 'Trouble on the road,' takes you through
the troubles between his club and the local yet
sometimes not so local bike gangs that were determined
to stamp them out, the Burton Brewers were equally
determined to stand their ground and fought back,
backed by a hard Scooterist type club the Swad Loners.
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'Entertainment
and venues' tells of their haunts and meeting places
like the Blue Posts, Guild Street Mod nights, and
Leander Rowing Club, 'Scarborough Rally 1981' and
more Scarborough's describe those well attended
Northern rallies, when you could expect to see 10,000
+ Mods and Scooterists, with this amount of people
you would struggle to get digs in the bargain and
like many the grass hills of Marine Drive would
have to do.
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was youthful excitement and many wonderful
scooters photographed by people with trembling
hands. 'Reaching the peak 1982,' as the thousands
of former Mods turned Scooter Boy it left
a vacuum of disenchantment to the remainder
of the die-hard Mods and the scene slipped
back underground. By now a Mod at these rallies
would suffer humiliation and serious ridicule
from the pilot jacketed and rally patch covered
Scooter Boys but not everyone traded in their
parka for boxer boots. If I believe in something
I'm in it for life said the author. |
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Mod
Revival 1979 is well written and heaving with memories
of the early 80s scooter scene, the violence, the taste
of that era, along with the other write ups make it an
interesting and rivetting read. To anyone who yearns for
those long gone exciting and youthful days or younger
people who just wish to see how it was back then they
need look no further, it is just how it was. Mod Revival
is laden with photo's and other bits and bobs from that
period which many will relate to, including guest chapters
from Steve Haynes (Burton Brewers SC) and Bobby Heywood,
the author's Rocker counterpart giving an account of how
things were 'from the other side'. |
There will only be 1000 copies, priced at £10:00 and already
selling well. The author still rides a scooter but hasn't
done much regarding rallies for some time but I suspect
he'll be back. Mod Revival 1979. |
Tony
Gregory 2004 |
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