SUEDEHEAD! ROCK STEADY STYLE

Nice piece from British television about the origins and influence of Mod, Ska, Soul Boy Suede and Skinhead culture. From Rocksteady, Ska and Reggae to Northern Soul and Punk. Bust out your Fred Perry.

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This IS the ROCKSTEDY!


Suede Whip!

Mod Father rockin' some Suede style

The Specials - Two Tone Suede Style

The Good, the Bad and the Fred. Albarn


Double-Oh Style


Soul Patch

Going Steady in Spain 2012!

PICTURES LIFTED FROM STYLE FORUM (see More!)
and SUBCULTURES LIST + CROCODILE JOCK tumbler
F*CK YEAH SKA

The Untouchables vs. Repo Man

A two-fer, as I was looking to post something by The Untouchables and up pops a little video of them in Alex Cox's Repo Man. Cult classic LA cinema with the boys playing Vespa riding thugs; Rudy gangsters! They were a sick band with loads of energy and style. Check 'em out getting down with 'Free Yourself' originally released on their 1984 Live and Let Dance EP. Repo Man came out the same year.

Poster by Zach Hobbs (Check his gig posters!)

Album cover from: Album Cover Art Gallery

THREE O' CLOCK: JET FIGHTER

How no one has posted this on youtube is beyond me. Maybe it gets pulled or something. I've played this record over and over for years. And their first EP, Baroque Hoedown. Footage of them on MV3 floating around. Rodney on the Roq jam for sure.

The Three O' Clock: Jet Fighter by Clark Quente

THE TARGETS - UNITY BEAT

Pamona College students circa 1981. Was the number one seller at Rhino Records in Claremont. I remember my friend's older brother had this record, along with The Purple Hearts. Senses Working Overtime by XTC. The Jam, going to Moby Disc to buy the first Style Council EP. The Question, Merton Parkas, The Untouchables, The Specials... Going to The Key Club, Timbers, Green Door, Fenders. Seeing Dance Craze at The Rialto. The whole mod vs ska thing opened my eyes and ears musically because to me there was no difference what-so-ever as it was all great music.

The Targets: Unity Beat by Clark Quente

MOD WORLD (THE QUESTION-DADDY ROLLING STONE)

Picked this EP up way back when at Fender's Grand Ballroom after a scooter rally. I can't remember who else played that day, but I remember the Question killing the Yardbirds "For Your Love". The Question were one of the best bands out of the LA Mod revival scene in the early 80s. Like a lot of the LA bands from that scene, they sort of slipped through the cracks and never really got their due. This was the last track on the EP. Great cover version.



The question daddy rolling stone by Clark Quente

Yrz truly back in the diz (Big ups to Dave Maxwell)

Listen to some more mod chunes from the LA scene. From http://www.mistersuave.com/