Were Q65 ever considered Mod ? I can understand Dutch Mods listening to them , but they never struck me as being anything other than angry , greasy R'n'B/Proto Punk. If anybody is interested in one of the definitive accounts of debauchery in Rock'n'Roll , check out Pim Scheelings' outstanding "Q65". Pim is here on the hideout. I don't know if you can order directly from him , if not , Mike Stax at Ugly Things , has it.

Bittersweet story about Bo Diddley. He used to play in Chicago all the time at this crap bar up the street from me. MAYBE A FEW MODS SHOWED UP , BUT , I NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO SEE ANY.
 
hicksville hogwash said:

Ahhhhh fuckin' Modz.  I was one '79 ish ....yeh  a revialist, powered by thee jam.  Quadraphenia movie's out.  Every dickhead Jimmy wannabe riding round gardens at drunk'n parties, wardrobes pushed outta bedroom windows, pill popping.... anyol'shit the pharmacists son could steal.... incuding cod liver oil capsules.

What turned me off mod was when God - Bo Diddley came to a city 12 miles away.  I and 2 friends went on scooterz.  (I expected the place to be full of suited coolsterz but nah those mods had no idea, other than thee who, quadrahenia and motown).  I shared Bo with greasy ol' long haired biker rockerz.  It still is the best live experience ever.   A small pub backroom and Bo backed by an eager young rock n' roll group.

I'd suggest checking out dutch mods -

any q65 material http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgduSEG2gG8 

de maskers - sensations in sounds album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dx168kpFAg

and bo diddley.

....how do you embed vids?......

"When Paul Weller comes to America , he says he has nothing to do with The Mod Revival . Those kids are beating each other up over HAIRCUTS over there !" .

Pete Zaremba , The Fleshtones , on why he refused a personal invite to open for The Jam in New York City.
 
John Battles said:

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).

And , of course , Van Morrisson was motivated to start his own R'N'B BAND , INSTEAD OF A SHOW BAND , FROM SEEING THE MIGHTY , MIGHTY SECT. I ASKED DON CRAINE OF THE SECT (WHO'S GREEN - BLOODED LIKE MORRISSON ,  AND , FOR THE MOST PART , MYSELF.) IF VAN EVER SAT IN , AT LEAST ON HARP OR SAX , WITH THE SECT , BUT , IT TURNS OUT , HE DID'NT.
 
Thee Retroman said:

The Sect were not mods as such but the original South London mods loved to see them live with their pure R&B sets and the Irish mods followed Them as an R&B band, again not mod as such but the music suited. Mods never really had their own bands they listened to R&B and take from anything thats cool! they had taste!

John Battles said:

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

Mod bands well look wise I think Ivans Meads and St Louis Union take some beating, they really are the real deal, and stand side by side the likes of The Action, The Small Faces. There was another band that had the look sewn up just as much as the bands I just mentioned, They were a bunch of kids from Nottingham England, called This End, but sadly never made it to a studio, neither did fellow Nottingham band The Children who were the official support band for The Small faces, when they played The Boat Club.

Sound wise too many to mention if i am honest

<3 good taste

Tommy Bones said:

http://youtu.be/m9dX6jPHDHc
http://youtu.be/rpddVVqZyLw
http://youtu.be/PBcHhKn34Us

Three good Joe Meek produced Mod/Freakbeat 45's.

....We have'nt talked about The Everly Bros. version? They did great versions of "Jezebel" and "Temptation" (Two very similar songs when you get right down to it.) around the same time , with Proto - Garage , "Peter Gunn " played backwards guitar. Too Tuff !

GREAT!

Dead Boy said:

The Illusions

The Illusions

Oh yeah,

The Mono Men, b-side on the 'I Don't Care' 7"

(Can't find any audio on the web, kind of a scarce track used on a couple comps and a 'best of' CD. Maybe someone can post a link if they know of one?)

So what's the word on volume 2? Is it a blind buy too?

This is the comp that turned me on to African garage. Love it!

released many years ago but you still can only order t-shirt and stickers, such a shame..

I'm pretty sure this came out a while ago... I have a vague memory of hearing that the Dirtbombs played the Detroit premiere... According to the website they did a US west coast tour with the film this last winter. They're selling stickers & t-shirts, so hopefully it's a DVD that their putting out by x-mas.

http://www.itcamefromdetroit.com/

This is shaping up to be a good christmas: this movie, new Oblivians, new Reigning Sound, The X-Rays are in the studio, the Mick Collins/Kid Congo/Bob Bert single... man, I need to start savin' up!

No I hate t blow a trumpet so close t' mine, but I'm in a-love with a Hurricane Valley...
professionally of course.
http://www.dickvenom.com 

'LITTLE ARROWS" LEAPY LEE.  

"sOME FOLKS PUT ON ARMOUR , BUT THE ARROWS GO RIGHT THROUGH."

"SOME FOLKS PUT ON ABBA....." 

"THAT YOU'LL LOVE THOSE LITTLE ARROWS WHEN THEY HURT A LITTLE BIT"

"....WHEN THEY HURT A LITTLE BITCH.".       SORRY , THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE....

done!

Show #388: "The Eggman Collection #122" playlist:

Neu! - "Negativland"
Sunshine - "Dream Selection"
Hanson - "Mister Music Maker"
Bob Dylan - "Girl From The North Country"
Keith Powell - "It Keeps Rainin'"
The Peep Show - "Your Servant Stephen"
Concrete Rubber Band - "What Shall We Do"
The Yankee Rebels - "I Wanna Know Why"
Ramatam - "a. The Land, b. Rainy Sunday Evening"
Manfred Mann - "Each And Every Day"
The Doors - "You're Lost Little Girl"
The Jim Sullivan Sound - "She Walks Through The Fair"
The Vagrants - "Young Blues"
The Sunrisers - "I Saw Her Yesterday"
Bob Dylan - "It Ain't Me Babe"
De Maskers with Willy Schobben - "Concerto d'Aranjuez"
Raspberries - "Let's Pretend"
Queen - "Stone Cold Crazy"
The Black Bumbles - "'Cause I Do"
Pearls Before Swine - "Island Lady"
NRBQ- "C'mon Everybody [single version]"
Henry Cow - "Nirvana For Mice"
The Fendermen - "Mule Skinner Blues"
George Harrison - "Run Of The Mill"
The Emergency Crew - "Mindbender (Confusion's Prince)"
The McCoys - "Open Your Eyes"
Jeff St. John's Copperwine - "Environment in 3 Parts"
The Buzz - "I Gotta Buzz"
Small Faces - "That Man"
Lothar & The Hand People - "Midnight Ranger"
The Roaches - "Someone With A Heart"
The Rare Breed - "Lightning Doesn't Strike Twice"
The Lost Souls - "Peace Of Mind"
The Byrds - "Get To You"
The Legend - "Baby Blue"
Vaughan Thomas - "Since You've Been Mine"
Grateful Dead - "Terrapin Station: i. Lady With A Fan, ii. Terrapin Station, iii. Terrapin, iv. Terrapin Transit, v. At A Siding, vi. Terrapin Flyer, vii. Refrain"

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check out king automatic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5byg8Tx7mNQ

Playlist 09-08-12

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That's pretty funny. I briefly had a band going with a female friend who sounded , and even looked , like a female Thunders (Not in an unflattering way...). We have a very good TREX TRIBUTE BAND in Chicago called Futuristic Dragon. They just reformed last year after being away for about 10 years.....in fact , my friend I mentioned was in F.D.'s original lineup. But , as before , a TRex Tribute band , in Chicago, is , unfortunately , like chocolate covered chopped liver. SOMEBODY wants it , good luck finding 'em. For all the hipsters dropping Marc Bolan's name these days , most of them (THINK) they're too cool to see a local band playing his music with sincerity , at least , in Chicago  .   We've also got a good Thunders tribute band called D.T.K. L.A.M.F., comprised of members of The Polkaholics , Iggy Yoakum (Also recently reformed. Only the best Country band in town.) and the late ,great King Vitamin.......They did their first gig one year after Johnny's death. I think they played on the anniversary of his Birthday and ascension say 1n '91 and '92 (As  recall , they played a Bolan tribute show , too.), then, hung it up , until recently . They're playing every few months , now , doing mostly Heartbreakers songs , with a few Dolls and Johnny solo numbers. Sorry for meandering. : )
 
Jason said:

Thanks. Yeah I love Glam. Trex always puts me in a good mood. I think Prima Donna is alright, there's a group like them kinda.. Dirty Sweet you may want to check out.. they're ok too. There's a really good Johnny Thunders cover band fronted by a girl, I think she looks more like what Johnny was trying to look like than Johnny. They're Chinese Rocks... anyway thanks for the recommendation. 

Thanks. Yeah I love Glam. Trex always puts me in a good mood. I think Prima Donna is alright, there's a group like them kinda.. Dirty Sweet you may want to check out.. they're ok too. There's a really good Johnny Thunders cover band fronted by a girl, I think she looks more like what Johnny was trying to look like than Johnny. They're Chinese Rocks... anyway thanks for the recommendation. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnL782LNm1A

Been playing this a lot!

What a great site, really well done. Nice to know that JP is appreciated 'across the pond' as well. It wasn't until he'd gone that people started to really appreciate what he'd done for music. A few that he championed never showed the gratitude due either. 

Haha! Sorry JB I meant Joe! I wasn't going to buy 'commando' but after reading a review like that I'll have to!

Just bought 'flying saucers rock n roll' JB, is that you in it?

John Battles said:

I THINK YOU MEAN TO SAY THANKS TO JOE? AS IT HAPPENS , WE KNOW EACH OTHER , AND Joe's Fleshtones' book "SWEAT" comes as recommended  as letting HER get on top. Just sayin'.
Mark George Harrison said:

Thanks a frickin' lot John, another book I now HAVE to buy!

Joe Bonomo said:

My take on Commando, fwiw:

http://www.nosuchthingaswas.com/2012/03/i-never-wore-earplugs-that-...