When were mods and rockers first on the scene and what preceded them?
mods and rockers-around 1963 when it came into prominence-the mods were inspired by italian teenagers who wore the sharp clothes and rode around on the vespas etc,the rockers were a follow on from the teds-so called because teds(short for edward/edwardian)wore old stylee clothes in a similar style to the mens attire in the days of edward the seventh-there wasnt really a previous lot before then-the teds really being the first to stand out as tennagers-of course inspired by the mainstream acceptance of rock n roll brought to us by gene vincent,elvis,bill haley and lonnie donnegan-before all of that thwere wasnt really much of a difference between teenagers and adults,and of course there had been a pretty major war going on not long before-i was a mod,still am i guess-missed it first time around but got into the music and clothes around 79 and have been the same ever since i suppose-a good film about the early clashes between mods and rockers can be found in quadrophenia-cool film with g
