Mods: The New Religion Hardcover – April 1, 2014

"Mod was everything. Mod took over your whole life." Roland Kelly, a Mod.If you like bands like The Small Faces, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Artwoods, etc., and U.S. performers like Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry, and American R&B in general, you will like this book. That whole 60's Mod movement still has it's identity today in large part due to all the great music identified with the Mod era.And if you want only one book on the subject, Paul Anderson's well put together book is the one to have. It's crammed with first-person information told by the people who were there--both well and lesser/unknown people--and all who have something worth inclusion here. But equally important (and well done) are all the period photos of bands, venues, and the Mods themselves--both male and female. Plus there's club flyers, ads, 45 RPM record labels, and other ephemera from that era--in both color and b&w--that tell a visual story of the Mod movement in England in the 1960's.Beginning with a chapter on British/Mod fashions, Anderson delves into the music that Mods craved, including a chapter on Ska (important to Mods). Also here are chapters on scooters (almost as important), dance styles, drugs ("purples" help you stay up all weekend), various important venues (the Flamingo, the Scene, the Coffee An,the Cellar Hall, etc.), TV ("Ready Steady Go!"), U.S. soul/r&b, and the English bands that forged their identities during that time. And all of these topics are dealt with in a great combination of personal accounts and many, many great period photos that cover the whole scene. Frankly it's a bit of a toss-up as to which is better--the personal accounts or all the great visuals. But combined, this book will be hard to beat on the subject of Mods.I've always found the Mod era fascinating mostly because of the music. But the Mod devotion to sartorial splendor (beginning with that 1950's era Miles Davis/button-down look) is a large part of the Mod identity along with scooters (hopefully a Vespa), and the various venues/clubs where it all took place. Consequently I own a number of books on the Mod era, and "Mods The New Religion" is the best of the batch. Anderson has obviously put a lot of thought into the book's layout along with all the first-person accounts of what it was really like to be a Mod.So if you want just one book on this fascinating era in British music, fashion, and what is was like to be a Mod, get this book.

Great pictures, informative text.

nice beautiful hardcover book, well put together, get it

Anderson's meticulously and lovingly researched treatise is the definitive account of the original British youth subculture phenomenon. Included are many photographs from the era (roughly 1958 through 1967) and personal accounts from interviews with surviving insiders abound. The author chronicles the rapidly changing fashion scene and the lifestyles of the young protagonists, whose hedonistic pursuit of pleasure occasionally clashed with authority.

Coffee table book, Good for browsing topics of interest.

This is a GREAT book. Loved the pictures and the stories behind it all!

This book is very cool.

Lots of good reading.

un bel libro per chi ama la musica degli anni 60's... essenziale per chi vuole avvicinarsi alla sottocultura Mod, oppure approfondire l'argomento.

Excellent

Que dire sur ce fabuleux ouvrage....Issu moi même de la scene Mod, c'est avec un immense plaisir que j'ai pu parcourir cette "bible", ce fantastique recueil de photos et anecdotes inédites....Il est d'une incroyable richesse ( recueil et témoignages, photos inédites et de qualité...) et pourvu d'une documentation prouvant l'implication sans faille de paul 'smiler' dans cette scene depuis le début des années 80....Tout y est et de façon quasi exhaustive....Un travail d'archives titanesque et une authenticité qui justifie largement l'achat de cet ouvrage qui fera date quelques decennies aprés le "Mods" biblique de Richard Barnes.

this is quite simply the best book available on this great british youth subculture. I would whole heartedly recommend this to anybody interested or studying subcultures, anybody who lived during this era and the mod revival or anybody with just a passing interest, it ticks every box. It is highly readable and hard to put down as those 'faces' that were there recount stories and events. But it doesn't stop there you have chapters on the clothes, the music, the clubs and the events up until and beyond the demise of this youth movement. There are several other volumes about mod from Richard Barnes, Graham Lentz, Paolo Hewitt, Terry Rawlings and Richard Weight all of which are worthy of your patronage but hindsight has set this one apart and it's the most complete, enthraling and colourful of all these volumes. My favourite bit are the playlists from the djs and members of the various mod clubs, armed with spotify or similar streaming software you can recreate the sounds of this era! It also includes flyers, adverts, newspaper and magazine cuttings from publications of the time. I could go on! Check it out for yourself!

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