>I was in living in Tokyo in the early 80s and started listening to ska
>there--the British groups--but who were the "rudies & mods"? I must have
>missed that. What music defined them?
Mod was an English movement from the mid sixties that has been revived a number
of times. They are the ones that the movie Quadrophenia was about; parkas,
suits, scooters, pills, soul et al. ( I would go into a history but does anyone
really want to hear that again?) Incidently, the Giles guy from the Acid Jazz
label was quite the mod in his day. He ran his own label called Countdown and
put out a fanzine who's name escapes me. I have an old interview with him in a
mod magazine called In the Crowd from around 1986 if anyone is interested I
could probably post it.