Who remembers Mods and Rockers?

[pwb]

I turned Mod when the Beatles came over. That was a time ha?

[FalloutShelter]

1. When life was fun

[MerryHolidays]

2. No comment necessary

[SergeStorms]

3. Oh yeah.

Mods and Rockers were an English phenomenon, imported to the U.S. when the British invasion started.

Mods rode scooters in the British Isles, and Rockers were motorcyclists.

There weren't many scooter riders in the U.S. though, except in large coastal cities like NYC.

Plenty of motorcyclists after WWII though. Pilots loved the freedom of motorcycles. It gave birth to motorcycle clubs all over the country, including the Hell's Angels.

Yeah, I was around for it all. We had different problems then, including the Cuban Missle Crisis, the assassination of JFK etc. Many thought the world was doomed then as well.

There have been 'end of worlders' since Og and Groc started beating each other over the head with clubs outside their caves.

We always remember our youth as the 'good old days' though.

[LakeArenal]

4. I was a Mod with Rocker tendencies.

Of course at that point, I wanted to be British, Speak British, live British.

I remember mostly, I wanted to be a Liverpudlian because it sounded cool.

[Boomerproud]

12. I was a kid but those are my memories as well.

Twiggy, Yardley of London. Etc etc etc. The Union Jack reigned.🎵🎸🇬🇧

[Hoyt]

5. More a Southern to San Francisco California wannabe. But interesting

reading about Mods and Rockers just now.

[meadowlander]

6. The who?

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

7. I grew up in the Antelope Valley, S. CA.

Guys were Surfers or Greasers. Hair style told a lot then...

[NBachers]

8. Rumble in Brighton tonight

[msongs]

9. mockers nt

[Progressive Jones]

10. In my neighborhood in Chicago, one was either a Greaser, or a "Duper".

I had/have no idea where the word "Duper" came from, but it was generally anyone who wasn't a Greaser.
Before long, everyone was a Hippie to some extent, even most of the Greasers.

[OnDoutside]

11. Quadrophenia !

[lame54]

15. Their best album

[Norbert]

13. I was like Ringo, a mocker

[electric_blue68]

14. I wasn't either but in '67 at 14 I became a huge Who fan...

Seeing them live from '68 through the decades. Incredible shows!

[Vinca]

16. I was definitely a Mod. I had my Mary Quant hairdo, mini skirts and couldn't decide

between John and Paul as my first love. It was fun and definitely the best part of otherwise troubled teenage years.

[Mr.Bill]

17. It's very interesting that even people of the same

race and nationality will still divide themselves into rival groups. In fact, it's rare for it not to happen. Just human nature, apparently.