A mod revival started in the late 1970s in the United Kingdom, with thousands of mod revivalists attending scooter rallies in locations such as Scarborough and the Isle of Wight. This revival was partly inspired by the 1979 film Quadrophenia, which explores the original 1960s movement, and by mod-influenced bands such as the Jam, Secret Affair, the Lambrettas, Purple Hearts, the Specials and the Chords, who drew on the energy of new wave music.

All anthologies, by their nature, are retrospective. It seems to me that in this collection you are deliberately drawing some form of line. a b c d "Folk Devils and Moral Panics". Routledge . Retrieved 18 June 2023. It was Stanley Cohen's classic account, first published in the early 1970s and regularly revised, that brought the term 'moral panic' into widespread discussion.Eddie Piller: 'Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances: A Life In Mod - From The Revival to Acid Jazz'. Foreword by Paul Weller.

Verguren, Enamel . This Is a Modern Life: The 1980s London Mod Scene, Enamel Verguren. Helter Skelter (2004), ISBN 1-900924-77-3 a b c Jobling, Paul and David Crowley, Graphic Design: Reproduction and Representation Since 1800 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996) ISBN 0-7190-4467-7, ISBN 978-0-7190-4467-0 a b Lobenthal, J. "Psychedelic Fashion." Love to Know. "Psychedelic Fashion". Archived from the original on 17 March 2015 . Retrieved 8 April 2015.Miles Kane: "I don't know if it can get any more bonkers." ". Cambridge News. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Mondo Mod. Dir. E. Beatty and P. Perry, orig. 1967. DVD: something Weird Video, rel. 2002 w/ The Hippy Revolt a b c d Wilson, Dr. Andrew (2008). "Mixing the Medicine: The Unintended Consequence of Amphetamine Control on the Northern Soul Scene" (PDF). Internet Journal of Criminology. ISSN 2045-6743. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011 . Retrieved 11 October 2008. Owram, Doug, Born at the Right Time: A History of the Baby-Boom Generation (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996) p. 3

Feldman, Christine J. (2009), "Chapter 1: Whose modern world?: mod culture in Britain", in Feldman, Christine J. (ed.), We are the mods: a transnational history of a youth subculture, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., p.41, ISBN 9781433103704, Skinheads emerged from the Mod scene with a look that countered the majority of Mods' super-stylish appearance. Before they were known as Skinheads (or "Skins"), this group was known as "Hard Mods", implying an unrefined aspect to their look.One thing that comes through clearly in most of Hatherley's books and essays is his seething, almost Orwellian, hatred of what I would call 'architectural brutality' (not to be confused with brutalism) – all those massive, ugly structures that distort the face of many a British and European town and city. He seems to be still cherishing the unshaken belief in Winston Churchill's famous pronouncement that we shape the buildings first and they then shape us. What a wonderful book. Mod isn't about what decade you lived in, it's about your attitude, and this book has tons of it' Kenney Jones , The Small Faces Owen Hatherley brings to bear a quizzing eye, venomous wit, supple prose, refusal to curry favor, rejection of received ideas, exhaustive knowledge and all-round bolshiness. He travels, self-consciously, in the famous footsteps of J. B. Priestley and Ian Nairn, and there can be no higher praise than to suggest that he proves himself their peer. Jonathan Meades, [for A Guide to the Ruins . . .] I saw guys like us (who didn't have their parents' wallets to supply bespoke threads) more in line with the original 1960s Mods... young guys who were willing to sacrifice what little they had for a better appearance on their own terms. For me, no matter how broke or poor I felt I was, I wanted to look my best. That was probably the biggest attraction the Mod look had (and still has) for me.

a b Artavia, Mario (2006). "SoCal Mods". South Bay Scooter Club. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008 . Retrieved 11 October 2008. The Mod subculture emerged in London during the early 1960s. Mods created a vibrant, underground youth scene through a set of select nightclubs and boutiques throughout the city, with many located in the West End’s Soho district. In this post-war, post-rationing, and post-national-conscription era, teenage Mods had more disposable income and leisure time than previous generations and made the most of both. Through a sharp, tailored clothing style and energetic, danceable music from the United States and Jamaica, they sought to reinvent what it meant to be young, modern and British. A leading London Mod, Pete Meaden, described the subculture as “clean living under difficult circumstances” because it was a lifestyle that motivated working-class youth to dedicate what money they had to cultivating a smart, turned-out appearance.A journey of discovery for a schoolboy dabbling with punk, funk, record shops, discos and clothes, and then… WHAAAM! An unstoppable wave of like-minded kids fall headlong in love with 60s mod culture, revived and reformatted for the 70s and 80s generation. A valuable exploration of the many modernist projects that have defined our society and politics. Esmond Sage, Morning Star Rawlings, Terry and R. Barnes, Mod: Clean Living Under Very Difficult Circumstances: a Very British Phenomenon (Omnibus Press, 2000), p. 89. Feldman, Christine Jacqueline. "We Are the Mods": A Transnational History of a Youth Subculture. Peter Lang (2009).