Great thread.  This Jeff person and his friends ooze style.

I don't know if any of you would find this interesting--I do because I am an unrepentant nerd.  Dave Gibbons (the artist on The Watchmen) recently did a graphic novel (expensive comic book) called "The Originals," which is his take on the mods and rockers, set in a an alternate dystopian reality with hovering scooters and a few other nifty details.

His designs for the Originals' (mods) "dazzlerags" (bit of Burgessian futurespeak going on as well) are pretty cool:  lots of checked suits, saddle shoes, graphic stripes, etc., mixed in with vaguely sci-fi outerwear.  Might be worth a look to the mod enthusiast.

Gibbons was apparently a mod himself, way back when.

Another interesting link BTW :

http://groups.msn.com/LondonSkinheads1970sand80s/originalskinheadstheroots.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=955

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in the USA, 1980s, when I first got into the cult, there were quite a few fellows that were self-proclaimed 'Rude Boys'.  I'd always thought of Rude Boys as black fellows doing their own subset of mod, tho there were plenty of white fellows calling themselves rude boys out here.  But it did seem like a way for black guys to separate themselves from everyone else, even tho their style of dress and music taste was the same.  From my memories, it seemed like the standard Rude Boy uniform was to look like a living breathing walking Walt Jabsco.

That Specials album was important for me as well, along with the first Selecter and Madness.  I was 13 and some school friends had discovered it and we became quite obsessed with the 2Tone look and sound, obviously never realizing the treasure trove of sartorial heritage we accidentally fell into nor the way it would affect how I dress, 20+ years later.

btw, there is a great line in the movie Sid & Nancy during a club scene where a black punk rocker is talking to a gal and he says to her "I Don't want to be a punk no more", and she says "Yea? Then wotcha gonna be?" and he replies "I'm going to be a RUDE BOY!"  It's a quick 15 sec scene but it always struck a chord in me

It was a look & a style most of all back in the day.
Label queens like me came later.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1JUOqQk1s

This should have been the first 'Soft Cell' single, but it lost out to 'Tainted Love'. Marc Almond returned to it later as a part of his one man show.

Not much to do with Skins...

Pounds tho'., don't it?

Move that ass you half a muthafucka!

j.

Has anybody got a source for where I am able to view slade when they were a skinhead band- a youtube search mainly reveals- come on feel the noise and there ever popular christmas anthem?