mods

british gangs from the early 60’s and 70’s who’s rival were the rockers (teddy boys). the mods (short for modernists) were notorious for pill-popping (blues, bennies, uppers, downers, ecstasy, amphetamines, barbs, booze, goofb-lls, etc., riding really fast on their lambrettas/vespas italian high-performance scooters, clubbing, orgies, well-dressed/chic, mod hairstyles, listening to jazz/funk/sixties r&b/the who/the kinks/the beatles/the rolling stones/etc., partying non-stop (the original ravers), and anti-establishment/anarchy against the moors of the establishment.

check out “quadrophenia
by the who, and see the film now. it will change your perspective about teen angst.
we are the mods, we are the mods, we are we are we are the mods!!!
also, those tools who moderate online message boards.
mods suck.
better than hippies
mods rule this town
mod is a dandified youth subculture that developed and was strongest in the 1960’s, but has experienced many reincarnations since then and is still very much in existance.

as with many subcultures, the defining characteristics are clothing and music, both of which become an obsession for mods. the clothing has a vintage, well-taylored, and peac-ckish look, favoring bright patterns, plenty of color, brands like ben sherman and fred perry, and slim-cut, three b-tton suits (preferrably italian) in the style of the sixties. the favored music of mods is varied rather widely but, for the most part, shares the characteristic of being danceable. favored genres include old school ska, soul, and r&b as well as new wave, britpop, and some things that, today, are heaped into the rather loose label of “alternative rock”.

another defining characteristic of mods is their chosen mode of transportation, the italian moterscooter (most notably vespa and lambretta). not everyone who rides a scooter is mod, however. these scooters tend to be in a retro style and sometimes heavily customized.

unlike the case with some other social subgroups, there exists no mod ideology or philosophy(outside of a general avoidance of violence because of unwillingness to damage their clothes and the idea that, as the who put it in one of their earliest songs “you gotta be cool”). however, this does not mean that mods do not have any depth; only that there is no specific mindset -ssociated with the group.
mod and emo have almost nothing to do with each other.
an 80’s hardcore band. m.o.d. was short for method of destruction.
remember m.o.d.? i think they used to be a funny band.
to lick an object (such as a small plastic toy gun) and then stick it up your -sshole.
i was moding last night when my gun misfired, so i asked eliot to finish me off.
a modification, used in reference to video games. a variation of a game’s engine and graphics to create a new game.
valve relies heavily on modding, with counter-strike, day of defeat, and garry’s mod all being mods of half-life.