this shoot was a lot of fun, except it was about 40 degrees out.
many years ago i was born. then i grew up. as my friends know, i neverrea
lly had a place to belong. during high school i discovered hardcore andpunk
rock. the music was fun
. (this story takes a bit....) then i met thisskinhead named jamie. we went
to shows, and had a grand time. he t
aughtme about skins, and their origins. i learned alot. by my junior year, iwas
considered a "skinhead." this wen
t on for some time, as imoved away from hardcore a
nd into ska and oi. then came the rise into thepeople who are a cut above. with
my growing fondness for
brit pop, i startedlistening to the Who, Small Faces, the Jam,
booker T & the MGs, andother more "mod" musics. the culture was
always inside me, butw
ithin the past two years, it has come more to the surface. now, i considermyself
a mod. yes i h
ave a parka. i like the way it looks, and it's warm.having always been a sharp
dresser, the trans
ition was gradual, and easy.to me mod is that forward looking mentality embodied
in everyth
ing the modsdo. i'm always looking to coorespond with people
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From the post-punk, massed Mod revival of the 1970s, there emerged an almost
organ
ic cultural collective - Scooter Boys. With an underlying musical focus on Norther
n Soul and R&B, these scooter boys developed a passion for steamy all nighters,
fu
elled by a fast, absorbing and intrinsically nomadic lifestyle.
They gathered in their thousands at an array of coastal resorts all over the
British Is
les (and beyond) for all weekend parties, making their own rules and their own
enemies. The cultural icon at the epicentre of this phenomenon were the Italian
mo
tor-scooters which mobilised this unique way of life.
In the 1990s, yet another string was added to the bow of scooter culture, courtesy
of a
rtists such as Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene and Cast. These bands, along with the
alread
y ‘scooter-credible’ Paul Weller, helped fuel a new generation of
scooter-loving individuals.
Gareth Brown’s youth culture classic Scooter Boys is now reprinted proudly
on Inde
pendent Music Press. Brown is widely regarded as the leading world authority
on s
cooter culture. His writings on scooter culture have been published in magazines
thro
ughout the world and a signed scooter he once owned sold for £10,000 in
Japan.
lasting out edgy pop anthems with Teutonic flair and twisted outlook. This is
Lady
tron – a quartet composed of Helen Marnie, Daniel Hunt, Reuben Wu, and
Mira Aro
yo. They've taken the UK by storm, toured extensively throughout Europe, and
are no
w prepared to bring their sound stateside with
Light & Magic, their newest release o
n Emperor Norton Records. Forming by chance through meetings in bars and parks,
they
set out in an unusual way, ignoring London to play their debut show in a Paris
bowling all
ey, and releasing their debut single, "He Took Her to a Movie," in
mid-1999. Strange
European dates followed in temporary spaces in east Berlin and to frenzied electrokids
i
n Barcelona, slowly building a reputation as one of the most interesting new
acts arou
nd, for lovers of the sounds and the songs alike. This skewed approach to crafting
pop m
usic has rewarded the group with overwhelming critical acclaim. Ladytron's U
K debut single, "He Took Her To A Movie," was recorded for literally
nothing. It
was quickly picked up by British national radio, MTV2, and championed by the
NM
E and other English magazines like Select, Melody Maker, and Sleaze Nation calling
Ladytron "the most exciting new Eng
lish band in years, by a long way."
Their summer 2000 "Playgirl" single went even further, pre-empting
the nascent electro
movement, and drawing acclaim from the likes of Felix Da Housecat, who says
Ladytr
on were a major influence on his hugely popular Kittenz and Thee Glitz album.
As d
iverse as their nationalities and backgrounds may be – Mira (Sofia), Helen
(Glasgow)
, Daniel and Reuben (Liverpool via Hong Kong) – the musical influences
of Ladytron a
re possibly even more so. A listen to the tr
acks "Playgirl" from 2001’s cri
tically lauded debut full-length, 604 and "Commodore Rock," fr
om the summer of 2000’s EP of the same name, calls to
