
Episode 136: “My Generation” by the Who
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Mods - A History of the Mods
Pete meaden was taken on as helmet gordon's stant, but from this point on the group decided to regard him as their defacto manager. As more than just a manager to townsend, in particular, he was a gooroo figure. And he shaped the group to appeal to the mods. Now we've not talked much about the mods previously, and what little has been said has been a bit contradictory. That's because the mods were a tiny sub culture at this point. Or to be more precise, they were three sub cultures. The original mods had come along in the late 19 fifties, at a time when there was a division among jaz
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