WTN Radio - We Are The Mods

They are your friends, neighbours, co-workers or spouse. They have infiltrated mods highest ranks and lowest numbers, grabbing the scene’s status quo by the ‘twig & berries’ and setting the internet rumor mill on fire with a buzz that has cemented their status as mod’s most enigmatic ‘anti-elitist’ shadow tribe of misfits. In this special episode of We are the Mods, Warren Peace removes the veil of secrecy and exposes the dark hearts beating at the center of the notorious… Black Arabs Mods! Also stopping by, charismatic host of Ireland’s wildly popular ‘Ready Steady Go!’ radio show, the lovely DJ Jacqui Carroll discusses love, life and the current state of mod in the Emerald Isle + WATM friend and regular Carlos Perez from Mod Male Blog checks in to assess mod dance moves through the decades….the good, the bad and blood awful!

Plus, SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT from Warren & new music from The High Leary’s, Twisted Wheel, Suzi Chunk, Stolen Haven, The Most, soul, ska and copious amounts of really, REALLY good scotch. We are the Mods! with Warren Peace- Global ‘GloryHole FREE’ Radio!

re·gen·er·a·tion (noun)

1) The action or process of being regenerated

2) Rebirth – revival – renaissance – renewal

In this episode host Warren Peace looks at how Generation Y are reinventing mod and making it their own… from a vintage subculture to a NOW culture- no rules, no limits and no judgment! Following their monster debut album ‘Generation Silenced’ Missing Andy frontman Alex Greaves joins Warren to discuss the long awaited new double album ‘Guerrilla Invasion’ Parts I & II. Also, a feature on young mods in the UK (Aaron Turner & Lucy Knowles) doing it THEIR way plus the usual great music featuring The Rising, RAF, The Most, soul, ska and mod anthems. GloryHole mod elite with fictional rule books… beware!

Where there’s smoke, there’s a fire and Warren Peace is no stranger to the heat of controversy. Join Mod Radio’s most outspoken DJ and find out what’s getting him fired up! Joining Warren this week in the smoldering aftermath of his career, Steve Marriott biographer/Small Faces expert and Gen1 mod Mr. John Hellier. Also up to bat, ‘teen phenom’ Benny Westmoor who at only 19 years of age, started his own Soul label, Montreal’s ‘Papa Bill Records; dedicated to creating authentic vinyl r n’b records and putting the likes of Daptone/Truth & Soul to shame! WE ARE THE MODS with Warren Peace…Blowin’ the Bloody Doors Off! Voted #1 Mod Podcast in the ‘Dirty Dozen’ http://djpennylane.blogspot.ca/2013/04/the-radio-dirty-dozen.html.

It’s ALL about style! On the eve of the return of Don Draper and gang (MAD MEN season 6), Warren Peace and mod bloggers Carlos Perez (Mod Male) & April Rodriguez (Oysters4breakfast) discuss Madison Avenue’s new take on ‘Mod’ in 2013 and the influence of 60′s style in today’s high street stores. Mod shoe ‘Guru’ Andy Lindsay joins from the UK to chew over what makes a shoe ‘mod’ plus new music from The Beat Movement, The Green Machines,mod anthems, soul, ska, scooters, style…and scotch! NOT the ultimate MODcast (allegedly)… but definitely the better looking one!

In this episode Warren reads the highlights of his hate mail from disgruntled mods and on the eve of recording the follow up to their wildly successful 2012 self-titled EP, gives listeners an EXCLUSIVE preview of the new single from Pop Moderniste Marvels French Boutik courtesy of lead singer Gabriela Giacoman LIVE from Paris. New station-mate at Wake The Nation Radio and fellow DJ Penny Lane joins to chat about Canada’s #1 Mod show, Punks in Parkas currently taking the mod world by storm and begs forgiveness on behalf of her country for Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Labatts beer and Michael Meyers’ career post-Austin Powers! Ace Face Parka Avenue Mod blogger Patrick Foisy presents ’15 things you (maybe) didn’t know about Quadrophenia’ and the masterminds behind amazing mod comic ‘Mods Vs. Rockers’ Martin Cimek and Larry Fletcher give Warren an exclusive insight into the illustrated rivalry between The Seekers SC and Camden Rockers! PLUS, new sounds from The Most, RAF and The Swagger, soul, style, ska, scooters, scotch and great sounds! We Are the Mods… Blowing the Bloody Doors Off!

Has mod history been rewritten in an attempt to create our own mythology regarding the early days of the movement? Warren Peace separates fact from fiction with original Gen1 mod Dave Paxton, explores the current state of mod youth in the UK and gets first ‘dibs’ on tracks from ‘Auto Destructive Art’- the new album from Sweden’s Mod sensations, The Most!

PLUS the usual dose of soul, ska and mod anthems.FOR mods, BY mods…We ARE the Mods!

Is ‘Sir Wiggo’s new title necessarily a good thing? In his first show of 2013, Warren Peace debates the virtue of Mod’s first Knight of the Roundel Table with DJ Hacker and discusses Mod Style stagnation with Parka Avenue mod-blogger Patrick Foisy. PLUS the usual dose of soul, ska and mod anthems in between all of the chat and rants…FOR mods, BY mods!