Modcast #608:Reviving DC's Mod Revival

Join me for a deep dive into the nation's capitol, not the swampy reflecting pool, no I am turning the wayback machine to the early 80s and the beginnings of the mod revival in Washington DC.

To bring us this mod origin story I am joined by a man who was there to see it all as it happened, the lead singer for mod power pop rockers Modest Proposal, and The Mondays!, friend of the Modcast Neal Augenstein.

And we'll get an early listen to the debut single from DC's The Generation, which was locked in a London storage unit for 33 years.

Also, Bill Crandall from Modest Proposal has a great blog post remembering many of Washington DC's mod revival bands.

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The Circles -- Opening Up (1979)
Count 4 -- Silk Scarf Knotted (1980)
Mach 5 -- The Elite (1982)
Modest Proposal -- Modest Proposal (Unreleased first Demo) (1983)
Modest Proposal -- I've Seen Your Face Before (1985)
The Reply -- All Good Things (1987)
The Generation -- When I Tell You (1988) (Detour Records)
The Generation -- Don't Know About You (1985) (Bandcamp)
The Mondays! -- Fortune & Glory (1987)
The Mondays! -- Please Please Me (Live at CBGBs) (1988)
Dot Dash -- Unfair Weather (2018)
Adam West -- You're My Solar Flare (2008)
Airport 77s -- Girl On Fire (2025)
Squire -- It's A Mod Mod World (1979)
Purple Hearts -- My Life's A Jigsaw (1980)

Bonus Third Set

The Reply performing All Good Things live at The Roxy August 24, 1988


Modest Proposal "I've Seen Your Face Before" Live 2009


Adam West "You're My Solar Flare"


The Motives _ I'm Waiting


Rhomboids 930 Club (DC) 5-29-87 on the Rockin' DC Cable TV Show


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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World</> is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #607: Walk On The Wild Side

Welcome to the wild side of the mod beginnings, the wild, wooly, often whacky, world of freakbeat. What is freakbeat? Good question and depending on who you ask people will tell you the sound of freakbeat includes everything from The Dave Clark Five to The Pretty Things, Herman's Hermits to The Beatles to The Action to The Wimple Winch, to even The Supremes. Anyhow here's my answer to that question. Let's take a walk on the wild side.

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Sharon Tandy (backed by Fleur De Lys) -- Hold On (1967)
The Artwoods -- Be My Lady (1966)
The Herd -- She Was Really Saying Something (1965)
The Game -- Gonna Get Me Someone (1966)
The Wimple Winch - Save My Soul (1966)
Riot Squad (Ft. David Bowie) - The Toy Soldier (1967)
Tomorrow -- My White Bicycle (1967)
The Mickey Finn - Garden Of My Mind
The Balloon Farm -- A Question Of Temperature (1967)

The Monkees - Daily Nightly (1967)
The Count Five -- Double-Decker Bus (1966)
Pink Floyd -- Lucifer Sam (1967)
Jefferson Airplane -- Crown of Creation (1968)
The Creation -- Nightmares (1967)
Status Quo -- Pictures of Matchstick Men (1968)
Small Faces -- That Man (1966)
Modern Lovers - She Cracked (1972)

Bonus Third Set

Wimple Winch – Rumble On Mersey Square South


The Game - Help me mummy's gone


The Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Fire



Cream - Swlabr 1968


The Beatles - Hey Bullfrog


The Troggs - Night of the Long Grass [1967]


You Better Run - The Young Rascals {Stereo} 1966


Vanilla Fudge "Keep Me Hangin' On" on The Ed Sullivan Show


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Modcast #606: Listen Up

Get a jump start on your week with all new music on Modcast #606: Listen Up with cool new tunes from the likes of The Sankaras, Dirty Weather Blues Revue, The Sha La La's, Bilk, Amplifier Heads, Wishy, 20th Century Boys and more.

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The Amplifier Heads -- Sha La La (2026)
Shader -- Unknown Vision (2026)
Dirty Weather Blues Revue -- Crash On The Levee (2026)
The Sha La La's -- (Baby You're A) Scene Freak (2026)
Wishy -- All The Rage (2026)
Bilk -- Do You Want It (2026)
Spiritual Cramp -- At My Funeral (2025)
Strange Neighbors -- Beer At The Bar (2025)

Uni Boys -- You'll Curse His Name Again (2026)
20th Century Boys -- Cuz I Want To (2025)
Gene Champagne -- Gimme Ammunition (2026)
The Sankaras - The New Sensation (2026)
Palmyra Delran & The Doppel Gang -- Hold Tight (2026)
Teenage Faces -- Runaway (2026)
Loose Lips -- Inside (2025)
Vista Blue -- 50 Years (2026)

Bonus Third Set

Dirty Weather Blues Revue - Baby Please Don't Go


Prayers Electric - Eyeballs


The Boys - Never Mind The Botox


SHADER - Streets Tell Stories


Jack Grisham and the Life Undone - Pieces Of The Sun


Anthony Meynell - Smash - I Want It Back


What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #605: Scenes Zines & Sounds

It's all happening here with my special guest mod DJ, Derek Delboy Shepherd. Derek has his finger on the pulse of new mod music, and has had for quite a while. In the 80s he published one of the longest running mod fanzines ever, the legendary In The Crowd. And in the 90s followed that up by publishing another top fanzine, Tailor Made. These days he curates all the new mod friendly music you can find on his Spotify playlist, and he manages the New Mod Music group on Facebook. Here we jibber jabber about our experiences publishing fanzines back in the day, what mod music has inspired us over the years, and what we're listening to in the here and now. So much to talk about we didn't even get to how he met Paul Weller!

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The Purple Hearts -- Millions Like Us (Live, Hippodrome, London, 9 November 1986)
The Silverados -- Downtown (2026)
The Last Orders -- Spend The Night (2026)
Modern Syndicated -- Death Of A Supermodel (2026)
The Strypes -- She's So Fine (2013)

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Modcast #604: Come Play With Star Collector

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more I am joined by Star Collector front man Vic Wayne, who shares with us some of the new tunes he's digging of late. So come and play, the modcast's afoot!

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Star Collector -- Skyscraper (1999)

The Molotovs - Geraldine (2026)
The Pop Cycle -- Opening Up (Live 2023)
Mopsey -- Fun Forest (2023)
The Lemon Twigs -- Bring You Down (2026)
Mod Lang -- TV Star (2026)

Star Collector -- The Evil Room (2006)
Star Collector -- Kill Your Video (2006)
Star Collector -- Don't Have To Fold (2023)

Past Star Collector modcasts: Modcast #483: All Things Star Collector Modcast #533: Rocking With Star Collector Modcast #585: Shakin' It Down with Star Collector Bonus Third Set

Star Collector - The Best Thing


Star Collector - Crashin'


Star Collector - Black Nostalgia


Star Collector - Everything Must Go!


Cayenne & Caramel by Star Collector


Star Collector on Urban Rush (2006)


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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World</> is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.

Modcast #603: 3 Chords, 3 Minutes, & Skinny Ties - Vol. III

It's green light go for another race through some great power pop songs of the past and present. This is the third installment in my occasional power pop series 3 Chords, 3 Minutes, & Skinny Ties.

Previous power pop shows:
Modcast #17: 3 Chords, 3 Minutes & Skinny Ties
Modcast #135: Power Pop Summer
Modcast #146: The Big Power Pop Show Pt. 1
Modcast #147: The Big Power Pop Show Part Deux
Modcast #258: Biff, Bang, Power Pop
Modcast #284: Biff Bang Power Pop Vol. 2
Modcast #454: 3 Chords, 3 Minutes & Skinny Ties II

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Jim Basnight -- Get It Out (2026)
The Question -- Head On Straight (1987/2026)
The Boojums -- Scott Pilgrim (2026)
The On Offs -- Grown Your Own (2006)
The Len Price 3 -- Strange Love (2025)
The Odd Numbers -- What Am I Gonna Do (2001)
The Jellybricks -- Dreaming In Stereo (2026)
The Risk -- It's So Strange (1987)

The Snapshots -- She Made A Promise (1979)
The Numbers -- Like Being Alone (2026)
The Dynette Set -- Never Learn To Love (1983)
Trevor Blendour -- Can't Get Over You (2025)
The Walnut Dash -- Your Mum (2002)
Beauty -- Polar Bear Ice Cream (2023)
The Vaticans -- Digital World (2006)
Vegas With Randolph -- How Do You Talk To Girls (2025)

Third Set

Haircut 100 - The Unloving Plum


Emperor Penguin - Friend Like Mine


PAS/CAL - Summer Is Almost Here


The On Offs - This Town


The Question -- Wild Child (Live 1988)


The Prize - First Sight


The Trend - She's Hi Fi


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Modcast #602: Mods Talkin'

What happens when two old mods finally sit down and compare style notes? They discover their paths directly crossed nearly 40 years earlier for one thing. And they explore new sounds, old bands, and the everlasting strength of the mod lifestyle. I am joined by one of the best northern soul, mod DJs on the scene today, Mod Marty. He's the host of his own long running podcast On Target, and part of The Internationalists Club podcast along with T-Spurs and Lord Ward.

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The Syndicate of Soul - I Don't Want to Say Forever (Unless It's to You)


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Modcast #601: Days Like These

From funky soul to northern soul, from power pop to jangle pop, and everything in between, this show has something for everyone. It's on days like these you want to feel the sun on your skin, taste the tonic in your gin, and listen to some beautiful tunes. I've got you covered. Relax, kick of your shoes and stay a while.

RIP J. Waylon Porcupine aka John W. Miller, of Reddmen and Friends of Cesar Romero.

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Soul Grenades -- Death at the Disco (2025)
Mod Lang -- Big House (2026)
The Happy Somethings -- Consolation Street (2026)
Barry Walsh -- Star Ride (2026)
The Nite Sobs -- The Mystery of the Vanishing Love (2026)
The Creem -- Goldmine (2026)
The Five Faces -- On Our Way To Genoa (2026)
Friends of Cesar Romero -- Spider Dreamer Sweet Tooth (2025)

Radio Days -- One Heart One Love (2026)
Taxi Girls -- Say It (2026)
Private Lives - Television Faces (2026)
Dany Laj And The Looks - We're The Freaks (2026)
Pamela. -- Better Than Before (2026)
The Affy -- If I Was To Tell You (2026)
South Street - Urbanization (2026)
The Inciters -- A Hundred Faces (2025)

Bonus Third Set

Soul Grenades - Death at the Disco - Live @ Gunfactory Studios


Radio Days - One Heart One Love


Florentenes - Madeline


Purple Hearts - My LIfe's A Jigsaw


The Nashville Ramblers - No Other Girl


The Bayonets - Smartphone




All-Seeing Eyes - Caravan



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What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.