Talk:Mods and Rockers

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[edit] copyright infringement?

I find that this article is suspiciously similar to one of the links (BBC).

Checking the terms of use of that webpage, they appear to me as being incompatible with the GFDL.

Can anybody confirm if there is a copyright issue here?

And if so, who is copying who? (this article or the BBC one)

If it turns out to be a false alarm, please give reasons and keep them here to avoid future concerns.

[edit] Mods and Rockers

"They later developed into Hells Angels."

This does not make sense. The Hells Angels were founded in California in the 1940s, so how could they have developed out of a 1960s British youth culture? As far as I know they aren't even present in the British Isles. Can whoever added this sentence explain it, please? --No-One Jones (talk) 09:53, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)

How come there is a separate entry for Mods but Rockers Directs here.

Because no one has gotten around to writing a separate article on Rockers to replace the redirect. Wanna write one? PKM

"The mods adopted a pose of scooter-driving sophistication, wearing suits and other cleancut outfits." True, but the article should mention the parkas the Mods wore, especially on their scooters. In the photographs of mods-on-scooters of the period I seem to recall lots of parkas but rarely a Tonik suit. Marshall46 12:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] There is no peace

Why did mods and rockers fight each other? --Abdull 18:36, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

this website gives interesting insight: www.stthomasu.ca/~pmccorm/modsandrockers1.html the mods & rockers never were "Hells Angels", they were merely compared to them by a U.S. newspaper.