WTN Radio - We Are The Mods

HOLY TARGET TURMOIL BATMAN! Is the Roundel the Bat Signal for mods around the world drawing us all in like a moth to a flame or over-used ancient revival iconography? In this episode, Boy Wonder Warren Peace introduces the Dynamic Duo, co-hosts Penny Lane and Hacker & embarks on a 3-Way debate on the virtue of the ol’mod target. Also, “Is it because he’s Welsh?” With SVENGALI moving from cult internet series to the big screen, actor, writer and star, the brilliant Johhny Owen joins to discuss life, his mod philosophy and working alongside the likes of Martin Freeman and Maxine Peake! Plus new MOD music from The Men, The Inciters, RAF & The Third Degree, soul, ska and copious amounts of really, REALLY good scotch. We are the Mods! with Warren Peace- Global ‘GloryHole FREE’ Radio!

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!

EXCLUSIVE for WATM listeners! Warren chats with Russian mod sensations The Riots LIVE from Moscow and plays tracks from the forthcoming album. ‘Time for Truth’…heard for the first time ANYWHERE! Joe Moran, co-creator of SUSSED magazine (voted #1 fanzine of 2012 by Mod Generation) joins from Dublin to discuss modernism in the Emerald Isle and mod-trepreneur Dave Wyburn previews the long awaited UPRISING TOUR of the UK. Plus…MARCH OF THE MODS, scooters, soul, style ska and the usual rants. 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!

Warren Peace fills your stockings with more scooters, soul, ska and style in the last show of 2012! In between shots of brandy he’ll be discussing the ‘cult’ of Quadrophenia and its impact on the mod movement from ’79 to the present day, James Bond’s style through the decades and asks the question, does Mod really ‘need’ a revival in 2013 to kick it up the @rse? Don’t miss it! Guests include Carlos Perez, (Mod Male mod blog) and Alan ‘Hacker’ Hudson, ‘Wake the Nation’ DJ and 80′s Ace-Face!

Special Edition featuring Warren Peace’s chat with Peter ‘Dougal’ Butler, friend, former personal assistant to rock’s legendary clown prince of chaos, Keith Moon and author of one of rock’s top biographies, ‘FULL MOON’! Also, Feature on Young Mods in the UK plus the usual blinding music, rants, soul, ska, scooters and style!

Warren discusses his ‘red card’ from US radio and asks the question: Overly lamped and mirrored scooters…iconic mod cool or machines that have done for mod what Jimmy Savile has done for the 1st Ealing cub scout troop.

Has ‘sloppy society’ in 2012 caused a decline in Mod style-standards, so much so that even the “Modfather” himself has been caught looking like a beatnick’s nightmare? Warren takes on Weller’s wardrope and features interviews with 80′s Ace face ‘Hacker’ Hudson and infamous Mod Male blogger, Carlos Perez.