thanks soulgirl thats right. they r def not hippies. nowt like it at all. www.modculture.com is the best to explain all in comparison to the rockers. basically it was a new decade but nothing had changed and they were bored as hell. they needed something new for their generation and so created their own music and culture. unlike the rockers who were still living back in the 50's with elvis and suchlike. the mods saw them as boring!!