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Mods and Rockers

The Mods and the Rockers were two British youth movements of the early 1960s. Gangs of mods and rockers fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youth.

The Rockers adopted a macho biker gang image; the Mods adopted a pose of scooter-driving "sophistication".

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