Request Magazine: Return of the Mod: Does England Still Swing? (01/05/1995 - USA)
Request Magazine: Return of the Mod: Does England Still Swing? (01/05/1995 - USA)

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Young Britons, enjoying a pop-music renaissance spearheaded by Blur, Oasis, Pulp, and Elastica, are copying their heroes and heroines sleek style and cobbling together a new mod vision. Once outfitted, these creative, artistic types make the scene in musically eclectic clubs such as Smashing, Magick, Yes Please, and, most notoriously, Blow-Up, a crammed weekend session that has packed Camden Towns tiny Laurel Tree pub every Saturday night for more than a year. Bands like Menswear (five boys in three-button suits with four songs and a six-figure deal), Thurman, and Supergrass have emerged from this breeding ground tike germs from a petri dish. PAUL TUNKIN, SINGER WITH THE WEEKENDERS AND CATALYST OF CAMDENS BLOW-UP CLUB, MADE HIS MARK AS A DEEJAY IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, A BEACHSIDE MECCA FOR YOUNG LAMBRETTA-DRIVING MODERNISTS SINCE THE EARLY 60s. TUNKIN HAS TAKEN THE BLOW-UP FORMULA OF 60s FILM-SOUNDTRACK MUSIC AND SCREAMADELIC 90s INDIE-DANCE ON THE ROAD WITH BOTH SUEDE AND BLUR. KATRIN BOHM (LEFT), VOCALIST FOR THE VERY IDEA AND MAIN FACE OF CAMDENS BLOW-UP CLUB, MOVED TO LONDON FROM HER NATIVE GERMANY TO ATTEND GUILDHALL UNIVERSITY IN WEST LONDON. BOHM WEARS A 70s SKI JACKET (HOME).