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From
the post-punk, massed Mod revival of the 1970s, there emerged an almost
organic cultural collective - Scooter Boys. With an underlying musical
focus on Northern Soul and R&B, these scooter boys developed a
passion for steamy all nighters, fuelled by a fast, absorbing and
intrinsically nomadic lifestyle.
They
gathered in their thousands at an array of coastal resorts all over the
British Isles (and beyond) for all weekend parties, making their own
rules and their own enemies. The cultural icon at the epicentre of this
phenomenon were the Italian motor-scooters which mobilised this unique
way of life.
In
the 1990s, yet another string was added to the bow of scooter culture,
courtesy of artists such as Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene and Cast. These
bands, along with the already ‘scooter-credible’ Paul Weller, helped
fuel a new generation of scooter-loving individuals.
Gareth
Brown’s youth culture classic Scooter Boys is now re-issued proudly on
Independent Music Press. Brown is widely regarded as the leading world
authority on scooter culture. His writings on scooter culture have been
published in magazines throughout the world and a signed scooter he once
owned sold for £10,000 in Japan.
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