I’m talking about mods as in The Who, The Small Faces and mods and rockers.
How did the mod movement begin? Is it just a UK thing, or are there other nationalities with a sizeable mod population? Who first attached the Ministry Of Defence logo to the movement (the three concentric circles, red, blue, white)? I’m assuming the logic was Ministry Of Defence -> MOD -> mod, is that correct?
Why do mods associate themselves with scooters? Why not motorbikes, which are generally perceived as more manly? Was it cost or was a Lambretta a fashionable thing to own before the mod movement?