Influenced by The Jam, The Who, The Creation, Small Faces, and mostly The Action along with Syd's Pink Floyd, The Eyes and American Garage; MOD FUN released 2 Singles ("I Am With You" and "Mary Goes Round"), 1 EP ("Hanging Round",) and 2 Albums ("Dorothy's Dream" on Cryptovision and "90 Wardour Street" on Midnight Records) from '84 thru '87 before calling it quits (originally) in April of 1987 after a turbulent European tour that brought them thru Switzerland, Germany (2x!), Italy, and Austria.
Before this European tour (87), and upon graduating highschool (84,) the band headed west to California & was welcomed by the Mod Scene in San Diego and San Francisco with open arms... Los Angeles however, saw a near riot at their debut "Cavern" show attended by Susanna Hoffs (Bangles) & Louis Gutterez (3 O'clock), among other "Paisley Undergrounders" and one too many LA Skinheads who seemed miffed at MOD FUN's "Psychedelic Attire." They promptly placed a table in the middle of the dance floor, in an attempt to prevent Mods who came up from SD from dancing. What really set them off, however was when Mick kicked the "obstruction" over & out of the way during an inspired guitar solo and the SD Mods started dancing again. Needless to say, exiting the venue and leaving the parking lot that night was an adventure in driving.
Although they toured Europe and the US three times, MOD FUN became mostly well known as the only mod-pop band based in the NYC garage revival of the early / mid -'80s. Other modish bands started to pop-up near the end of MOD FUN's near residence at The Dive (aka "Cavestomp Central"); but none seemed to even get the chance to quite immerse themselves in that scene and genre in the way MF did as The Dive sadly closed down at it's height of popularity. After The Dive closed, a gig with the amazing NY act The Vipers at the legendary Peppermint Lounge was soon followed by a few sold-out headlining shows at Maxwells.
The CD collection "Past Forward" released by GET HIP in 1995 was reissued in 2004 and it encompasses most of their recorded output including some UK-only tracks that first appeared on Hi Lo Records LP "American Heart and Soul"... Also included on the 20-track collection is unreleased material produced by legendary rock scribe Jim DeRogatis, and cover versions including tracks by The Zombies, The Kinks and The Syn.
In September of 2004, hot on the heels of what would've been their "20th anniversary" MOD FUN's live "reunion," went off without a hitch. The band headlined the "MODSBURY PARK" festival, (a 2-day "Garage/60's Freakout" on the shores of the Atlantic.) "MODSBURY 2" then took place in Fall '05, a few months after the reunited MOD FUN played their 2nd gig at the Philly Freekout (in Summer '05). The band has recently recorded a slew of new tracks for upcoming "tribute" cds as well as new original material (4 tracks!) and many rare covers... As of 2006 MOD FUN has played the following additional Cities: Nashville, Chicago, NYC (The Last Mod Night ever at CBGB!) and Baltimore as well as headlining the 3rd "Freek Out by the Shore" at the most successful "MODSBURY PARK" yet: dubbed "MP3"!!!! Up next a return to NYC, and more recordings leading us into 2007 !!! . . . stay tuned!!!
