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Are The Kinks a MOD Band?

Poetic Wax | October 4, 2025



Are The Kinks a MOD band? When you look at The Kinks’ early work from the mid 1960s, they seem to fit the part. Sharp suits, R&B influences. But it’s not as simple as that. Today, we break it down, defining what a MOD band is, and sharing the arguments for and against the claim. Chime in with your thoughts on the topic in the comments. (And, as always, be respectful!)

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Is The Kinks a MOD Band?
1:13 What Does it Mean to Be A MOD?
2:23 Chapter Break
3:22 Yes, The Kinks IS a Mod Band
4:47 No, The Kinks Are NOT a Mod Band
7:08 My Thoughts on the Topic

CLIP CREDITS:
All Day and All of the Night (Live Shindig 1965): https://youtu.be/xIYzQfgGTZE?si=Hlj0rAa2fC9lEmSc
That Time Dave Davies Invented Heavy Metal https://youtu.be/jBS-q23JoUM?si=KILJPpQXB1N7zU0i
The Who My Generation (Live, 1965) https://youtu.be/7MhAEpcxHNQ?si=bDBg0GaDHwqEX3j8
The Kinks Hullabaloo 1965: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7p2EPYCvKI
The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (NME Live, 1965): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx9J6iMrtdY
The Kinks “Sunny Afternoon” (Top of the Pops, 1966) https://youtu.be/PMHfYLZS4cI?si=3wghYv1bCvWiiC-N
Ray and Dave Interview (1966): https://youtu.be/5Mi7-kQbV6A?si=MZnHc1g2ju6HqE7s

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  16. @johnweiler3700

    October 4, 2025 at 3:25 am

    I think they were more influential on than influenced by the Mods. After You Really Got Me all the Mod bands retooled what had been pretty a straightforward R&B sound to incorporate those choppy, dirty chords — take Can’t Explain for example. Throwing it forward to the Mod revival at the end of the 70s/early 80s, The Jam were deeply indebted to the Kinks.

  35. @MT-cd7cs

    October 4, 2025 at 3:25 am

    My dad was a Mod, in the 60’s, in a band that would be termed Mod later in time (he was the organist, a la Procol Harum style). His favourite band was The Kinks until the day he was no longer on this Earth sadly. So in my eyes, they were the epitome of the Mod ethic, sound and style, really as forerunners of the ‘true’ Mod style of the Who, Small Faces, etc.
    One of the only periods of music I’d have loved to been part of at the time (this and the 77 Punk scene). Unfortunately, I got the early 2Ks pop nonsense 🤦‍♂️ but still got to experience a bit of Punk and Ska …6th generation? Whatever came along with the ‘Mosher’ skate scene I was part of in my teens.

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