So I get back from the UK after a brief holiday where I got to see the Clash live and lived in a country where the Jam were huge. God I missed it. But I came back with a load of ideas for Little Murders and our new directions. I was moving into the Mod thing before I left but now I was going to try and get the scene going in Melbourne. It seemed all my friends at the time were going through the same thing and within months we had a Mod magazine and Little Murders started having mod DJs support us at gigs. In particular a place called the Market Hotel. Eventually they started they their own club called Kommotion in Church street Richmond at a pub called The Prince Albert. It had a courtyard out the back that would fill with scooters. Some nights when the Murders weren't playing I'd go down and DJ. It was a fantastic time.
When Going Underground hit the number one spot in the UK straight in, it seemed like the Mods were taking over. Of course it didn't even dent the charts here.
The Jam were a catalyst for the whole Mod movement along with the Quadrophenia movie that hit here in 1980. And I guess The Kids Are Alright Who documentary. Going Underground was an anthem.
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