The Movie: Quadrophenia (1979)
What Is It?: Franc
Roddam makes one of the few movies based on an album that’s worth a damn. This
tale of teen angst and identity trauma amidst clashes between mods and rockers
is both relevant to the era it intends to chronicle and the era in which it was
made: a flick for mods and punks alike. The music is rather good too.
Why Today?: On this day in 1964, the so-called Battle of Margate between mods and
rockers began.
