{"id":124,"date":"2016-09-29T04:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T04:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2016-09-29T05:36:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T05:36:58","slug":"the-mockers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/2016\/09\/29\/the-mockers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mod or Rocker?… Introducing The Mockers!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mockers in Spain 2012. Photo courtesy of The Mockers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Being NYC, many smaller bands from outside the area always made it a point\u00a0to make the city a stopover. One of those bands, The Mockers<\/a>, came all the way from Virginia Beach, VA. Details of how I found out about their NYC gig is still a bit hazy…but with a name like The Mockers, any 60s music fan worth his salt would be curious.\u00a0There was no question where I\u00a0would be that sunny weekend afternoon in 1987\u2014NYU’s old Loeb student union.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>At this point the group\u00a0was only a few years old and, like most bands at that point in their career, they were hungry to win over the audience. True to form they delivered a perfect 60s-flavored pop set that even made converts of people who just happened to wander into the performance area by accident. \u00a0After the show ended I went over to head Mocker Seth Gordon and complimented him\u00a0on a wonderful set.\u00a0Seth sincerely thanked me and did something that used to be a lot more common among bands and fans. He handed me a demo tape in appreciation.<\/p>\n

The 1987 demo version of Outdoor Cafe (which was to eventually make its way to 1995s Somewhere Between Mocksville and Harmony<\/em> LP) is minimally produced\u00a0and shows the band\u00a0as close to live as you can get. Truly a gem of a song, and performance.<\/p>\n

Nowadays\u00a0The Mockers are in the midst of an extended hiatus. However,\u00a0over the years they\u00a0did go\u00a0on to have a long and fruitful career overseas. Big in Japan indeed.<\/p>\n