{"id":149,"date":"2016-10-24T20:14:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T20:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2016-10-29T22:09:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T22:09:31","slug":"jersey-mod-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/jersey-mod-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack of the Jersey Mods &#8211; The Insomniacs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/289677687&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhen it comes to discussing the Mod scene in NY\/NJ, during the 80s a couple of\u00a0choice names always seem to come up\u2014Mod Fun\u00a0and\u00a0The Secret Service. While those two ensembles certainly lived up to the intense buzz they created,\u00a0no one back then would have guessed that three\u00a0of their fans from across the Hudson would form their own group and end up surpassing their idols.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0519NW.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[149]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0519NW-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"The Insomniacs, Clash Bar March 22, 2007. Clifton NJ.\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0519NW-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0519NW-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0519NW-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0519NW-1200x835.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0519NW.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Insomniacs, Clash Bar, Clifton NJ. March 2007.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theinsomniacsrocknroll\/\">The Insomniacs<\/a> originally consisted of\u00a0the brothers Robert and David\u00a0Wojciechowski who, along with\u00a0their pal Mike Sinnochi, formed the core of the group for many years. As long time denizens of the Dive, all three\u00a0were all well aware of and active participants in the\u00a0mod and garage scenes. Soon after the demise of the brothers&#8217; previous band, The Tea Party, Dave, Bob\u00a0and\u00a0Mike began performing newly\u00a0written material\u00a0under the name\u00a0The Insomniacs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/INsomniacs.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[149]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/INsomniacs-152x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Insomniacs\" width=\"152\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/INsomniacs-152x300.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/INsomniacs.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 85vw, 152px\" \/><\/a>Almost immediately they built up a strong following in the NY\/NJ area. That, coupled with the bands incendiary\u00a0live performances were enough to catch the attention of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estrus_Records\">Estrus<\/a> records honcho Dave Crider, who signed them to his label in 1994.\u00a0This 45 produced in 1991 however,\u00a0is the first single they put out. It\u00a0showcases the bands strong, hard-edged, 60s flavored pop\u00a0songs that would garner them acclaim not just here, but overseas as well. Sharp\u00a0fans will notice that this 45 version is markedly different from the version that wound up on 1994&#8217;s\u00a0CD collection<em> Wake Up!<\/em> As Dave said &#8220;T<span class=\"s1\">he Estrus version was a totally new recording for the &#8220;ghoul&#8221; ten inch. It&#8217;s m<\/span><span class=\"s1\">uch faster as by then we were playing all the time and that&#8217;s how we did it live.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Advance apologies for the snap, crackle, and pop. My copy\u00a0somehow amazingly managed to survive not only being stepped on,\u00a0but also\u00a0having cheap beer spilled on it! A testament to the raucous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/InsomniacsMCCARTHYS01BLOG.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[149]\">record release atmosphere<\/a>\u00a0at McCarthys Bar that night.<\/p>\n<p>The band still performs occasionally, with new drummer Joel replacing Mike Sinnochi who retired from performing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to discussing the Mod scene in NY\/NJ, during the 80s a couple of\u00a0choice names always seem to come up\u2014Mod Fun\u00a0and\u00a0The Secret Service. While those two ensembles certainly lived up to the intense buzz they created,\u00a0no one back then would have guessed that three\u00a0of their fans from across the Hudson would form their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/jersey-mod-attack\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Attack of the Jersey Mods &#8211; The Insomniacs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,58],"tags":[60,66,67],"ppma_author":[281],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bands","category-the-insomniacs","tag-art-chantry","tag-new-jersey","tag-the-isomniacs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","authors":[{"term_id":281,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"jcuyubamba","display_name":"Jeff","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7f2689c4c49560eb348832cb73281b822a7fbae40c8e1598e8e3c09b6d4de91?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"http:\/\/www.shaksomeaction.nyc","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakesomeaction.nyc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}