BACKGROUND/BIO INFO:
Mick "London" (nee: Hale) originally formed MOD FUN in Northern, NJ while still in High School with mates Bob Strete & Chris Collins.  The band self released their 1st 45 "I Am With You" then went on to release 2 albums on the labels Midnight and Cryptovision Records, both based out of NYC.  MOD FUN toured the USA 3x and Europe once, but were most well know as part of the "original wave" of CAVE STOMP Bands playing at NYC's the Dive on a monthly basis.  MOD FUN originally "split" at the close of their European tour in April of 1987.  As of last summer (2003) the band spontaneously reconvened; some 20 years after they originally emerged -- playing their 1st ever club gig at "The Dirt Club;" (once Bloomfield, NJ's hottest original music venue.)  Fast forward to Summer 2004: MOD FUN are back with a few new tracks and also many selections off their 1995 "best of" cd: "Past Forward" which has recently been re-issued (April 2004) on the Get Hip Records, a top "garage rock" label from Pittsburgh, PA. 
 

During the MOD FUN "break", Mick Hale went on to form CROC SHOP (a more "Alternative Dance" styled act who released 13 cds thru the 90's and into '04).  Hale also DJ-ed for 7 years in New Brunswick's "Underground" scene at nightclubs The Roxy & The Melody.  In 1998, Hale moved to the Asbury area, now residing in Ocean Grove and working "by day" in the graphics/printing field just outside Red Bank.  CROC SHOP continues and Hale will follow-up the MODSBURY PARK event in September with an October 9th gig with C.S at NYC's The BATCAVE (the 60's references just don't stop, do they?) 

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