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The first cinematic representation of the greaser subculture was the 1953 film The Wild One. [26]: 185 The music group Sha-Na-Na, formed in the late 1960s, models their onstage presence on New York City greasers (the band members themselves were mostly Ivy Leaguers). [27]
They are a youth subculture that emerged in the 1950s and early 1960s from predominantly working class and lower-class teenagers and young adults in the United States and Canada. The subculture remained prominent into the mid-1960s and was particularly embraced by certain ethnic groups in urban areas , particularly Italian Americans , Hispanic ...
Greaser (subculture), a subculture that developed in North America in the 1950s Rocker (subculture) a bike subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the 1950s; Greaser (derogatory), an ethnic slur against Latino, Italian, or Greek Americans; Greaser, another name for Oiler (occupation), a worker whose main job is to oil and grease machinery
One of the many subcultures that was based around street violence was the greaser, a working class subculture that was a part of and influenced the biker subculture. As American rock and roll arrived in the United Kingdom, a subculture grew around it.
Raggare is a subculture found mostly in Sweden and parts of Norway [1] [2] and Finland, [3] and to a lesser extent in Denmark, Germany, and Austria. [citation needed] Raggare are related to the American greaser and rockabilly subcultures and are known for their love of hot rod cars and 1950s American pop culture.
Greasers (subculture) (2 C, 17 P) H. Hippie movement (10 C, 140 P) M. Mod (subculture) (2 C, 26 P) 1960s in music (39 C, 56 P) S. 1960s slang (3 P) T. 1960s toys (2 C ...
Greaseball, Greaser (US) a person of Italian or Hispanic descent. [114] In particular, greaser also referred to members of the 1950s subculture that Italians were stereotyped to be a part of. Guido (US) an Italian American male. Used mostly in the Northeastern United States as a stereotype for working-class urban Italian-Americans.
Kustom Kulture is usually identified with the greasers of the 1950s, the drag racers of the 1960s, and the lowriders of the 1970s. Other subcultures that have had an influence on Kustom Kulture are the Skinheads , mods and rockers of the 1960s, the punk rockers of the 1970s, the metal and rockabilly music, along with the scooterboys of the ...