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A group of bōsōzoku in 2013. Bōsōzoku (暴走族, lit. ' reckless driving group ') is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized motorcycles.The first appearance of these types of biker gangs was in the 1950s.
Biker subculture may refer to: Motorcycling subculture, chiefly British English; Outlaw motorcycle clubs in US English; Bicycle culture; See also. Biker (disambiguation)
This subculture had some parallels with the rocker and greaser subcultures being promoted by Hollywood films such as Rebel without a Cause. Traditional Japanese considered the post-war taiyo zoku violent and promiscuous. Some Japanese youths admired American music, and Japanese Bill Haley clones were known as rokabiri zoku (the rockabilly tribe).
The rocker subculture came about due to factors such as: the end of post-war rationing in the UK, a general rise in prosperity for working class youths, the recent availability of credit and financing for young people, the influence of American popular music and films, the construction of race track-like arterial roads around British cities ...
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Outside of the outlaw motorcyclist subculture, the words "motorcycle club" carry no pejorative meaning beyond the everyday English definition of the words – a club involving motorcycles, whose members come from every walk of life. Thus, there are clubs that are culturally and stylistically nothing like outlaw or one percenter clubs, and whose ...
Actors Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy immersed themselves in 1960s American motorcycle culture for their new film "The Bikeriders". The drama's writer and director Jeff Nichols was ...
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