Each Teen Subculture has their own distinct styles, behaviors, and interests. There are 8 different subcultures. These belong to a certain type of music such as Pop, Heavy Metal, Punk etc.:
- Scene Kids
- Chavs
- Hip Hop
- Ravers/ Nu-Ravers
- Hipsters
- Metallers/Emo/Goth
- Punks
- Skaters
Scene Kids
Scene Kids take pride in their overall image and believe that their style is not only a fashion statement but an overall lifestyle.
Typical genres are punk rock, dubstep, hardcore, post-hardcore, screamo, classic rock, emo, crunk, metalcore, deathcore, pop-punk, and even hip-hop or rap.
Most scene kids listen to unknown and local bands. They won’t listen to mainstream music such as pop.
Chavs
The word chav is defined in the oxford dictionary as: a young lower-class person which has subsequently lead to the increase in the term chav subculture. They often look to rebel due to tough upbringing and street life. This shows in their music choice as often agressive and fast-paced.
The music that they would usually be interested in would be rap, hip hop, R&B, dupstep, drum and bass.
Hip Hop
The term hip-hop also refers to the speech, fashions, and personal style adopted by many youths, particularly in urban areas.
Ravers/ Nu-Ravers
The rave culture is often supported by large groups who listen to house, trance, techno, drum and bass, hardcore, hard-style and other forms of electronic dance music.
The outfits often incorporate neon colours to match the nightclub scene with glow-in the dark accessories.
Hipsters
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter.
Emo was originally a music subculture in the early 80's that died out... then a new subculture (mainly based around the band fugazi) started back up in the early 90's only to die out at the end of the 90's... But the current group that is mainly made up of people imitating the clothing style of the emo music subculture of the 90's, and claiming that emo is about being emotional. The actual emo name was an abbreviation of the music genre, emocore... or emotional hardcore punk.
Metallers are an avid fan of heavy metal, and its various subgenres, that participates at least a little in the music subculture. (Heavy metal is normally characterized by loud distorted guitars, dense bass-and-drum sound, forceful rhythms, and strong/active vocals.)
The punk subculture, which centres around punk rock music, includes a diverse array of ideologies, fashions and forms of expression, including visual art, dance, literature and film.
Skater is the subculture of many skateboarders. Skaters often are similar to punk and skater punks are common. Skaters are opposed to police, and police action, however this is usually kept in the scope of keeping skaters from being hurt by police. They can be very creative in opposing police oppression, and unneeded skateboard bans.
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20's and 30's that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter.
Hipsters tend to steer towards alternative music that doesn't follow mainstream conventions.
Metallers/Emo/Goth
Goth = an avid fan of goth rock that participates at least a little in the music subculture. (Goth rock also came out in the late 70's and actually came out of punk and post punk. Goth rock was more introspective than punk, and often dealt with dark themes, nihilism, romanticism, gothic horror, or various philosophies.)
Emo was originally a music subculture in the early 80's that died out... then a new subculture (mainly based around the band fugazi) started back up in the early 90's only to die out at the end of the 90's... But the current group that is mainly made up of people imitating the clothing style of the emo music subculture of the 90's, and claiming that emo is about being emotional. The actual emo name was an abbreviation of the music genre, emocore... or emotional hardcore punk. Metallers are an avid fan of heavy metal, and its various subgenres, that participates at least a little in the music subculture. (Heavy metal is normally characterized by loud distorted guitars, dense bass-and-drum sound, forceful rhythms, and strong/active vocals.)
Punks
The punk subculture, which centres around punk rock music, includes a diverse array of ideologies, fashions and forms of expression, including visual art, dance, literature and film.
The subculture is largely characterized by anti-establishment views and the promotion of individual freedom.
Skaters
Skater is the subculture of many skateboarders. Skaters often are similar to punk and skater punks are common. Skaters are opposed to police, and police action, however this is usually kept in the scope of keeping skaters from being hurt by police. They can be very creative in opposing police oppression, and unneeded skateboard bans.
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