Why do teens join subcultures?

WHY DO TEENS JOIN SUBCULTURES?
TO IDENTIFY WITH A PARTICULAR SUBCULTURE
TO REBEL AGAINST THE SOCIETY
TO PROTEST AGAINST THE OLDER GENERATION
TO REJECT EVERYTHING
(NOT)TO CONFORM TO SOCIETY STANDARDS
TO TRY OUT ALL SORT OF OPTIONS
TO SHOW STRONG PHISICAL FORCE
TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, THEIR OWN IDENTITY

A subculture is a group of people with the same interests, the same style and they like the same music.
Subculture
Hacker
Rocker
Punk
Raver
Mod
Hippie
Goth
Biker
Skinhead

Hacker
They are the ‘wizards’ of the computer community; people with a deep understanding of how their computers work, and can do things with them that seem ‘medical’. They do not protest against their parents.

Punk
A young person who dresses in a shocking way to express his or her identity. He or she has brightly coloured hair and wears metal chains. The person is thought to rebel against the society. The music is aggressive. They reject everything.

Raver
There are the folks who use computer – made, synthesized music, and drugs to create massive all-night dance parties in empty warehouses. They like to be in a collective. They want to try out all sort of options and are thought to be violent.

Goth
The members of this subculture wear the blackest black, with a lot of silver jewellery and have very black hair and look as this and pale as possible. The members gather together to read Bram Stoker and talk about being vampires, and about the end of the world.

Mod
There people developed their own style distinct from others. A person has college-style hair, a neat white shirt, a short jacket, or a short blazer jacket, and narrow trousers. The clothes are Italian by choice. Pale face, plenty of make-up. Scooters are the preferred means of transportation. He or she prefer soul music.

Music styles
Acid rock - there free-form improvisations and light show appeared about 1966.
Reggae - this is the most important form of West Indian popular music of the 1970s and 1980s. The lyrics often refer to Rastafarianism.
Punk rock - this music begin in the UK and was thought to be aggressive. It was a rejection of everything that had gone before. It was designed to shock.
Techno- this music is made on computers and performed mainly by deejays of old-fashioned bands.
Rock’n’roll - it began in the early 1950s in the USA. Within a few years, it had become America’s newest and most popular kind of music. In the mid- 1950s it became the central part of teenage rebellion in the West.

What positive and negative features
do youth subcultures have?
shocking looks
drug and alcohol addiction
bad image
communication with friends
self-expression
special way of life
common interests
rebellion against the society
rejection of everything
protest against the parents
changing the world to the best
new styles of music
spending spare time
teens’ violence and aggressiveness