Youth Culture. One. | Page 8

The Greasers were seen to be heavily influenced by the strong counter cultural music of the time, which enabled such groups as the greasers to establish their own messages of a new system of ethics of a freer and less constrained society.

The Greasers have a lasting legacy though they are among other things one of the most recognised subcultures in the world. Their style, influence and music lives on today such as in popular movies like Grease or even through newly established youth cultures such as the Japanese greaser youth culture in Japan.

youth culture and its origins