1961 Teddy boys run riot when the clock strikes one as Rock Around the Clock brings a new sound to south London.
1963 A common sight on British streets, the
rude boy has come a long way from his origins in Jamaican subculture.
1964 ‘Woodbine’, a beatnik, likes to move around. His companion is a sleeping bag and a spare shirt. Paradise is a derelict house.
1964 Mods v Rockers: Britain’s summer of discontent.
1969 Over 300,000 hippies, rockers, pot people, and soul people groove on the sounds at Woodstock.
1977 To the uninitiated, the unique thing about punk is that ‘anyone can play it, sing it, write it, wear it’.
1980 Spandau Ballet, the Blitz kids and the birth of the New Romantics.
1985 A security company with links to the National Front recruits a certain type of skinhead because they are “really threatening.”
1990 It’s music that unites soulies, disco fans and ravers.
1991 Grunge isn’t just another musical or youth trend, say fans.
2012 That the Fields of the Nephilim still have a large fan base proves that once you’re a goth, you’re always a goth.
