Grebo music
| Grebo | |
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| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Late 1980s – early 1990s, United Kingdom |
| Typical instruments | |
| Regional scenes | |
| English Midlands | |
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Grebo was a term used in the East Midlands of Britain in the 1970s to describe a style of music and subculture centred around motorcycling and heavy rock. A grebo would typically be interested in motorcycles and wear dirty denim and black leather jackets similar in style to American Hells Angels, or by the 2010s, Harley Davidson owners and listen to heavy rock such as Black Sabbath and Status Quo.
The word may have been re-fashioned by the group Pop Will Eat Itself that represented a brand of United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, largely based in the English Midlands. The word had, however, been in use in the early 1980s to describe the followers of bands such as Motörhead and Status Quo - stereotypically wearers of long hair and sleeveless denim jackets. The word was in common usage in school playgrounds in parts of the West Midlands in 1981.
Influential bands in the scene were Pop Will Eat Itself (who had songs titled, "Oh Grebo I Think I Love You" and "Grebo Guru"), The Wonder Stuff, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, along with London band Carter USM and Leicester bands Crazyhead, The Bomb Party, The Hunters Club, Scum Pups and Gaye Bykers on Acid. London-based band Medicine Factory (later known as Stark) were also active on the scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The term has also been used to describe Jesus Jones, who enjoyed success in both the UK and US. The musical styles of the bands were a blend of garage rock, the more alternative forms of rock, pop, hip-hop, and electronica. The musical genre found favour with adherents of the earlier Post-punk roots of Gothic rock such as Mick Mercer which by the late 1980s had changed character significantly.
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