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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hungry Like The Wolf" data-source="post: 5347531" data-attributes="member: 93238">In high school I was into the hardcore scene which always dressed normal. It all stemmed from Henry Rollins and his thoughts about anti-fashion (plain clothing as compared to brands). Looks are deceiving, I would disagree and say that teenage fashion is just accepted as being a "phase" and not really rebellious in the eyes of adults and the mainstream. As for the question...I wouldn't say it's terribly rebellious today. There is fifteen years between my brother and I, he grew up in the 80's where heavy metal was considered very rebellious.At the time you were viewed very poorly but metal took off and these days, thanks to the internet, heavy metal is pretty mainstream.Growing up in late 90's early 00's, metal always seemed apart of your musical diet. I know prom-queen types that got really into bands like Slipknot and Metallica. It was widely accepted along with rap and pop with popular crowds. Emo was the big rebellious genre at the time. The media hated it, parents were concerned about it and everybody hated you if you listened to it.When I think of rebellion now...I think of genres like power violence, d-beat punk, noise etc. Genres that were created from counter-culture viewpoints and that were too extreme for the mainstream to incorporate.</blockquote>