Rockers are a subculture that originated in Britain in the 1950's. That was highly influenced by motorcycles (cafe racers) and rock and roll music.
Brief History:
Commonly insulted by mods and other subcultures as greasers, the term rocker is used differently in many countries, but all of which associate or contrive from the original british rocker. This subculture was mainly taken up by young males, with little or no female involvement, due to the rough and ready nature of the rockers. Female involvement was only comprehended if that female had a boyfriend who was a rocker. Around the 60's there was a lot of media coverage of violence surrounding rockers towards the mod subculture. Their musical interest was solely british rock and roll, and were not seen as very fashionable by other subcultures, with darks jeans, boots and leather jackets being the trademark fashion of a rocker, and also not seen to far away from their cafe racer motorcycle.
Characteristics of this subculture:
Masculinity
Rough and Ready
Motorcycles
No Female involvment
Dark leather clothes/Jackets
Emphasis on Sexuality
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