Subcultures in Russia. From "dude" to "metal"

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:45

A subculture can be called a group of people who are united by common views on life, different from the worldview that is imposed by the majority. Often they are united not only by similar thinking, but also by certain musical preferences, as well as clothing style.

Approximately since the end of the 80s of the 20th century, the attention of researchers to such a phenomenon as subcultures has become more noticeable. In Russia, they got their development around the middle of the 20th century, when such subjects as “dandies” appeared - the so-called outrageous youth who tried to dance and dress “stylishly”, for which they got their name. Representatives of this movement disappeared very quickly, as the policy towards dissidents was very, very tough. It was especially explained by the fact that the “dudes” were accused by the state of bowing to the West. It was easy to judge this, given that the music favored by the "stylish" youth - jazz and rock and roll - came to us from the USA.

The second wave can be called the stage whenrock music became available to young people. It was during these years (60s - 80s) that subcultures in Russia began to acquire the classic features of informality. Namely: apathy, increased attention to internal problems, internationalism. In the middle of this period, when young people gained access to drugs, a “system” appeared - the hippie subculture of the USSR, which combined many separate subcultures, which later absorbed even metalheads and punks.

The third wave of development of the subculture in Russia began in 1986, when the existence of "informals" was officially recognized. It was from this period that youth movements in Russia began to actively develop.

Modern subcultures are divided into many groups, each of which has its own style of clothing. Each person will be able to distinguish a goth or a punk from those people whom he is used to seeing in everyday life. But the development of subcultures is proceeding at a tremendous pace, and now you will not surprise anyone with this phenomenon.

Goths, for example, prefer to wear black clothes, their hair is dyed black, in addition, lips and nails are also painted black. This color is well suited to the behavior of the representatives of this subculture. In Russia, Goths are often confused with Satanists. Apparently, because of addictions to the supernatural. Perhaps the most important trait of any goth is the desire for creativity, which can be seen in how they treat their appearance and how much work they put into it.

Metalheads, who can definitely be called the largest of the existing subcultures, focus their ideology directly around music. The appearance of a classic metalhead suggests the presence of tight black jeans that are tucked into high boots, leather jackets, various paraphernalia in the form of rings with skulls, chains, and bracelets with spikes. Very often, bikers can also be attributed to this subculture. It is worth noting that despite their outward aggressiveness, the representatives of this subculture, who have already crossed the age bar of 25 years old, are already established people, peaceful, engaged in serious work, but, nevertheless, loving to “break away with the young”