1. Basis of Identity
“Perhaps the largest influence which pop music has had on youth culture is through the subcultures it
has created throughout the years. As different styles of music --- punk, grunge, heavy metal ---have
become popular, sections of the youth have responded by forming social groups whose activities are
based around listening to a particular genre of popular music. Young people have thus constructed
their identities around pop music, assuming certain fashions and attitudes. Such groups have included
the punks, the teddy boys and the mods.”