Grebo (music)

Grebo
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1980s – early 1990s, United Kingdom
Regional scenes
English Midlands
Other topics
Cool Britannia

Grebo (or grebo rock)[1] was a short-lived subculture and subgenre of alternative rock[2] that incorporated influences from punk rock, electronic dance music, hip hop and psychedelia. The scene occupied the period in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the United Kingdom before the popularisation of Britpop and grunge.[3] The genre and its attributes were largely absorbed into industrial rock, which would emerge after the sub-genre's demise in the late 1980s, which then led to the development of industrial metal in the 1990s.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference highbeam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (2012). Knickers in a Twist: A Dictionary of British Slang. Canongate. ISBN 978-0857869456.
  3. ^ Roach, Martin; Snowball, Ian; McKenna, Peter (2015). Tribe - A Personal History of British Subculture. John Blake. ISBN 978-1784188979.