User:Psychomelodic/Anti-mainstream

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Anti-mainstream is the consistent hostility toward the popular culture, specifically mainstream music, mainstream fashion and mainstream politics (mostly right wing, but not always, for example the Nazi punk).

[edit] Anti-mainstream in music

Anti-mainstream music is a collective of music genres who are mostly against the "popular" music such as pop, rap and nu metal.

Anti-mainstream may be seen in its most effectivity in Heavy metal culture, who its bands and fans are oppose what called "the mainstream society" ot "the MTV generation]]". In Punk rock, the anti-mainstream is mostly against the רווחים politics, as it's protest against the government and public opinion. Psychedelic trance fans are also renounce from the mainstream "clubbish" trance music. Alternative hip hop is a musical genre who is against the selling out of the popular Rap and Hip hop artist.

[edit] Anti-mainstream in fashion

The anti-mainstream fashion is the world acception that everyone should have he's unique style and that capitalist expensive brands are "lame". In the rock culture, mostly the heavy metal culture, it is popular to have a goth-like look (gothic fashion), like pierce the body, wear mostly black. in the punk culture it is also popular to have Mohican hair style and an "Emo" additude.