From safety pins to scooters, Britain has birthed subcultures that rattled the establishment and rewrote the rules. Rank them by which one truly shaped who we are today.
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Punks
Snarling, spitting and stitched together with safety pins, the punks tore up the rulebook and gave two fingers to the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Without them, British rebellion would be a much politer affair.
Mods
Tailored Italian suits, parkas and Vespas clogging up Brighton seafront. The Mods made looking immaculate a working-class art form long before menswear blogs existed.
Rave Culture
Acid house, illegal warehouse parties and a generation that danced through Thatcher's Britain in smiley T-shirts. The Criminal Justice Act exists because of how much the establishment feared them.

Northern Soul
Talc on the floor, amphetamines in the pocket and obscure American 7-inches spinning till dawn. A working-class movement that turned dance into devotion.
Teddy Boys
Drape jackets, drainpipe trousers and a love of rock 'n' roll that shocked post-war Britain to its core. The original British youth rebellion that made every subculture since possible.
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