So how do you dress? I mean, do you have a strict style that you always go for? Lord knows there are a ton of different styles out there, and for some people, it’s hard picking one since it comes with a whole lifestyle most of the time. It’s not too uncommon either that people switch styles every now and then when they have grown tired of the one they have been into for a while. Obviously there wouldn’t be any radical changes, or so I don’t think, but there are certainly styles that are connected which you could easily jump between. The thing is though that most of us have no idea what styles are out there. Sure, we have the regular ones, and we certainly know about geeks and nerds, but there are a lot of them out there I tell you.
Just have a peek at these. This ultimate listing of styles, created by Rob Dobi, is called Your Scene Sucks. It delivers one of the most extensive series of styles I have ever seen. It has pretty much everything, at least the ones that are popular today. Sure, there is an ’80s style missing and definitely a ’70s, but those aren’t exactly popular today. And by the looks of it, Rob adds new styles continuously so maybe we’ll see these eventually. The ’80s one is in a way popular, but compared to these others, I don’t think it would measure up well when it comes to popularity.
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Now the only thing you have to do is settle for one I guess. Which style is closest to your heart? Which one of these styles do you identify yourself with the most? For me, I would have to pick a couple actually in order to be able to pick at all. I mean, this list is insane if you look at the number of styles represented in it. The explanation for each one certainly helps to narrow down the ones I would choose. I urge you to go to Rob’s website for even more in depth information about each style. It’s badass! But then again, the interesting part is how people perceive you just because they have a certain style. It’s the stereotype part of our brain that gets all oiled up and starts to chuck away I guess.
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COMMENTS
You missed Casual: Short cropped hair, Fred Perry or Ben Sherman, black adidas track top, tan khakis, sambas, traditional tats.
America missed Casuals by about 30 years…
Make it a Brooks Brothers polo
Or a Lyle & Scott v-neck.
This is an outstanding collection of subspecies types! In travels and varies places to which ‘I hung my hat’ I have been observant to most of these types in their habitats. So for any one looking to see these, i suggest start with New Orleans and Salt Lake City. You may have to move your search into the Pac NW afterwards…
lol Hey Cam .. how goes it brutha
You forgot to tackle you hop hop genre sceneter styles…there’s alot
(Screamo Frontman) Zelda is the princess. The haircut is from Link.
I was just about to post this.
Your average non-gamer won’t understand ‘Link Haircut’ off hand. Zelda get’s the point across.
It’s like saying Metal Gear Solid bandana instead of Solid Snake bandana. If you are familiar with the Zelda franchise you know it is implicit of Link.
oh man. i’d love to see more of these. even if its just more subgenres of each of those.
but it’s all white people…
Other than the hot topic guy who kinda looks like an incredibly light skinned latino, it’s all pretty much white scene culture. I mean, I get not wanting to rock the boat with racially charged stereotypes but it’s a little racist by leaving them out as well. So, because of that, I wouldn’t call it “one of the most extensive series of styles I have ever seen.”
However, It’s still kinda funny in a total hater kind of way.
Thank You! ^^^^
Racist if you do, racist if you don’t. Sounds like a damn catch-22 to me…
yes, because god forbid we should comport ourselves in some manner to make everyone feel comfortable and accepted.
Hahahaha… this is the most scene-y thing yet. People getting butthurt over nonexistent racism.
It would only be racist if you displayed a single race as only having one single style… that’s where the issue would come into play.
Would you rather have them include one black person, one asian person, one mexican person, etc…just so it’s not “racist”? That sounds even more racist, as someone said, it would be confining them to one stereotype. In that sense, they all deserve their own article. Maybe you should be the one to do it since you don’t want to see anyone excluded…
I miss rastaman, psychobilly, new wave, skaman, traditionAl skinhead, rocker, traditional gothic.
Skaman=Rudeboy. Not my image of what a rudeboy is, but that’s what it’s turned into :(
Ha! That pussy metalcore kid (a.k.a. “brootal kid”) would never have a death metal belt (Cannibal Corpse). Maybe some kid band with 4679 jumpy “breakdowns” on the open top string per song and whiny screamo vocals, yes. But death metal? Really??
Actually, he kind of would. The “br00tal” kids always have one or two real death metal band things like Cannibal Corpse to prove they are “legit” or whatever.
a br00tal kid would probably just have a lamb of god belt :/
OMG! Some uber funny ones in there. I know a bunch of people like this, unfortunately they are all in there 30’s and still live in basements.
D) None of the above.
What are these? Are these supposed to be a particular subculture? Because I don’t know anyone who dresses like any of these, and I’ve never heard of the majority of them. Where the one of a girl wearing J Crew or other more mainstream styles?
Those are by definition not “scenes” since they are mainstream.
williamsburg hipster? have you even ever been to williamsburg? i’ll give you williamsburg hipster circa ’99 but even that’s a stretch.
Exactly what I was thinking. That one in particular looks like a 15 year old suburbanite circa early 2000’s. If you’re going to try to be funny by stereotyping people, at least hit the mark
Stereotypes aren’t designed to “hit the mark”, a stereotype is an innacurate generalization based on an anecdotal experience. This was meant to be humorous and taken with a grain of salt.
Thank you. It’s comedy, not accuracy.
that was one of the originals created years ago when the series began. It was accurate at the time.
To me that was more like a Hoxton Chavette queuing at a Nu Rave revival night.
Yeah it looks more like a teenage midwestern tourist visiting Ground Zero than anything I have ever seen in Williamsburg. Maybe this is what the teenage tourist thinks is the look in Brooklyn?
Yeah, that is SUCH a played out representation of a hipster. You totally know about the real hipsters that this poser artist is just faking like he knows something about.
Hahahaha. Oh the irony. You’re literally being a hipster about hipster stereotypes. Awesome.
I remember seeing this same set of drawings a few years back, so I think it was more relevant then. I agree that this set is behind the times.
THIS IS SPOT ON, ONLY GATERS AND IGNORANT PEOPLE WILL NOT UNDERSTAND THIS AMAZING HUMOR THAT IS THE MUSIC SCENE. FAKK I LOVE WHOEVER MADE THIS!!! AND TO THE CANNIBLE CORPSE FAN DUDE, METALCORE KIDS THRIVE OFF OF CANNIBAL CORPSE. DONT TAKE IT OFFENSIVE, IT MAKES THEM FEEL LIKE THEY’RE COOL. HAHAHAHAHA
I grew up as the Up the Punx!
What? No ‘keepin it real’ goths? That look hasn’t changed in 20 years!
Sorry, I was on holiday in the Bahamas. Do you know how difficult it is to find a black parasol?
Great but this article misses one important/cool thing that is on the site from which this originally comes, that is a short list of their music
damn. i was searching for the old school hardcore fuzzie. who wears a 400$ judge westcoastweekend shirt, white nike airmax, and is way too col to do anything less than posing (everything else could ruin the shirt, shoes or whatever) and searching for notaffordable records of the fix, necros and a chung king.
well, that would be me.
i’m sarcastic just so you know!
I still own and wear my Suicidal Tendencies flip brim hat, but I am not “that guy.”
Nice to see skinheads haven’t changed in 35 years.
Obviously it’s time to retire that We Live In Times Of Great Change meme now that post-punk has cemented itself as the Immutable Cosmic Order. :-/
this is not good, its dumb.
it’s*
Both bad and dumb. Cool, noted.
*This. *it’s.
It’s absolutely brilliant!!! I was many friends of mine :) …
If you think this list is dumb than you are most likely on it lol. Some of it was silly, sure; but he nailed many of these humanoid subgenres :D. My subgenre isn’t on there, I would say it’s old school indie <3
Neurosis is not a grind band.
What? No stoner metal dude?
skramz revivalist, he spelled “dual” incorrectly. grammar nazi out.
OK, most of these are just made up.
Dropdead aren’t grindcore. Geeeeeeeeeeeeeez
If only it was 2008 again then these would be actually funny
This made me laugh a lot while looking at them at work. Not many things will make me do that.
Obviously you missed we mountain folk.
You’re like the Clifford Geertz of the modern world.
Funny and not so little thing this is, no doubt… Just a pity when many of these styles appeared not simply for fun but created by bored people who came up with something new while trying to escape the mainstream. But there is always capitalism around which turns whatever it is into a marketing gag and a consumer product. Just wonder why there aren´t really new subcultures poppin´ up these days when this should be the most reasonable time to see that happen. Crazy world, the youngsters just consume and keep themselves inside the consumers role frame, next to no attempt to live outside it. But maybe I´m just an nostalgic and pathetic old fart which happens to be lucky enough to not being young today. The 80´s were so boring that we really hooked up on whatever was outside mainstream. A creative time when underground was still a meaningful phrase and not one of many labels. Oh, and I was born far away from northern America and I only get to know the US as a tourist twice. Still there is a common ground. Funny to see how small this world is in fact, we´re so different and still pretty much all the same at the end.
I like this post, but it made me a bit depressed to be honest.
This is stupid! Totally stupid!
Drawings are cool though
What’s stupid, the drawings, or the fact that you think they are stupid yet spent the time to look at them all AND comment on them. :-?
Lots of fun! Thank god I’m not in there (vegan acid-head?), but please put up more- there has to be at least another 30!
They also missed out hippies. x
You are missing the Hare Krishnas :P
Knew/know a lot of art students, spot on. Even so, there a bunch more that you missed. What about the traveling crack smoking, train hoppers?
Crazy thing is, like mentioned before, no new sub genres of people. New generation just soaks up the style of the previous one.
nope. not represented here. wtf. what do you call a thin tall/lanky girl that buys men’s dress shirts and wears lids all day? huh?!?!?!? its totally a look. or am i unique or something:D:D:D
You missed Oldcore/BlueCollarcore. You know, what happened to us skins that grew up and got jobs.
WHY THEY NO SHIRTS WITH OVERSIZED ANIMAL HEADS WITH THEY MOUTHS OPEN?!
except no one dresses like that in williamsburg.
Yeah that one was just weird. But none of these other types are really a thing in NYC, so maybe the artist has never been here?
I can sum up this whole dumb list in one word: Hipsters.
What about deadhead hippies who have never seen the dead because they are too young but wear Dead t-shirts, etc???? That’s a huge one! Please make one like that so I can send it to my hippie friend to annoy him. Thanks :)
How old is this? Who uses the word emo anymore? And williamsburg hipster? DO YOU KNOW WHAT A BUTTON UP BLOUSE EVEN IS OR BLUNDSTONES? OR A HERSCHEL BACKPACK? This is so 2003
I think these are solely based heavily in America. So before you start hating on this post remember that other countries have other stereotypes. Even within America different states have different subcultures, just as we do here in Australia.
Calm down mate it is only a bit of fun.
Is this really how some people dress? How do they get jobs?
Most of ’em make me cringe, but it just shows how out of touch I am these days.
well proud to say i am none of these
Why the —- does the “Screamolester” look like Shane from “The L Word”?
More, more, more! The artwork is amazing! Great eye to the details too, fun!
the fixie bike hipster was spot on. same w the crust punk.
I love that the negative comments are so predictably hipster. One of the defining characteristics of many hipsters is that they have no sense of humor about themselves. They are offended at the idea that they, like everybody else, are pretty predictable. People are cultural. We try to fit in with people who like the same things and this often has hilarious results.
There are some good pictures, even in europe you can find people like you descibed.
the “kiss” facepaint looks more like sting during his crow gimmick
Now I’m pissed…you didn’t insult me or my old fart peer group: old hippies!!…I mean…uh, we gave birth to all these freaks….yeah: printed tie- dies, stealie pins,grey hair,rolling fat, high blood pressure, Lennon wire rims…boring old cliches: “whorled peas…today is the rest of your life….think global, etc”……..and our various subsets: the granola grannie…the old “agro” hippie…the “yuppie” business suit hipster, etc!!!
Haha… I’m not in there, dang it. I was so hoping to find me a label.
Thanks for this it made me smile a little would of been a lot if you had included hippies. x x
Wow, you can find all these people in Portland, Oregon just walking down the street !
You missed the stuck in the 90s grunger. Flannel, Pearl Jam shirt. Ripped at the knees jeans, and ripped jeans in the footing.
OMG! Richie Hawtin is a postrocker not a technolegend!!! I knew that!!!
This is so damn hilarious and thankfully I don’t run into many of these stero-types except for Nintendo Fanboys and Metal heads who don’t go so overboard. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to keep wise cracks to myself! Hahaha.
wow so much diversity super funny post brah
I’ve been a Rude Boy for over 30 years and look nothing like that. Moreover, the original Jamaican Rude Boys look nothing like that.
The “CRAKER” belt buckle under faux hip hop was a bit much.
where’s raver?
So what happen to the traditional hessian? Your typical metal head who wears band shirts and jeans with long hair.
SteamPunk looks more like a character from a Borderlands video game.
Rob Trujillo = crabcore
this is a pseudosectarian punk rock digest or, how trolls profit.
Do you want to see all these human subspecies and a few more? Just come to Zagreb/Croatia and you will find them all! :)
SO basically, if you wear clothes, f–k you
I help run a venue.i have been part of my local music scene since I was in my early teens and now I am 39..I have done drawings like this before in the past…sometimes during events at my venue, I sit behind the bar and list off stereotypes..on nights when the shows are stereotype- intense…I spend lotta time people watching..I seen lots..my stereotype would prolly be the “tired outsider”..I will do my own picture and keep it to myself..
I suppose brown people have no sub cultures… :(
These poor people. I hope they find a cure for each of these mental health ailments. <3
Where is the casual metal head? The Leather Jacket, The Iron Maiden/Judas Priest shirt, Jeans, Long hair, Aviator glasses.