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Unlike the early hardcore bands, many youth crew kids defined themselves as being separate from punk rock, seeing themselves as a counter culture within the counter culture. They often rejected the "live fast, die young" model of punk and promoted what they called a more "positive" lifestyle, embracing Straight Edge and Vegetarianism . Like the bands from the beginning of the decade, however, they were still mostly young, Caucasian males originally from the suburbs, then living in the cities. Because this made them targets for violence in the established urban punk scene, they formed tight-knit Cliques which they referred to as crews, patterning themselves on the gang-like groups that had dominated the early New York and Boston Scene s. YOUTH CREW FASHION Youth Crew hardcore is also known for a certain fashion sense that made it stand apart from the punk scene even more. The Youth Crew "look", as seen in the wardrobe of seminal straight edge bands such as , Cappo makes reference to the youth crew "look" as being " Tony Hawk meets Beaver Cleaver ". Punk rock fanzines of the era such as Maximumrocknroll loved to make fun of this look and commonly characterized all youth crew followers as wearing white hooded sweatshirts and "huge white shoes" (disparaging the tendency for many fans to wear Nike high-top basketball shoes). The Youth Crew style often came under fire for being overly fashion conscious. It is interesting to note that Crust Punk often has the same criticism leveled at it, though Youth Crew and crust in some sense exist on opposite ends of the Hardcore Punk spectrum. The year 1988 is often considered to be the peak of Youth Crew in general and New York Straight Edge Hardcore specifically. The use of the number 88 in Youth Crew Hardcore circles is meant to reference that year in particular, and is absolutely, entirely unrelated to the use of that number by Nazi groups. YOUTH CREW REVIVAL 1997 saw a revival of the sub-genre with bands like In My Eyes , Ten Yard Fight and Floorpunch . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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