origin of greasers 

My dad was a greaser in the late 50's - early 60's. I did the metal head/headbanger thing in the 80's ie leather jacket, jeans, long hair etc. I knew then I was nothing but a modern variation of what my dad was when he was my age. You're right, it all goes back to the greasers.

My guitar teacher got me into the greaser style, we were learning a Chuch Berry song and a Eddie Cochran song, and I looked into the style of the rockabilly music and here I am

I know exactly what you're talkin about almost every style of rock n roll such as punk rockers they're all sub genres of the classic greasers

Excellent video, and well researched history my friend. It was very similar beginnings for the British Ton-Up boys (rockers) of the 1950s. Although, Great Britain did not have 'hotrods' or easily accessible V8 engines like Flatheads, what they did have was an entire generation of youths that grew up during the War, and favored the dozens of different British motorbikes like BSA, Norton, Matchless, Vincent, and Triumph during the 1950s, as their rebellion against the status quo; and they were the first generation of English teens that didn't have to do mandatory National Service (military). So, these young hooligans, in love with American rock'n'roll and having an anti-establishment mindset, adopted and adapted the rebellious image of the RAF Spitfire pilots of WWII, these bikers were the original "Wild Ones" of England, and they were called Ton-Up boys, and later on called Rockers. In essence they were the British equivalent of the American Greasers. Cheers mate

Dude... BADASS!

I read the leather jackets came from the Teens wearing them to be like the pilots of WW2 who wore bomber jackets.

You have to remember that there had been street gangs since the beginning.Many of them had long greased hair.The main post WW2 difference aws the adoption of bike and flying leather jackets (that one the fonz wore was an early design for WWI pilots) Many inner city streetgang greasers still retained the James Dean type windcheaters or (as called in UK) Harringtons.

This is WHY I love being a Greaser.

As a teen who's obsessed with greasers (thanks to the outsiders) this video was interesting to watch!!

I think PTSD is more appropriate considering that the symptoms occur as a result of things other than war as well

From what I read the greaser look/culture was more of a defense mechanism with Puerto Rican, Italians and Greek youths who were facing racial discrimination pre Civil Rights era who were treated like second class citizens similar to African Americans. So it was kinda like their Black Panther movement sorta kinda. I think when average somewhat well to do whites started to pick up on it it was seen as more rebellious...

You hooked me with the Wild One thumbnail, I love that film - it uncannily evokes my own burgeoning forays into omnipresent love deity as well as the specific musical preferences of one of my early victims... err, girlfriends. I did know about the origins of greasers / biker clubs but your wholehearted insights were nonetheless an interesting listen. I never properly belonged to any tribe although rockabilly and '50s b-movies were always my thing. Be lucky, brother.

When I grew up(born in early 80s) I had an older cousin(born in the 60s) who was the stereotypical cool dude on a motorcycle with a sharp classic leather jacket with zippers and shit. I didn't understand where it came from but even for my generation that was super iconic and I wanted that jacket as a kid.

Zoot suiters (pachucos) in the 30s 40s rocked the DAs and pomps . It’s how Mexican greasers started you can tell by the estilo in SoCal

Well technically the first “proto greasers” were ww1 vets coming back from the western front in 1918 and made biker gangs namely he gypsy jokers and hells angels. And they mad the first proto greasers but it was ww2 vets in the 40s that started to popularize it.

Hey Madman, maybe you can do a video about how and when the greaser subculture resurfaced.

Supposedly greaser was also a slur for for latin people like italians and hispanics

Tunnel Snakes Rule!

I just randomly wondered "what were greasers like in the 50s" and tbis video pops up. Im 7 yrs late but yeah. Very informative. Thanks random video i found.

what is the name of this intro song name Kryptic Art from the Beginning it sound cool i like it a lot

I don’t understand how PTSD is “liberal pc culture.” It’s literally just a medical term. Shell shock was a term coined in World War I to describe the type of posttraumatic stress disorder many soldiers were afflicted with during the war. It is a reaction to the intensity of the bombardment and fighting that produced a helplessness appearing variously as panic and being scared, flight, or an inability to reason, sleep, walk or talk. So to label all cases of PTSD as shell shock is rather irrational considering shell shock only refers to a specific form of post traumatic stress disorder.

I'm from Hollister CA and thx for that story and info on the Hollister incedent! Its now 2019!! And grest video man.

I liked your talk it was very interesting. I myself am not a greaser but having big feet have found that engineer boots fit me well. LOL I do wear a leather jacket in winter and jeans Hmm. but no bike! Another look I would say is the harness boot that many bikers wear. I think it comes down to comfort. Thanks again !

Been a greaser since the 1970s, but in England. Never had problems with Teddy Boys; they seemed to consider me a "cousin", always been friendly to me. The original model to me was Jimmy Dean. Back then people thought I was a Punk Rocker which was fine with me. Being a Punk Rocker was easy: everybody had long hair; all it took was to wear a leather jackets, jeans, boots, shades, bandanas, smoking Lucky Strikes, playing pinball and the music was uptempo, 3 minute songs, high energy: a new wave of Rock'n'Roll when what was popular was English Prog Rock and California hippies' stuff. When Punk Rock became Hardcore, I wanted nothing to do with that; I liked The Stray Cats, The Rockats, etc.. as I liked the Ramones. In the early '80s London was very different from now; went to clubs 3/4 nights per week, there were 1000s of us in every area, living in squats, being very non-conformist. The lines between punks, rockers, heavy metal kids, neo-mods, teds, bikers and goths were kinda blurred. I'm still the same now, the only one left, lol! Thanks for posting this 😎

I got a switchblade so I wanted to be a greaser. I started playing guitar and styling my hair. I got a leather jacket and I rebel against what people say.

Great video. What you describe reminds me of the scene in Percy Jackson when the group was at the Casino, they saw the era's, starting from Greasers to Metalheads

Very informative! Thanks!

Love The Wild One!! One of the best Brando movies including Waterfront and Streetcar...

Great vid Kat I'm glad to know my origins as a greaser thanks

I love the movie The Outsiders!

Man that pomp is clean what do you use

Love the vid, but if you do smoke and/or drink a lot and you can't, no matter how hard you try, quit, then at least minimize it so that you can live longer (mainly talking about smoking).

Ayeee madmans drinking a classic Budweiser!

I wish I could be a greaser

I feel you are living your life through these men. Roll up your pant cuffs, wear your wool booze fighters Jersey and have fun.

Im a modern-day thrasher/ punk rocker we still to this day wear denim vest with patchs and leather jackets along combat boots docs or high top sneakers its pretty cool to know that all that came from somewhere in time long ago cool!

Nice

Rebel right here, mate! 🤘🏼

"Heavy meta, is Rock&Roll" - Lemmy Kilmister (MOTORHEAD)

Appreciate the information. Nice summary.

yay thanks for helping me with my home work

I freaking love greacers

That incident was also blown way out of proportion like the photo of the dude with all the bottles that was staged

Italusbs hadcgrease in hairb. Simple i heard. In early 50s.

cool jimmy neutron

The first evidence of greasers is from a photo I saw from 1943

efing beans

"combat fatigue"

Truth!

Wait whats Pc about PTSD?

Name of the song on the intro?

man i miss my greaser stage, i still run my gang tho

Do u ride a bike?

Anyone read the outsiders

All the things he does in the intro is walk and light up a cancer stick

The original rebels were cowboys.

What cigarretes are those?

Anyone have tips for styling thinning hair hairs thick at the back but the front is very thin the hairs are all there but u can see straight through my hair when is slicked back or up

Soynd is messed up i have it at 💯 and its still hard to see

lol drinking and smoking were less acceptable in the late 40's and 50's? are you sure mate?

I thought Elvis Presley started it

so do we owe all that to WW2?

have you seen grease with John Travolta ?

Do a socialist origin tbh I already knew how the greasers started just by hearing story’s. Didn’t know about the shell shock etc I knew about that with the biker gangs that formed after ww2.

Is PTSD not a real thing in your opinion?

I have PTSD