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  • The Fonz
    greaser
    / American greaser style and British rockers

    …subculture sprang up called the rockers, whose name came from members’ preferred choice of music: rock and roll. Like their American counterparts, rockers wore leather jackets and blue jeans and sometimes greased their hair, but they were more strongly identified with motorcycle culture. Rockers’ chief rivals were the mods, another…

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    …subculture sprang up called the rockers, whose name came from members’ preferred choice of music: rock and roll. Like their American counterparts, rockers wore leather jackets and blue jeans and sometimes greased their hair, but they were more strongly identified with motorcycle culture. Rockers’ chief rivals were the mods, another…

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