User:Kaleray93/Scene (style)
Definition
[edit]The word "scene" covers a large spectrum throughout recent history, but its most modern definition is used to describe certain subcultures and movements. The most notoriously famous and targeted is the alternative music scene, or more specifically, branches of the alternative music scene such as hardcore, indie, fashoionxcore, etc. A breed of scenesters (people on the scene) has begun to come to the forefront. These scenesters are usually very music-savvy and loyal to a few specific genres (typically hardcore, metal, indie, retro, 80's new wave, classic rock, etc. to name a few), of which they dress to exemplify. It is hard to pin down a style for a scene male or female, considering the trends amongst them vary from coast to coast, and certain fads come in and out within their ranks. As the Emo fashion movement continues to fade, Scene is growing higher and higher in the social ranks as Emo fades to lower. The scene fashion actually looks down on emo as a derogatory being and has joined several other groups in the "Cheer up Emo Kid" sense of the word, initially looking down on them as lowly self-mutilating outcasts. Typically, though, many scene kids will have facial piercings, tattoos, and longer hair just like their "emo" brethren. This style and showmanship is at its height during shows (concerts), where often scene kids will meet their friends and size up strangers who visit their turf. There indeed is competition among scenesters...sometimes friendly, sometimes not. Shows are in fact not just concerts, but often a means of socialization for those on the scene. Those people who partake in scene lifestyle often choose to date/socialize only with those like them, which can cause bitterness or rejection to outsiders.
Influence by Music
[edit]The music scene is often associated with other areas that scenesters are interested in, which is likely, art, photography, creative writing, poetry, tattoos & piercings, civil rights, animal rights, etc. Many scene kids have strong beliefs about these things and consider those who do not to be "posers." They feel that their scene style is not only a fashion statement, but an all-encompassing lifestyle. Many scene kids incorporate their future plans into their lifestyle, going into careers such as journalism, photography, artistry, piercing, tattooing, working for magazines, being musicians, hairstylists, running venues and/or coffee shops, etc. This tends to cause scene kids to congregate, visit, or even move to big cities to find opportunities to meet other scenesters, find jobs that suit them, or to live where they have a plethora of activities that they enjoy readily at their disposal.
Accepted Artists and Bands
[edit]Many bands and artists of the indie rock and death metal style are accepted by the scene fashion. Scene takes a specific interest in unsigned bands, however, for their originality and indiscoverable nature making the listener unique and unable to be copied. The idea of scene style with music is to be completely original. Hollywood Undead (linked to PureVolume), an unsigned Hip-Hop/Metalcore group of rappers has a member named Charlie Scene, a character that takes a particular interest in "scene girls" and endorses the style in many songs he's featured in, however he dislikes how others identify him as "scene", as most scene kids do. Another music genre there that is rising through the scene social culture would be known as "screamo", which has also been widlely excepted by social cultures such as goths and or emos. Screamo bands such as Asking Alexandria and Bring Me The Horizon are good examples of the screamo music genre. Screamo is often known to have expressive or confessional lyrics.
sad, sad people. Other well known artists and bands of the scene style are:
- Job For A Cowboy
- Boys Like Girls
- Darling, You Should Be Ashamed
- Chiodos
- The Academy Is
- Saosin
- The Medic Droid
Fame by Internet
[edit]Recently internet revolutions like MySpace and Stickam have provided a new means for the ideas of scene culture to be spread, for scenesters to find new friends, bands, and activities. Scensters design stylish and graphic profile pages to both draw attention to themselves and to find others like them, and many people have joined up with the scene fad due to internet advertising. A new term has arrived by this known as, "MySpace Famous" meaning someone who is widely known throught MySpace as a "scene king" or "scene queen". Fame by MySpace can be exampled by Jeffree Star, a scene icon and MySpace celebrity alike.
MySpace
[edit]On MySpace, a scene kid will usually have what is called a "Gore Name" which is one's first name with the second name replaced with a vagina word starting with the same letter as the first. For example, the name Alex could have the gore name Alex Atrophy, or the name Rachael could be represented by the gore name Rachael Rapture. The second name is usually a word depicting either a negative or depressing definition. One of the most common gore names end with the word "Gore" itself, Gabriel Gore. Some are even improperly spelled to ensure the use of a gore name, Kale Kaos rather than Chaos. Also, someone who fits the scene category will find it necessary to have a large quantity of MySpace friends most of which are never spoken too, the larger the number, the higher a scene is known as 'famous'. Some sites are dedicated to the addition to friends, some more popular than others. FriendStorm.net is a well known site that helps many get to their goal friend count. A scene king or queen will have hundreds of thousands of friends to an account, and some may even be deleted by MySpace administrators. Another common thing on MySpace with the scene fashion is photographs of individuals with over-head angles, high contrast and brightness, and edited with (not always, but usually) Adobe Photoshop to remove or reduce facial defects. The image of scene is too look perfect in almost every way. Some are not fond of it.
Stickam
[edit]Stickam is a online webcam community where scene is very common yet weeded out to the few that can actually be considered 'fashionably attractive' because one can suck dildos and not render onces appearance through a webcam. Stickam scene kids often have high friend counts same as that on MySpace, however Stickam has the option of "Auto-Accept" making it easier to get these high friend counts.
Scene Personality
[edit]The downside of many scene atmospheres is that some scene kids tend to develop a superior mentality. Some who are especially popular and affluent can make it harder for the younger, yet-aspiring scenesters to join in with the subculture. This is not always the case, however. Different areas breed different demographics of "scene kids". Perhaps part of their attitude comes from the problem that scenesters have begun to feel threatened about their culture being jeopardized because of a sort of trickle down effect. The internet is permitting easy access for anyone who would want to don scene-esque style and jump right in to a culture that scenesters feel they have built from the ground up and developed into a complex lifestyle. However, this lends many to get caught up in popularity contests in local areas as well as on the world wide web. Unfortunately, this can also lead to rifts in scenes. Groups of hardcore scenesters start "crews," often characterized by fierce brotherhood to the point of violence against others who are unlike them or who are in another "crew".
The scene is dividing amongst itself, due to purists who feel the scene is about music only, and those who have taken the scene fashion to be almost, if not equally, as important as the music itself. Some of the fashionable scenesters stick to their musical roots, but often due to the aforementioned trickle-down effect, there are people joining the scene who are not interested in the music, but are only in it for the attention.
Thus, the scene will continue to divide. Whether they will admit it or not, kids interested in this lifestyle of excitement, concerts, body modification, fashion, and overall alluringly unusual aesthetics will continually be labeled as "scene." They chose an alternative path because they wanted to find acceptance elsewhere. Now, they face a community just like any other: one of all different types of people, who have different opinions and standards. It has its pros and cons, ups and downs, just like any lifestyle.
Typical Attire
[edit]It is not unusual to see teased hair with long bangs on males, or short fauxhawks (a Mohawk without the sides shaved, a fashion-friendly version) on females. It is almost a throwback to the revolution of Britain's glam rock era, very androgynous and fresh. Scenesters take a lot of pride in their overall image, and often they appreciate shock value. Oftentimes they are thrifty, employing their abilities as bargain-hunters and do-it-yourself gurus to do something unique with their style. Large vintage sunglasses, retro patterns, tight jeans, classic metal/band tees, plastic jewelry, and heavy eye makeup are just some of the incorporations into scene style for either sex. Scene children are looked down on who have disapproved facial features and physical features like acne, moles, and overweight body types.
External Links
[edit]Urban Dictionary, a (usually bias yet sometimes viable) outlook on the scene style.
MySpace, social networking site very commonly found scene style.
Stickam, online webcam community.