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Electronica vs Grebo - What's the difference?

electronica | grebo |

As nouns the difference between electronica and grebo

is that electronica is electronics while grebo is (slang|uk|predominantly west midlands) a greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.

As an adjective electronica

is .

electronica

English

(wikipedia electronica)

Noun

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  • Any of a wide range of electronic music genres.
  • * 2012 , Michael Campbell, Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On
    • By mid-decade, electronica began to chart, in the music of acts such as Bjork, Chemical Brothers, and Moby, and the resources of electronica were integrated into other non-pop styles, such as the industrial music of Trent Reznor
  • * 2014 , Timothy D. Taylor, Strange Sounds: Music, Technology and Culture
    • New Age music like all musics, has its margins, and these are blurred with ambient, techno, and other electronica .
  • Electronic items in general.
  • The data trail of an individual on the public internet.

    • Derived terms

    * laptronica ----

    grebo

    English

    Alternative forms

    * greebo

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, UK, predominantly West Midlands) A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.
  • *1998 , "Bill Jillians", alt.journalism.gonzo (Internet newsgroup)
  • *:The highlight of my school days was one day in the mid-70s. There was a sort of glam-rock cult called the Grebos back then who wore smartish Disco clothes...
  • *2002 , Glyn Brown, Baxter Dury: Chip off the old Blockhead'' (''The Independent on Sunday )
  • *:But the realistic side stepped in — y'know, if you're on the point of giving birth, you don't really need a bunch of grebos playing some dodgy old music downstairs.
  • (slang, UK) A member of a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated with garage rock and electronica, typically wearing baggy clothes and hair in high ponytails.
  • *1995 , Colin Larkin, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
  • *:...they were soon pigeonholed under the banner of "grebo rock"...
  • *2002 , Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock
  • *:...focused on the hyper punk aspect of England's "grebo" movement...
  • *2003 , Peter Buckley, Jonathan Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock
  • *:This debut album is a glorious grebo -fest.