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- noun slang, UK, predominantly West Midlands A
greaser orbiker ; a member of anyalternative subculture , as opposed to achav ortownie . - noun slang, UK A member of a
United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated withgarage rock andelectronica , typically wearingbaggy clothes and hair in highponytails .
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Pioneering a style later borrowed by the likes of The Prodigy, the band blended the industrial guitars of the Midlands with European techno and US hip hop and sampling techniques, creating a sound and scene that became known as "grebo".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Pioneering a style later borrowed by the likes of The Prodigy, the band blended the industrial guitars of the Midlands with European techno and US hip hop and sampling techniques, creating a sound and scene that became known as "grebo".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Despite being the UKs second city Birmingham, commonly named as the birthplace of heavy metal, the most regressive form of music known to man, and home to the short lived grebo scene that spawned the likes of Neds Atomic Dustbin, The Wonder Stuff and Pop Will Eat Itself, has lagged behind the likes of Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow as a hotbed of musical creativity.
chained_bear commented on the word grebo
usage note on Zandi.
March 18, 2008