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  1. n. slang, UK, predominantly West Midlands A greaser or biker; a member of any alternative subculture, as opposed to a chav or townie.
  2. n. 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.

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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

  • “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.”

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