Raver is a word that has been used since the 1960s The 1960s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1960, to December 31, 1969. The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, West Germany, Japan, Mexico, to describe people who are enthusiastic. For this purpose, the term is most common in the UK.
The popularity of the term has ebbed and flowed in reflection of the constant changes in youth cultures in each decade. The meaning has also altered slightly as different youth cultures have adapted the word (and related words) to suit their milieu and lifestyles.
In its original 1960s incarnation the word was a synonym for the American slang term "party animal", a gregarious fun-loving individual. In its second incarnation (from the 1980s onwards) the word has come to mean anyone who attends extended night-time music events known as "raves". In the post-1980s meaning, the essence of the word relates primarily to the type of events the person attends rather than to the personality of the individual.
A raver does not necessarily have an outwardly defining appearance; however, a raver who belongs to one of the sub-types (candy raver A Kandi Kid is a rave attendee who exchanges or shares small gifts, primarily beads, necklaces, toys, bracelets, or stickers etc.) can.
Usage in the 1980s to present
In the 1980s, a new youth culture evolved based initially on Acid House music and all-night parties. Adapted from the earlier usage of the word, these events became known as raves and the participants at raves were invariably called ravers.
This new "rave culture" spread worldwide by the mid 1990s and soon the music played at raves evolved past the Acid House played previously into new forms of electronic music including Trance Trance is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 155 BPM, short melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. Trance can be understood as a combination of many forms of electronic music such as industrial,, Dance Electronic dance music is electronic music that is produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment. The music is largely created for use by disc jockeys and is produced with the intention of it being heard in the context of a continuous DJ set; wherein the, Hardcore, Industrial Industrial music is an experimental music style, often including electronic music, that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s to describe Industrial Records artists. The Allmusic website defines industrial as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music"; ", Techno, Psychedelic Trance (or Psytrance), Breakbeat, Jungle (or Drum and Bass Drum and bass , is a type of electronic dance music which emerged in the mid 1990s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats (typically between 160–190 bpm, occasional variation is noted in older compositions), with heavy sub-bass lines. Drum and bass began as an offshoot of the United Kingdom rave scene of the very early 1990s. Over the), Electro, Dubstep and Happy Hardcore.
With the change and broadening of music played at the events so did the subtypes of "ravers". Soon there were hardcore ravers, junglists, clubbers (those who held on to the club culture even as raves shifted away from being held just at clubs), kandi kids (or candy raver A Kandi Kid is a rave attendee who exchanges or shares small gifts, primarily beads, necklaces, toys, bracelets, or stickers), trance heads, and gravers Cybergoth is a subculture that derives from elements of cyberpunk, goth, raver, and rivethead fashion. Unlike traditional goths, Cybergoths follow electronic dance music more often than rock ("gothic The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify. Its imagery and cultural proclivities indicate ravers") etc. Each subtype sometimes held to a certain clothing style and/or musical genre within or outside of the "rave scene".
In 1993, Malibu Comics published a comic mini-series called Raver by actor/writer Walter Koenig. The protagonist is a superhero, the Raver.
The raver's manifesto
A writing by an unknown person on what ravers believe in and how they should live:
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Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy. Our nourishment of choice is Love. Our addiction of choice is Technology. Our religion of choice is Music. Our currency of choice is Knowledge. Our politics of choice is None. Our society of choice is Utopian, though we know it will never be. You may hate us. You may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You may be unaware of our existence We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would never judge you We are not criminals. We are not disillusioned. We are not drug addicts. We are not naive children. We are one massive, global, tribal village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself. We are The Massive. One Massive. We were first drawn by the sound. From far away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mother's heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all the same. We came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing through our souls: we are all equal. And somewhere around 35Hz we could feel the hand of some higher power at our backs, pushing us forward, pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, our bodies, and our spirits. Pushing us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can, for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities, and pollution of the outside world. It is in that very instant, with these very realizations that each of was truly born. We continue to pack our bodies into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings you've abandoned and left for naught, and we bring life to them for one night. Strong, throbbing, vibrant life in it's purest, most intense, most hedonistic form. In these makeshift spaces, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilize and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our inhibitions, and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you've put on us for your own peace of mind. We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born. Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole possible. Programming that even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops, and run through mazes and on hamster wheels. Programming that tells us to eat from the shiny silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourish ourselves with our own capable hands. Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of open them. Until the sun rises to burn our eyes by revealing the distopian reality of the world you've created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, and Respect. Our enemy of choice is ignorance. Our weapon of choice is information. Our crime of choice is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place to stop us from celebrating our existence. But know that while you may shut down any given party, on any given night, in any given city, in any given country or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire party. You don't have access to that switch, no matter what you may think. The music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The party will never end. —Unknown[citation needed] |
Ravers believe in a simple credo, summarized by the candied bracelets that often contain the letters "P.L.U.R." Peace, love, unity and respect symbolize the tenets of the rave culture. At raves, these beads are often exchanged as a unifying sign of understanding and communion in the rave experience.
In popular culture
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- The Raver is the name of an online music-biz gossip column [1] written by former Melody Maker Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express writer Chris Welch
- The Raver was the name of Britain's first irreverent music-biz gossip column [2] published weekly in the 1960s in the consumer music weekly Melody Maker Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express
- The Ravers is the name of an Orange County, CA - based rock group that performs with national and international acts throughout Southern California[3]
- The Ravers is the name of a group of fictional super-heroes in a 1990s comic-book series Superboy and the Ravers
- The Ravers was the original name for 1970s new wave band The Nails - which provided Jello Biafra Eric Reed Boucher , more widely known by the stage name Jello Biafra, is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. After his time with the band concluded, he took over the influential independent of Dead Kennedys The Dead Kennedys was an American punk band, formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. Pioneers of hardcore punk during the 1980s, the band gained a large underground following in the international punk music scene with his first music industry work (as a roadie)
- Ravers is the name of a song on the 1977 eponymous first album by the heavy metal band Quiet Riot Quiet Riot was an American heavy metal band whose 1983 US Festival appearance helped to solidify metal's image. They are best known for their hit singles "Cum on Feel the Noize" and "Metal Health." They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the name Mach 1. The original line-up featured
- He's A Raver is the name of a 1967 song by the 1960s pop group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that was covered live by The Sex Pistols [4]
- Ravers Digest is the name of a website that has documented events and aspects of the contemporary rave culture since 2000. [5]
- Crash Course For The Ravers is the title of a 1996 David Bowie David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. Active in five decades of popular music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He has been cited as an influence by many musicians and is known for his distinctive voice and the tribute album featuring covers of Bowie songs by multiple indie artists [6]
- Music for Rockers, Ravers, Lovers and Sinners is the original sub-title of the 1993 CD and video compilation Purex Cult of the English rock band The Cult The Cult are an English rock band, formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk and gothic rock band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love Removal Machine". The
- The Rave-Ups are a roots rock band best known for their appearance in the film Pretty in Pink Pretty in Pink is a 1986 film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high schools. It is one of a group of John Hughes movies starring Molly Ringwald, and is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack" movie. The title of the film comes from the song of the same name by British music group The Psychedelic Furs
- Ravers is the name given to a species of spirits in the 1970s-1980s fantasy novels The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Stephen R. Donaldson. It was followed by The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, also a trilogy, and The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, a planned tetralogy by Stephen R. Donaldson Stephen Reeder Donaldson is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for his Thomas Covenant series. His work has attracted critical attention for its "imagination, vivid characterizations, and fast pace." He earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and master's degree from Kent State
- The Ravers is the name of an L.A.-based 60s revivalist band who have performed at Hollywood movie premieres [7] and 60s film festivals
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