This book is about youth culture and popular music since the 1950s. Each chapter looks at a specific era of youth and music, including rock 'n' roll, sixties counter-cultural rock, heavy metal, punk, reggae, rap, techno and house. The book will be of particular interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in youth culture and/or popular music and culture as part of sociology, media studies, cultural studies, music and anthropology degrees.