Yes correct, and proud of it. But according to Wikipedia even if I was from London I'd still not know what a grebo was.
Grebo was a
United Kingdom subculture[
citation needed] of the late 1980s and early 1990s, largely based in the
English Midlands.
Influential bands in the scene were
Pop Will Eat Itself (who had songs titled, "Oh Grebo I Think I Love You" and "Grebo Guru"),
The Wonder Stuff,
Ned's Atomic Dustbin, along with London band
Carter USM and
Leicester bands
Crazyhead,
The Bomb Party,
The Hunters Club,
Scum Pups and
Gaye Bykers on Acid.
[1][2][3] London-based band Medicine Factory (later known as Stark) were also active on the scene in the late 80s and early 90s. The term has also been used to describe
Jesus Jones, who enjoyed success in both the UK and US.
[4][5] The musical styles of the bands were a blend of
garage rock, the more alternative forms of rock, pop, hip-hop, and
electronica. The musical genre found favour with adherents of the earlier
Post-punk roots of
Gothic rock such as
Mick Mercer which by the late 1980s had changed character significantly.
The Grebo fashion style was
dreadlocks, partially
shaved heads and high ponytails,
undercut or shaved long hair, leather bike jackets and/or jeans, baggy clothing, boots, lumberjack shirts, loose tatty jeans, army surplus clothing, and eccentric
hats and scarfs.
The movement, although short-lived, was a reasonable success at the time, and influenced a number of later bands. To a certain extent it was a music press invention, much like positive punk, a scene and style named by British indie magazines, specifically
NME and the
Melody Maker.
[1] The scene occupied the period in the late 1980s and early 1990s before
Grunge,
Britpop and other forms of Anglo-American
alternative rock took over.