Are youth sub cultures genuine signs of revolt or simply the manifestation of style?

‘Youth subcultures are youth-based subcultures with distinct styles, behaviors and interests.’(www.wikipedia.com) We can recognize these diferent subcultures usually by their sense of style or clothing and sometimes even the music which they listen to can be a common factor of these subcultures. As Dick Hebdige suggests youth is a painful transistional period so therefore this could be a factor which suggests that youth sub cultures could be seen as a sign of revolt. ‘Most youth subculture groups can be associated with a specific music genre, and in some instances music has been the defining characteristic of the group, such as: ravers, metalheads, hip hoppers, goths and punk rockers.’(www.wikipedia.com) I believe that youth sub cultures have a lot to do with style – it’s the style of particular individual which defines a person into a particular sub culture. People use their style to fit into a particular group, for example goths all dress in black and dress in a way that is indiviual to them.