rave is sometimes said to be inspired by (or stolen from) the hippies of the 1960s, discoers of the 1970s, and punkers of the 1980s, according to McKusick (1992) and Smith (1992). Critics such as Garcia (1992), McKusick (1992), Tagg (1994), Hesmondhalgh (1995), and Zukeran (1995) debate whether raves are any type of social movement or the discos for the new millennium. As the name Generation X implies, American youth is sometimes characterized as the generic generation accused of simply copying earlier American counterculture or European contemporary culture. The origins of Generation Xs raves are most directly rooted in the Acid House phenomenon in the UK in 1988, according to McKusick (1992), Smith (1992), Hucker (1994), and Lyttle and Montagne (1992). Acid Houses are clubs where kids can "drop acid" (take Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) and dance to music especially designed to heighten the drug effects. With more technologically advanced music and different drugs, Acid Houses began to transform into raves. Smith (1992) and Rave summit (1993) note that the British police soon began to crack down on raves due to the prominence of drugs, and deaths caused by a warehouse fire. Rather than give up on the subculture, rave promoters simply moved the scene to the US. Rosen and Flick (1992) and Bradburn (Jul.1993) credit the Motor City as the home of the American rave scene as early as 1988. While others in the 1980s suffered from Pac Man fever and skin-tight Jordache jeans, Detroit rave kids feverishly partied to techno music in their baggies. By the early 1990s, large scale rave events could be found in Detroit, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, claim Rosen and Flick (1992), McKusick (1992), Smith (1992), Garcia (1992), and Mead (1993). In the late 1990s, raves have now spread to most areas. For instance, even a small southern town like Tallahassee, Florida, has a "legitimate" rave venue which legally operates. Although not as "hip" as ...
