I was walking through downtown Louisville last week while there was a "Family Fest" happening. In the middle of the festival there was a teenage battle of the bands. Most of the bands were comprised of kids between 12 and 14 and were covering Led Zeppelin, White Stripes, Green day, etc. They played these songs while their parents were cheering and being generally encouraging. That got me wondering, what do these kids have to rebel against? If their parents are encouraging them to play music that is(or was) subversive and, more broadly, society is more accepting of different sexualities and drug use, what do they do to undermine that? How can these kids be anti-establishment when the establishment encourages it?
