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Bogans are stereotypically considered to be young adults, older males who would otherwise be described as being "bogans" are sometimes known as yobbo s.
Stereotypical "bogan style" involves wearing moccassins and ugg boots (especially outdoors) and flannelette shirts (or black jerseys and jeans in Waitakere) and prominent tattoos. Bogans are often stereotyped as driving loud, obnoxious cars of American or Australian manufacture such as older model modified Holden Commodores or Ford FalconGeneral description The Ford Falcon is a car which has been manufactured by Ford since 1960. It was once manufactured in the USA, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Chile, and was also assembled in many other countries. The Falcon remains Ford's most ps. Liquor consumption features prominently in the bogan lifestyle, including rumThis article is about the liqour. For the Scottish island called Rum (or Rhum), see Rum, Scotland Rum is a liquor made from sugar cane by-products such as molasses and sugar cane juice which are fermented and distilled. The distillate, a clear liquid, is, bourbonBourbon may refer to: Bourbon whiskey House of Bourbon le Bourbon was the name of Reunion from 1642 until the French Revolution Places in the United States of America: Bourbon, Indiana Bourbon, Missouri Bourbon County, Kentucky Bourbon-l'Archambault is a, beer1990s England when people received less than a pint (568 ml) of beer for the price of a pint. A beer is any variety of alcoholic beverages produced by the fermentation of starchy material derived from grains or other plant sources. The production of beer (especially Victoria BitterVictoria Bitter or VB as it is commonly called is the most popular beer sold in Australia, both on tap and packaged. Victoria Bitter is brewed by Carlton & United Breweries, a subsidiary of Foster's Group, brewers of the Fosters brand beer. Despite its na) or any other strong cheap liquor. Besides alchohol and tobacco, bogan culture is not asssociated with any particular drug, though marijuana use occasionally features in bogan popular culture such as the film Mallboy .
"Bogan rock" is an umbrella term for several artist and genres that commonly includes some elements of psychedeliaPsychedelia is a style of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It generally began in 1966, but truly took off in 1967 with the, heavy metal, Big-Hair Rock, or nearly any Australian rock band from the 1970s and 1980s. In 2000 a Bogan Rock Festival was held in rural Victoria to some critical and financial success, suggesting that the term's derogatory power is becoming eroded.
The television series Kath and Kim is an affectionate look at bogans. Bogan culture has also been a common subject in Australian stand-up comedy, with comedian Chris Franklin releasing a #1 single, "Bloke", a bogan's response to "Bitch" by American musician Meredith Brooks, and sung to the same tune.
Humor derisive of yobbos is common in the music of Melbourne comic rock band TISM, in particular the songs "Whatareya?" and "The Parable of Glenn McGrath's Haircut", both from the album www.tism.wanker.com