Freak scene
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The freak scene was a term used by a slightly post-hippie and pre-punk style of bohemian subculture. It referred to overlaps between politicised pacifist post-hippies, generally non-pacifist progressive rock fans and non-politicised Psychedelic music and Psychedelia fans, moving between rock festivals, free festivals, happenings and alternative society gatherings of various kinds. The name comes, at least partly, from a tongue-in-cheek reference to the beat scene.
The freak scene was a stepping-stone between the hippie era and punk. The dissatisfaction with society's labelling of its subcultures had become self-parodying. The scene evolved from the growing awareness that sexism, which still existed to a significant extent in hippie behaviour patterns, was unacceptable. The taking on of the derogatory word freak represented an embracing of identity politics.
By the early seventies it was completely common usage for progressive rock or fusion jazz fans and others to describe people as a "dope freak" or a "speed freak", "sci-fi freak", "jazz freak", "healthfood freak", "Jesus freak" etc., according to a person's main obsessions. The Phone phreaks also arose around this time.
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