Greaser/Bio & Battles

"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be socs. Sometimes I think it's the ones in the middle who are really the stiffs."

- S. E. Hinton Greasers were a culture of street gangs in the 1950's and 1960's, known for their proficiency with blades, brutal melee and hand-to-hand combat, leather jackets, stylized hair, and love of fast cars, wild lifestyles, and rock and roll music.

Greaser gangs began in the late 1940's and early 1950's, and floruished throughout the 1950's and 1960's, before dying out in the early 1970's. They were centered in the East Coast and Midwestern United States, and were mostly comprised of poor and working class youths from Irish, Italian, and Hispanic backgrounds.

While Greasers have been associated with TV characters such as Danny Zuko and The Fonz, these characters are sanitized 50's cariactures who have nothing in common with the actual Greasers of the 50's and 60's, save for the jackets and jeans. Greaser gangs often carried knives, razors, and clubs, but also have been known to use guns and hatchets against other gangs and mob syndicates. They usually only used their fists, feet, and melee weapons against other greasers.