The American greasers of the 1950s and 1960s are equivalent to the British rockers. Both subcultures wore greased-back hairstyle, which involved combing back hair using hair wax, hair gel, creams, tonics or pomade. Both subcultures are known for being fans of 1950s Doo Wop, Rock and roll, and rockabilly music.

Although the greaser subculture was largely a North American youth phenomenon, there were similar subcultures in the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Japan, France, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand and South Africa. In Sweden they are called raggare.

There have been greaser & rocker revivals in music off and on since the 50s and 60s.