The 1950’s was a time of innovation. As the style of music was changing and evolving, teenagers began to rebel against the social norm and expectations. By the mid-1950s, Elvis Presley’s new style of music upset parents of teenagers as rock and (‘n’) roll music caught on like wildfire (Phipps P, 2015). The style of rock ‘n’ roll music frightened parents as it was different to the jazz and blues sounds of the previous decade. Rock ‘n’ roll music was fast, rhythmic and exciting and audiences loved it (Skwrik, 2015). As teenagers discovered the rock ‘n’ roll scene, they adopted the style as their own as it challenged the social norm and was thought to be rebellious (ABC, 2015). Teenagers adopted the style of music as it expressed emotions of anger and rebellion that they were feeling. Parents believed that the songs and artists were a bad influence on teenagers. The sexual connotations of rock ‘n’ roll music were dissimilar to the conservative attitudes, religious beliefs, and obedience of the 1950’s. The song, “Great Balls of Fire”, performed by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957 was considered to be blasphemous as it referred to the holy spirt appearing in fire (Chimesfreedom, 2010). Many people did not like this song as it was insulting to God and was thought to be a religious crime. A section of the lyrics that was considered controversial was ‘I’m real nervous but its sure fun; come on baby, you drive me crazy; goodness gracious great balls of fire’ (Blackwell O, and Hammer J, 1957). Popular belief was that the line was inappropriate as there were sexual connotations as well as idea of the devils work. Rock ‘n’ roll was blamed for juvenile and delinquency behaviour of teenagers as they rebelled against their parents (ABC, 2015). Rock ‘n’ roll drew on the culture of alienation as well as the increased buying power and sense of identity of the nation’s young people (SHMOOP, 2015). By the end of the decade, airwaves were dominated by rock ‘n’ roll and Australian rock ‘n’ roll artist such as Johnny O’Keefe and Col Joye, who were achieving chart toppers (Skwirk, 2015). The movement of rock ‘n’ roll was a success in Australia with many teenagers adopting the new style of music as it was easy to dance to. The rock ‘n’ roll style of music born in the 1950s led many teenager rebellion anthems and influenced the rock grunge style of music established in the 1990’s creating a new wave of teenage rebellion.