For generations, kids have locked themselves in their rooms and created a wall of sound between themselves and every adult that dared come close.
It is this love of music and making a racket that the Government's Youth Music initiative has turned into a working model to re-engage angry, bitter, disaffected, bored or just plain disruptive youngsters.
As musician and Youth Music tutor Pat Devlin says: "Some of the kids really want to get down to the nitty-gritty of making their diaphragm move: some just want to be pop stars."
He admits he had to set a few ground rules on cigarette smoking, spitting and swearing at the Horizon Youth Centre in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
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