undergrounds
Beneath the surface
Undergrounds is the plural of underground, referring to secret movements or organizations operating outside official channels: Various undergrounds formed to resist the occupation.
It can also mean underground transportation systems: The undergrounds of London and Paris are among the world's oldest.
Less commonly, it refers to subterranean spaces or countercultural scenes: the music undergrounds of Berlin and Detroit.
Underground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
- tunnelsUnderground hollow pathways
- stationsFixed stops on routes
platforms · commuters · rail · transit · carriages · tracks · passages · subways
Made invisible deliberately
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- secretConcealed information
- tunnelsUnderground hollow pathways
- bunkersFortified underground chambers
catacombs · caverns · vaults · chambers · passages · beneath · depths · excavations
Rejection of mainstream values
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- DIYAmateur home projects
- zinesAmateur self-published booklets
- indieProduced outside majors
punk · alternative · rave · warehouse · bootleg · grassroots · fringe · nonconformist
subway
Underground transit passage
stations · platforms · commuters · rail · transit · carriages · tracks · passages · subways · transport
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
bunkers · catacombs · caverns · vaults · chambers · passages · beneath · depths · excavations · cellars
counterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
indie · punk · alternative · rave · warehouse · bootleg · grassroots · fringe · nonconformist · experimental
insurgency
Armed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
dissent · sabotage · partisans · clandestine · cells · networks · safe houses · couriers · smuggling · defiance
streets
Public urban ways
raw · edgy · underbelly · alleyways · concrete · industrial · grime · decay · noir · shadows
undergroundsestablishments
Founded organizations or businesses
public institutions · official channels · government agencies
undergroundsmainstreams
Dominant cultural currents
establishments · mass markets · major labels · commercial radio · bestseller lists
- underground networksHidden interconnected systems below
- go undergroundEscape detection by hiding
- underground economyUnreported commercial activity
- underground movementSecret organized opposition
- going undergroundDescending beneath earth's surface
- underground bunkerReinforced subterranean refuge