new wave raver

A new-wave fanatic, essentially. They can exist during the 80's, or present date... but they are generally seen wearing outrageous outfits in the former, and sometimes unfortunately, in the latter.

brian: "Dude, did you see that guy drive by in a checkered shirt and neon orange glasses blasting Gary Numan!? Total new wave raver!"

by brianxymox May 19, 2006

basic raver

A "Basic Raver" is a raver who is basic. It is a derogatory term for someone who listens to extremely mainstream electronic music and/or goes to shows/festivals/raves of the same genre for the main purpose of being part of the scene.

Non-basic ravers are generally nice, considerate, friendly and don't care who is watching, they're usually just getting down to the music.

Basic ravers are usually at shows to be seen, start fights, get fucked up and try to get with scantily-clad, sometimes underage, basic raver chicks. Basic ravers will usually take at least 15 shitty photos and multiple videos of the DJ booth from way too far back to even tell what is going on while obscuring your view and simultaneously not realizing or caring that they're elbowing you in the face.

Basic raver chicks especially love taking selfies and 80% of the time, they have duck face everytime. These photos are immediately uploaded to every social media outlet possible and often tweeted at Tiesto ("I'm pretty for Tiesto!"). The guy loves his fans, but these days he's totally catering to basic ravers.

Example 1

A: Daaaaammmnnnn, did you see that chick with the pasties????

Y: Ya bro, she was smokin' hot! I talked to her earlier and she told me she is a senior in high school and then asked me what a "drop" is!!

A: Haha, I love basic raver chicks!!!

Example 2

Tiesto: I am raking in an insane amount of cash and it is all thanks to basic ravers!

Avicii: Bro, you put in your time being about the music... now it's time to make that $$$$$$$$!! LEVELS BRO!

Example 3

Basic 1: Dude, I am so psyched, my dad just bought me a ticket to Ultra! I can't wait to get wasted and see Avicii!!

Basic 2: Me too! Now let's listen to this sick Deadmow 5 track!

by original basic raver August 21, 2013

chair raver

Someone who listens to electronic dance music while in a sitting position. It generally refers to people who listen to electronic dance music outside of the party environment and in their daily lives, i.e. at home, in the car, on the mp3 player, at work, etc.

Once you hear a lot of good techno at parties while you're rolling, you just wanna listen to it all the time. First it starts in the car when no one's listening. Later it ends up in your iPod and you're jammin all day. You've become a chair raver

by DoomPanda December 9, 2008

Wristband Raver

A Wristband Raver is someone who says they rave but they only go to ticketed DNB events at their local sweaty nightclub

you're not a real raver you're a wristband raver

by basketsareus April 11, 2019

candy raver

A candy raver is the type of raver who wears birghtly coloured clothes, loves to hug everybody and has a lot of multi coloured beaded bracelets, usually made themselves and commonly known as candy. Candy ravers live by the philosophy PLUR- Peace, Love, Respect and Unity. Often they share their bracelets with people, give new found raver friends toys or real candy and generally try to be as positive and friendly as possible to everybody at a rave. They like to dance! They often carry childrens back packs, are covered in glitter or stickers, wear brgiht makeup, carry toys and wear clothes influenced by cartoons- tshirts with Scooby Doo, Care bears or Rainbow Brite on for example. They're friendly and fun, but a lot of people give them hate for no reason.

N00b: Hi, this is my first rave.
Candy Raver: OMG YAY! Have some bracelets! Come dance! What music do you like? -bounces up and down-

by archimetria September 12, 2008

Shadow Raver

a raver who is dressed in all black and is almost invisible except for their glowsticks. usually someone who does poi, or glowstringing (swinging around 1 or more glowsticks on a string) some go to excessive length and will wear masks or makeup to completely hide their faces in the dark. makes for an interesting effect with the glowsticks when they seemingly dissapear behind the invisible raver. practically the opposite of a kandi kid, though still sociable.

i cant see that shadow raver at all

by Candy Man Criminal December 2, 2009

Hardcore Raver

Someone who raves to hardcore techno music such as: Gabber, Freeform and Happy Hardcore. Hardcore techno usually ranges between 160-210 bpm depending on the type.

"Dancing to hardcore makes my nipples like fire"

by Neurotoxin August 27, 2005