Exactly. It's not just music, consider modern and post-modern art. Even earlier art can be seen as a form of protest against the tyranny of the establishment of yore.

It's interest to see which parts of our civilization came which side of the divide. Market economy, for example is a great way for a young enterprising person to find their own footing away from the old (hence startups). Academia OTOH went totally the other way (hence grad school).