punk rock
noun
: rock music marked by extreme and often deliberately offensive expressions of alienation and social discontent
punk rocker
noun
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Their fourth album is their most diverse, complicated, messy and (arguably) meaningful, trading the tightly wound punk rock of Romantic and Patience for a more evolved and sweeping sound.
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 June 2024
What started as a modest amateur bowling tournament created by Shawn and Mark Stern of Youth Brigade and BYO Records for people in the punk rock music community has expanded to five nights of fun spread over multiple venues across downtown Las Vegas.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
The technical ability to play punk rock was very appealing.
—Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
That made sense to me thinking of your punk rock sensibilities early in your career …
Shane and the Pogues have been massive influences.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 June 2024
What started as a modest amateur bowling tournament created by Shawn and Mark Stern of Youth Brigade and BYO Records for people in the punk rock music community has expanded to five nights of fun spread over multiple venues across downtown Las Vegas.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
The technical ability to play punk rock was very appealing.
—Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
That made sense to me thinking of your punk rock sensibilities early in your career …
Shane and the Pogues have been massive influences.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for punk rock
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“Punk rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punk%20rock. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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