punk rock

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punk rock

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See punk + rock. First attested in 1970 in reference to rockabilly; possibly coined in its current sense by American music critic Dave Marsh in the May 1971 issue of Creem, from earlier punk music.

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  1. uncountable A genre of rock music associated with short, loud, energetic songs played on electric guitars and drums and employing angry, offensive, and/or political lyrics. Punk rock died when the first kid said / "Punk's not dead, punk's not dead"

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