Meaning of punk rock in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

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  1. Noun

    punk rock

    Definitions

    1. rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation

    Examples

    • « in part a reaction against progressive rock »

Famous quotes

  • « Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. »
    Kurt Cobain
  • « For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. »
    Billie Joe Armstrong
  • « I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God. »
    Billy Corgan
  • « A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean. »
    Billie Joe Armstrong
  • « I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock. »
    Travis Barker

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