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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Jacobs’s score races to follow suit, evolving into a cacophony of punk rock numbers that energetically fuel Dawn and the Promise Keeper Girls (at this point, more like the Phallus Killer Girls) on their rampage.
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Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The group proceeded to deliver a highly generous encore that lasted some 40 minutes, which, in punk rock years, is basically enough time to play 700 or so songs.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
He is best known for being the guitarist and vocalist of the punk rock band Rancid.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Choosing to root for a tarnished underdog felt almost punk rock.
—Steven Leckart, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Alexa takes time almost every weekend to go see live performing groups, from classical all the way to punk rock.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
There was a swank lounge with low-slung seating for members, a zine with writings on punk rock and architecture, and a groovy soundtrack of hip-hop, down-tempo groove, and jazz, all passions of Kashy’s, who got his start in the music business working with artists such as the Beastie Boys.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
Four Chords began in 2014 as a local punk rock festival in a 1500-capacity club and has grown into a massive stadium-sized two-day destination event, featuring the punk scene’s biggest and brightest, while keeping its independent DIY roots intact.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
Harrison was a punk rock fan from his early teens, eventually joining the bands Daybreak and Triac before working behind-the-scenes with Pig Destroyer from 2004.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2024
Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The group proceeded to deliver a highly generous encore that lasted some 40 minutes, which, in punk rock years, is basically enough time to play 700 or so songs.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
He is best known for being the guitarist and vocalist of the punk rock band Rancid.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Choosing to root for a tarnished underdog felt almost punk rock.
—Steven Leckart, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Alexa takes time almost every weekend to go see live performing groups, from classical all the way to punk rock.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
There was a swank lounge with low-slung seating for members, a zine with writings on punk rock and architecture, and a groovy soundtrack of hip-hop, down-tempo groove, and jazz, all passions of Kashy’s, who got his start in the music business working with artists such as the Beastie Boys.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
Four Chords began in 2014 as a local punk rock festival in a 1500-capacity club and has grown into a massive stadium-sized two-day destination event, featuring the punk scene’s biggest and brightest, while keeping its independent DIY roots intact.
—Dave Brooks, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
Harrison was a punk rock fan from his early teens, eventually joining the bands Daybreak and Triac before working behind-the-scenes with Pig Destroyer from 2004.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2024
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