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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The parking lot boomed with early 2000s punk rock including Jimmy Eat World, Green Day and Bowling For Soup.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Throughout the weekend, someone wandering around Mass MoCA’s campus might have caught excellent mainstage opening acts like Gang of Four (featuring Ted Leo on guitar) or the Breeders, representing two strains of Eighties and Nineties alt/punk rock.
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Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
To me this is the new punk rock.
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Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
26 June 2026
Just a few neighborhoods away, another revolution was brewing at CBGB, where punk rock was beginning to rewrite the city’s soundtrack.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Throughout the weekend, someone wandering around Mass MoCA’s campus might have caught excellent mainstage opening acts like Gang of Four (featuring Ted Leo on guitar) or the Breeders, representing two strains of Eighties and Nineties alt/punk rock.
—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
To me this is the new punk rock.
—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
26 June 2026
Just a few neighborhoods away, another revolution was brewing at CBGB, where punk rock was beginning to rewrite the city’s soundtrack.
—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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 2 Jul. 2026.
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