garage band

noun

: an amateur rock band typically holding its rehearsals in a garage and usually having only a local audience

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Meanwhile, Craig swoons over Austin, a local weatherman whose hang-out ideas — mushroom harvesting, urban spelunking, starting a punk rock garage band — give Craig genuine joy. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 Or being pure in some way, like a surf band or a garage band. Katherine Turman, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025 In the upcoming sequel to her 2003 Disney film, which premieres Aug. 8, 2025 in theaters, Lohan’s character Anna Coleman will reunite with her high school garage band Pink Slip, which also consisted of pals Maddie (Christina Vidal) and Peg (Haley Hudson). Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024 In my generation, that would have meant picking up an electric guitar and forming a garage band. IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2018 See All Example Sentences for garage band

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First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of garage band was in 1972

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“Garage band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garage%20band. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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