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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And writing about that miserable journey of the self is why Young’s songs have seized social media, even more than her punk rock attitude and soaring voice.
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Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
The band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 and became one of the most enduring acts in punk rock, releasing over a dozen studio albums independently through Fat Mike’s Fat Wreck Chords label.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2026
Jello Biafra, the legendary former frontman of the punk rock group the Dead Kennedys has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Richard Hell is a writer and former musician best known as a pioneer of the punk rock scene in 1970s New York.
—Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2026
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Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
The band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 and became one of the most enduring acts in punk rock, releasing over a dozen studio albums independently through Fat Mike’s Fat Wreck Chords label.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2026
Jello Biafra, the legendary former frontman of the punk rock group the Dead Kennedys has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Richard Hell is a writer and former musician best known as a pioneer of the punk rock scene in 1970s New York.
—Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Punk rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punk%20rock. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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