soft rock

noun

: rock music that is less driving and gentler sounding than hard rock

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The hallmarks of a Wes Anderson film are instantly recognizable: a retro-leaning aesthetic, dialogue that blends screwball wit with a deep pathos, and an immaculate set design scored by soft rock deep cuts. Brett Braley, Robb Report, 30 July 2025 This year’s concert series also features Bret Michaels, soft rock band Air Supply, hard rock band Tesla, and R&B group Tower of Power, along with tribute bands such as Blank Space, Queen Nation, and Journey Revisited. Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Ferguson’s 1977 soft rock hit evokes romantic, tropical escapism, featuring Joe Walsh on slide guitar and recorded at Miami’s famous Criteria Studios, where the Eagles recorded Hotel California (and where half your dad’s record collection was recorded). Brady Gerber, Vulture, 7 May 2025 Bryce Canyon is a colorful maze of spires, cliffs and ravines eroded in soft rock and soil at the edge of a plateau. CBS News, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for soft rock

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First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of soft rock was in 1965

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“Soft rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20rock. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.

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